Income Tax Officer vs Sunil M. Kasliwal on 7 March, 2003
7. The apex Court in the case of Chamundi Granites (P) Ltd. v. Dy. CIT (2002) 255 ITR 258 (SC) has held that the object of introducing Section 269SS was to ensure that taxpayer is not allowed to give false explanation for his unaccounted money, or if he makes some false entries, he shall not escape by giving false explanation for the same. During search and seizures, unaccounted money is unearthed and the taxpayer would usually give the explanation that he had borrowed or received deposits from his relatives or friends and it is easy for the so-called lender also to manipulate his records to suit the plea of the taxpayer. The main object of Section 269SS was to curb this menace of making false entries in the account books and later giving an explanation for the same.