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S. 69A – Where there was a huge amount available with assessee in form of cash which he had deposited during demonetization, it could not be presumed that cash deposited by assessee was out of some undisclosed source without any adverse material

By Jagdish Punjabi, Chartered Accountant | Devendra Jain, Advocate
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52 Arun Manohar Pathak vs. ACIT

[2023] 106 ITR(T) 14 (Mumbai - Trib.)

ITA NO.: 489 (MUM.) of 2023

A.Y.: 2017–18

Date of Order: 24th May, 2023

S. 69A – Where there was a huge amount available with assessee in form of cash which he had deposited during demonetization, it could not be presumed that cash deposited by assessee was out of some undisclosed source without any adverse material.

FACTS

The assessee was carrying on the milk distribution business. He deposited cash of a certain amount in his bank account during the demonetization period in old currency notes, i.e. specified bank notes (SBNs). The assessee submitted that he was a retailer of milk and the said cash deposits in SBNs were out of collection from sale of milk to persons during the demonetization period, and the same had been used to make payment towards purchase of milk to Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Ltd. (GCMM) by way of demand drafts as reflected in the bank statement of the assessee. However, the Assessing Officer (AO) treated cash deposited in the bank during the demonetisation period in S

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