The Commissioner Of Income-Tax-Iv vs Text Hundred India Pvt. Ltd. on 14 January, 2011
7. We have considered the rival contentions. It is well settled
law that additional evidences could be admitted when the same are
relevant and required to be looked into. In respect of this proposition,
we rely upon the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case
of Tekram 262 CTR 118 and decision of Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana
High Court in the case of Mukta Metal Works 336 ITR 555. The
Hon'ble Delhi High Court in the case of CIT vs. Text Hundred India
Pvt. Ltd., 351 ITR 57 did not interfere with the order of the Tribunal
who has admitted the additional evidence because the assessee could
not produce these records before the lower authorities due to non-
retrievability of email on the date because of technological defects.
The Tribunal looked into the entire matter and arrived at a
conclusion that additional evidence was necessary for deciding the
issue on hand. The Hon'ble High Court also observed in its Judgment
that "It is well settled that the procedure is hand-mate of justice and
justice should not be allowed to be choked only because of some
inadvertent error or omission on the part of one of the parties to lead
evidence at appropriate stage. Once it is found that the party intending
to lead evidence before the Tribunal for the first time was prevented by
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Shri Devender Kumar Gupta, Delhi.