Commissioner Of Income-Tax, Bombay ... vs Balraj Sahani on 26 February, 1979
7. The assessee took up the matter before the CIT (A) who reproduced the various relevant portion of the assessment order as well as the written submissions of the assessee made before the CIT (A). Thereafter, the CIT (A) noted that the assessee sold goods at Rs. 5,052.78 on credit to M/s. Biswas Bros. of Dharmanagar and the goods were despatched by Rail, the assessee being the consignor and the Dharmanagar party as the consignee. He also noted that in respect of the cash sales of Rs. 24,250, effected on 15-3-1977, the goods were despatched by M/s. Biswas Bros., Dharmanagar and he was both consignor and consignee. The CIT (A) observed that there is sufficient force in the submission of the assessee that in case the goods worth Rs. 24,250 were sold on credit, the same could have been despatched by the assessee along with other goods being the consignor and not by M/s. Biswas Bors., who happened to be both the consignor and consignee in respect of goods sold worth Rs. 24,250. The CIT (A) observed that on the facts of the case and in view of the decision of the Honble Bombay High Court in the case of CIT v. Balraj Sahani [1979] 119 ITR 36 which facts were identical with those of the assessee and in view of the judgment of the Honble Gauhati High Court in the case of CIT v. Gajanand Shyamlal [1978] 111 ITR 816, the CIT (A) concluded that the penalty was unjustified and the same was cancelled. Hence, this appeal by the revenue.