{"id":37187,"date":"1992-02-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1992-02-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/yamuna-restaurant-vs-commissioner-of-income-tax-on-7-february-1992"},"modified":"2017-01-24T01:14:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T19:44:57","slug":"yamuna-restaurant-vs-commissioner-of-income-tax-on-7-february-1992","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/yamuna-restaurant-vs-commissioner-of-income-tax-on-7-february-1992","title":{"rendered":"Yamuna Restaurant vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 7 February, 1992"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Yamuna Restaurant vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 7 February, 1992<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1993 201 ITR 99 Guj<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: A C Mankad<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: R Mankad, R Abichandani<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>R.C. Mankad, Actg. C. J. <\/p>\n<p> 1. Learned counsel for the parties stated that they have no objection if this reference was heard by this Bench.\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. The assessee is a partnership firm running a restaurant and the assessment year under reference is 1970-71. In the course of the income-tax assessment for the assessment year under reference, the Income-tax Officer, on scrutiny of the cash book, found that the assessee had tampered with the figures. The assessee had disclosed total sales at Rs. 2,67,748. The Income-tax Officer, however, after taking into consideration the inflated figures, found that the sales were to the extent of Rs. 2,72,728. The Income-tax Officer added Rs. 35,980 to the income of the assessee representing suppressed sales. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner confirmed this addition in appeal. In further appeal to the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (&#8221; the Tribunal&#8221; for short), it was held that the assessee had deliberately<\/p>\n<p>understated the sales for which there was no acceptable explanation. The Tribunal, therefore, confirmed the addition.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. The Income-tax Officer initiated penalty proceedings for levy of penalty under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ( &#8221; the Act&#8221; for short), and referred the penalty proceedings to the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner. The Inspecting Assistant Commissioner levied penalty of Rs. 55,000 in respect of the income concealed. The assessee preferred an appeal against the levy of penalty before the Tribunal. The Tribunal was of the view that penalty was leviable only in respect of the understatement of sales. In this view of the matter, it reduced the penalty to Rs. 37,000, as against Rs. 55,000 imposed by the Inspecting Assistant Commissioner. It is in the background of the above facts that the following question has been referred to us for our opinion :\n<\/p>\n<p>  &#8221; Whether there is any evidence to sustain the finding that there was concealment of income so as to justify the imposition of penalty?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> 4. It is difficult to say that there is no evidence to sustain the finding that there was concealment of income as urged on behalf of the assessee. The evidence clearly establishes that the assessee had tampered with the books of account and this was done only with a view to suppressing the sales. There is evidence to prove that there was understatement of income to the extent of Rs. 35,980 on account of suppression of sales. Admittedly, the assessee had not disclosed this income of Rs. 35,980. In our opinion, there was clear case of concealment of income. The Tribunal was, therefore, right in levying penalty, which it did.\n<\/p>\n<p> 5. In the result, we answer the question, which has been referred to us for our opinion, in the affirmative and against the assessee. Reference answered, accordingly, with no order as to costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Yamuna Restaurant vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 7 February, 1992 Equivalent citations: 1993 201 ITR 99 Guj Author: A C Mankad Bench: R Mankad, R Abichandani JUDGMENT R.C. Mankad, Actg. C. J. 1. Learned counsel for the parties stated that they have no objection if this reference was heard by this Bench. 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