Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Suresh Chandra Mittal on 26 July, 2001
The Hon'ble Apex Court in CIT v. Suresh Chandra
Mittal, [2001] 251 ITR 9/119 Taxman 433, upheld the decision of the Hon'ble
Madhya Pradesh High Court rendered in the case of CIT vs. Suresh Chandra
Mittal [2000] 241 ITR 124, where in similar circumstances it was held that the
initial burden lies on the revenue to establish that the assessee had concealed
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the income had furnished inaccurate particulars of such income. The burden
shifts to the assessee only if he fails to offer any explanation for the undisclosed
income or offers an explanation which is found to be false by the Assessing
Officer.