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2018 (7) TMI 2161 - HC - Income TaxBogus LTCG - companies in which the investment was made were bogus - disallowance made on account of legal expenses relating to bogus share transaction - HELD THAT:- As decided in Commissioner of Income Tax vs. Smt. Pooja Agarwal [2017 (9) TMI 1104 - RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT] AO has failed to counter the objections raised by the appellant during the assessment proceedings. Simply mentioning that these findings are in the appraisal report and appraisal report is made by the Investing Wing after considering all the material facts available on record does not help much. The AO has failed to prove through any independent inquiry or relying on some material that the transactions made by the appellant through share broker were non-genuine or there was any adverse mention about the transaction in question . Simply because in the sham transactions bank a/c were opened and the appellant has also received short term capital gain in his account with that bank does not establish that the transaction made by the appellant were non genuine - denying the claim of short term capital gain made by the appellant before the AO is not approved. The AO is therefore, directed to accept claim of short term capital gain as shown by the appellant - Decided in favour of the assessee
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