LAWS(KER)-2017-10-167

COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Vs. B P SHERAFUDIN

Decided On October 24, 2017
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Appellant
V/S
B P Sherafudin Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) An assessee did not disclose his income fully, and it led to a reassessment. On a particular plea about the source of income, the assessee pleads in defence that he sold a few bars of gold. He gave the particulars of the putative purchasers, too. A few, though not all, have been examined and found to be untrustworthy. The question is, who has the burden proof on the source of income?

(2.) On appeal, the appellate authority finds a new source of income. Then, the question is, can he, under section 251 of the Act, find a new source of income not dealt with by the assessing officer?

(3.) The Department is the appellant; the assessee is the sole respondent; and the Assessment Year is 1995-96. In this appeal under section 260 A of the Income Tax Act ("the Act"), the Department assails the order, dt. 29-11-2007, of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Cochin Bench, in ITA No. 161/2006.