Supreme Court of India

Messrs Mehta Parikh & Co. v. The Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay.

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Reported as [1956] 1 S.C.R. 626
Bench Sudhi Ranjan Das J.
Decided 10 May 1956

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above it is not necessary for us to go into the question whether the High Court ought to have answered the second referred question also.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Income-tax-I nconie jroni undisclosed so11,rces-Assessment­ Assessee' s explanation based on accounts supported by offidavits­ Accounts accepted as genuine and statements in affidavits not con­ troverted-Finding based on no evidence-Inference front. proved or iidmitted facts-If questions of law-Principle of interferencc­ Indian Income-tax Act (XI of 1922), ss. 62(2), 23(3), 26· . The appellants, a partnership firm assessed under ss. 23(3) and 26· of the Income·tax Act, were called upon by the Income·tax Officer during the assessment year 1947-48 to explain how and when they came to possess 61

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