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May 2017

14. Penalty: Section 271(1)(c) – A. Ys. 2003-04 to 2006-07- Assessing Officer initiating penalty proceedings for furnishing of inaccurate particulars of income and imposing penalty for concealment of income- Order imposing penalty to be made only on ground on which penalty proceedings initiated and not on fresh ground of which assessee had no notice- Penalty to be deleted

By K. B. Bhujle, Advocate
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CIT vs. Samson
Perinchery; 392 ITR 4 (Bom):

The Assessing Officer
issued notice for penalty u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Act, 1961 on the ground of
furnishing inaccurate particulars of income. However, he passed order imposing
penalty on the ground of concealment of income. The Tribunal deleted the
penalty on the ground that the initiation of penalty by the Assessing Officer was
for furnishing inaccurate particulars of income while the order imposing
penalty was for concealment of income and it could not be that the initiation
would be only on one limb, i.e. for furnishing inaccurate particulars of income
while imposition of penalty on the other limb, i.e. concealment of income.

On appeal by the Revenue,
the Bombay High Court upheld the decision of the Tribunal and held as under:

“i)  The
satisfaction of the Assessing Officer with regard to only one of the two
breaches u/s. 271(1)(c) of the Act, for initiation of penalty proceedings would
not permit penalty being imposed for the other breach. Thus, the order imposing
penalty was to be made only on the ground on which the penalty proceedings were
initiated and it could not be on a fresh ground of which the assessee had no
notice.

    

ii)  The Tribunal rightly deleted the penalty. The appeals are
dismissed.”

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