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TMI Blog2021 (2) TMI 182X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... companies and/all individual investors as the case may be before the AO for the purpose to primarily verify the identity and creditworthiness of the shareholders and the genuineness of the transaction. The assessee filed various documents in support of the genuineness of the share capital received and the identity and creditworthiness of the shareholders. This was rejected by the AO. On appeal, the assessee submitted that it had furnished all the documents required in support of the fresh share capital received and that summons were issued with only two days' notice for attendance and due to this reason none would appear before the AO. The ld. CIT(A) rejected the contentions of the assessee and upheld the order of the AO. Aggrieved, the assessee is in appeal before us. 3. The ld. Counsel for the assessee submitted that share application money was received along with the share premium, from five share applicant companies and in support of the identity and creditworthiness of the transactions they have furnished the following documents: a) copy of share application forms, b) copy of bank statement showing the transactions as evidence of transfer through banking channel, c) details ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... tices u/s 131 of the Act to the directors of the share applicant companies and in spite of several opportunities, the assessee could not produce the principal officers/and directors of all investor companies to prove the genuineness of the transaction. He agreed that there was violation of principles of natural justice at the stage of the AO as sufficient time was not granted to the assessee to comply with the summons issued u/s 131 of the Act and hence the ld. D/R suggested that the appeal may be restored to the file of the AO for fresh adjudication in accordance with law, with the direction that the assessee should appear before the AO and also produce the directors and principal officers of all the share applicant companies for examination of the AO. 5. Rival contentions heard. On a careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, perusal of the papers on record and the case law cited, we hold as follows. 6. The ld. CIT(A) at page 6 of his order was wrong in presuming that the AO had passed his order u/s 143(3) of the Act as a consequence to the order passed u/s 263 of the Act by the Pr. CIT. This is not a case where the Pr. CIT has passed any order u/s 263 of ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... identity, genuineness and creditworthiness of the share premium money. He terms the impugned share subscription premium Rs.690/- per share having face value of Rs.10/- each as highly exorbitant. Case laws Sumati Dayal vs. CIT(1995) 214 ITR 801 (SC) and CIT vs. Durga Prasad More (1971) 82 ITR 540 (SC) is further quoted during the course of hearing that the relevant evidence submitted during the course of assessment has to be considered as per the human probabilities by removing all blinkers. Our attention is thereafter invited to the relevant nuances of such share subscription routing involving multiple layers to plough back unaccounted monies back to the books. We find no merit in the Revenue's instant grievance in the light of relevant facts on record. There is no dispute about the assessee's having declared its share subscription premium from M/s Agrani Credit & Finvest Pvt. Ltd., Crown Mansion Pvt. Ltd., Liberal Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., Darshan Enclave Pvt. Ltd., Snow Fall Impex Pvt. Ltd. involving corresponding sums of Rs.27,60,000/-, Rs.55,20,000/-, Rs.82,80,000/- in case of third and fourth and Rs.48,30,000/- in last entity's case; respectively totalling to Rs.3 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e cannot be disputed that the share subscribing companies are not in existence. From the assessment orders, it is noted that the share subscribing companies are duly assessed to income tax and their income tax particulars together with the copies of respective income tax returns with their balance sheets are already on record. We also find that the Ld. CIT(A) had categorically stated that the scrutiny assessments were framed on the share subscribing companies for the Asst Year 2010-11 which shows their existence is genuine and transactions carried out by them were the subject matter of examination by the income tax department in scrutiny proceedings. This fact has not been controverted by the Revenue before us. 48. We may gainfully refer to the judgment in the case of Pr. CIT Vs Paradise Inland Shipping (P) Ltd (84 taxmann.com 58) wherein the Bombay High Court had deleted similar addition on similar set of facts made on account of unexplained cash credits and the SLP filed by the Revenue against the judgment has been dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. The relevant extracts of the judgment is as follows: "5. We have given our thoughtful considerations to the rival content ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... case of Principal CIT vs Vaishnodevi Refoils & Solvex reported in (2018) 96 taxmann.com 469 (SC) wherein the SLP of the Revenue has been dismissed by the Hon'ble Apex Court. The brief facts of that case were that the addition u/s 68 of the Act was made by the Assessing Officer in respect of capital contributed by the partner of the firm. The Hon'ble Gujarat High Court noted that when the concerned partner had confirmed before the Assessing Officer about his fact of making capital contribution in the firm and that the said investment is also reflected in his individual books of accounts, then no addition could be made u/s 68 of the Act. The decision of Hon'ble Gujarat High Court is reported in (2018) 89 taxmann.com 80 (Guj HC) . The SLP of the revenue against this judgment was dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. 50. We may gainfully refer to the following decisions of the Hon'ble High Court in the cases as under: (a) In the case of Pr. CIT Vs Chain House International (P) Ltd [2018] (98 taxmann.com 47)the AO had added the share application by way of unexplained cash credits was that the assessee was unable to give any justifiable reason for issuing shares at a premium. The H ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... bunal, it was not even the case of the Revenue that Section 68 of the Act as in force during the subject years has to be read/understood as though the proviso added subsequently effective only from 1st April, 2013 was its normal meaning. The Parliament did not introduce to proviso to Section 68 of the Act with retrospective effect nor does the proviso so introduced states that it was introduced "for removal of doubts" or that it is "declaratory". Therefore it is not open to give it retrospective effect, by proceeding on the basis that the addition of the proviso to Section 68 of the Act is immaterial and does not change the interpretation of Section 68 of the Act both before and after the adding of the proviso. In any view of the matter the three essential tests while confirming the pre-proviso Section 68 of the Act laid down by the Courts namely the genuineness of the transaction, identity and the capacity of the investor have all been examined by the impugned order of the Tribunal and on facts it was found satisfied. Further it was a submission on behalf of the Revenue that such large amount of share premium gives rise to suspicion on the genuineness (identity) of the shareholder ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to the share applicants' account. As held concurrently by the Commissioner (Appeals) and the Tribunal, these conclusions were clearly baseless and false. This Court is constrained to observe that the Assessing Officer utterly failed to comply with his duty considers all the materials on record, ignoring specifically the most crucial documents." 51. We also rely on the following judgments of the Coordinate Bench of ITAT Kolkata, where based on same facts, and identical and common grounds and coordinate Bench deleted the addition: (1) M/s Jagannath Banwarilal Texofabs Pvt Ltd, in ITA No. 1762/Kol/2016, For A.Y. 2012- 13, order dated 26.10.2018. (2) M/s Wiz-Tech Solutions Pvt Ltd, in ITA No.1162/kol/2015,for A.Y. 2012-13, order dated 14.06.2018. 52. To conclude, Section 68 of the Act provides that if any sum found credited in the year in respect of which the assessee fails to explain the nature and source shall be assessed as its undisclosed income. In the facts of the present case, both the nature & source of the share application received was fully explained by the assessee. We note that the share application money and share premium money which were received by the as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... levant address proofs / Form filed by the share applicants with ROC. 9). Income Tax Return of share applicant companies. 10) Copy of the Bank Statement of Share applicant companies where from the amount was debited. 11) Copies of Bank statement of the assessee company where the share application money and premium were credited. 12). Cheque Number, the amounts subscribed by shareholders along with the name of bank its branch address and the number of shares allotted to them with face value on the date of allotment. 13) Common Director of the share applicant companies (who is director in assessee company as well as share applicant companies) appeared before the assessing officer in response to notice u/s 131 of the Income Tax Act and submitted documents and evidences before the AO. Thus, all above documents that is, the PAN details, bank account statements, audited financial statements, balance sheet, profit and loss account, Income Tax acknowledgments, and ROC statements etc were placed on AO's record. One of the directors of share applicant companies appeared before the AO in response to summon u/s131 of the Act and explained the genuineness of three share applicants. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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