M/S Dhadda International, Delhi vs Acit, New Delhi on 3 February, 2023
"I have considered the submissions made on behalf of the assessee. I have
also perused the satisfaction as recorded by the Assessing Officer. The fact
that Banwari Lal Group was indulging in accommodation entries was not
in the knowledge of the Assessing Officer at the stage of the original
assessment proceedings. The fact of the Appellant being served by the
Banwari Lal Group came to the knowledge or the Assessing Officer only
after the conclusion of the assessment proceedings. Once that information
was received by the Assessing Officer from the Investigation Wing he
perused the same and found in that context, that facts had not been fully
and truly disclosed at the time of original assessment by the assessee. The
information as received by the Assessing Officer is apparently specific and
categorical. The Assessing Officer has recorded a clear satisfaction on this
point. The Hon'ble Supreme Court in ALA Firm vs. CIT (1991) 189 ITR
285 has ruled that a subsequent reopening or a case would be valid in the
event of the information reaching the Assessing Officer after the
assessment. The information communicated by the Investigation Wing
was fresh and was unknown to the Assessing Officer at the time of
concluding the assessment. The Assessing Officer put that in place and
after complying with all the prescribed statutory formalities reopened the
case. Considering the totality of the pleadings of the assessee and also the
satisfaction note and other related issues I am of the view that the saving
as devised in terms of the first proviso to section 147 would not be
available to the assessee in the subject case because it will be neutralised
by the Explanation to that section. The normal limitation of six years
would, therefore, apply. Besides the subject case is not a simple case of
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change of opinion. There is fresh material to stoke the change of opinion.
In such circumstances, I am constrained to dismiss the additional ground
as raised."