32. Anurag Gupta vs. ITO
[2023] 454 ITR 326 (Bom)
A. Y. 2018-19
Date of order: 13th March, 2023
Sections 148 and 148A of ITA 1961
Reassessment — New procedure — Condition precedent for notice of reassessment — Assessee must be furnished material on the basis of which initial notice was issued.
For the A. Y. 2018-19, the petitioner’s return of income was processed under section 143(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Subsequently, a notice under section 148A(b) of the Act dated 8th March, 2022, was issued by the AO suggesting that income liable to tax for the A. Y. 2018-19 had escaped assessment and called upon the petitioner to show cause as to why notice under section 148 be not issued. The basis for reopening was the information, which reads as under:
“1. In your case information has been received from the credible sources that a search/survey action u/s. 132 of the Income-tax Act was carried out on February 14, 2019 on Antariksh Group. It is seen that you have purchased warehouse from BGR Construction LLP for Rs. 70,00,000 as per sale list seized and impounded during the course of search. This amount includes sale consideration of land and construction cost and the on-money received by BGR Construction LLP. As per the information, it is observed that the payments made to M/s. BGR Construction LLP are not accounted for in its regular books of account. The cash payment on account of on-money of Rs. 70,00,000
