MANU/DE/3713/2022

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI

ITA 319/2022, 321/2022 and 326/2022

Assessment Year: 2010-2011;2011-2012;2012-2013

Decided On: 26.09.2022

Appellants: Pr. Commissioner of Income Tax (Central)-2 Vs. Respondent: Panchmukhi Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

Hon'ble Judges/Coram:
Manmohan and Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

JUDGMENT

Manmohan, J.

CM APPL. 39947/2022 in ITA 319/2022

CM APPL. 39949/2022 in ITA 321/2022

CM APPL. 40148/2022 in ITA 326/2022

Exemptions allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

Accordingly, present applications stand disposed of.

ITA 319/2022

ITA 321/2022

ITA 326/2022

1. Present income tax appeals have been filed challenging the common order dated 28th February, 2022, passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ('ITAT') in ITA No. 767/Del/2018 for the Assessment Year 2011-12 ITA 768/Del./2018 for the Assessment Year 2012-13 and ITA 766/Del./2018 for the Assessment Year 2010-11 deleting the protective additions made in the hands of the respondent-assessee.

2. Learned counsel for the appellant states that the ITAT has erred in holding that no incriminating material was found in the search, whereas the original copies of share certificates pertaining to share capital and premium allotted to investor companies were found at the premises of issuing company itself instead of investor company's premises evidencing, that, the investor companies were bogus/accommodation entry providing entities.

3. He emphasises that in the present cases, there is a live link between the additions in question and the incriminating material.

4. Per contra, learned senior counsel for the Respondent, who appears on advance notice, states that in the present case the alleged incriminating materials do not pertain to the assessment years in question. In support of his contention, he relies on the satisfaction note dated 29th January, 2016 which reads as under:-

"Satisfaction Note for issue of notice u/s. 153C of the Income Tax Act.

Name of the assessee: M/s. Panchmukhi Management Services Pvt. Ltd.

AY: 2008-09 TO 2013-14.

PAN: AADCP7635E.

Search and seizure action u/s. 132 of the Income Tax Act was carried out on 20.09.2013 in the case of Mind Group of cases for A.Ys, 2008-09 to 2013-14 under Section 153A/143(3). The material seized from the premises of the assessee has been examined by the undersigned being the jurisdictional Assessing Officer. After examining such seized material I am satisfied that the following seized documents belong to persons other than Minda Group of cases. The details of such papers are as under:-

I have examined the above mentioned documents/papers and as the undersigned is the jurisdictional assessing officer for Minda Group of search cases (DOS: 20.09.2013), I am satisfied that the provisions of section 153C are invoke able in this case for A.Y. 2008-09 to 2013-14. Accordingly this information is being passed to the jurisdictional AO of M/s. Panchmukhi Management Services Pvt. Ltd. For taking necessary action under Section 153C for A.Y. 2008-09 to 2013-14. This satisfaction note is placed in the file for record purposes.

Sd/-
ACIT-CC-13, New Delhi.
Dated: 29.01.2016."

5. He also states that the genuineness of the share capital has been accepted in the case of JP Minda Group of Companies by the ITAT.

6. A perusal of the paper book reveals that in the present case a satisfaction note was drawn up under Section