MEWA LAL Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX

JUDGEMENT

(1.) FOR the assessment year 1968-69, the assessee filed his return beyond time. The ITO assessed his income at Rs. 31,500. He also levied interest under Section 139(1) for filing the return beyond time. The AAC confirmed this order. Before the AAC, no arguments were advanced against the levy of interest. The assessee went up to the Tribunal which held that the income from undisclosed sources was liable to be fixed at Rs. 10,000. In regard to the levy of interest, the Tribunal held that this part of the assessment order was not appealable in view of a decision of this court in Vidyapat Singhania v. CIT [1977] 107 ITR 533 (All).

(2.) AT the instance of the assessee, the Tribunal has referred for our opinion the question whether the Tribunal was justified in holding that levy of interest under Section 139(1) of the I.T. Act, 1961, was not appealable.