Recently, in Samta Khinda vs. ACIT, the Appellate Tribunal decided on 29/11/2016, some of the grounds raised were that the CIT (A) had grossly erred in law and on the facts of the case in confirming the addition of Rs. 96 lacs in the hands of the assessee as unaccounted income from undisclosed sources in terms of Sec 69/698/69C of the Income Tax Act, 1961(herein referred to as ‘the Act’) where there was no corroborating evidence of the figure of Rs 96 lacs mentioned on the loose paper and in applying Section 292C of the Act merely because some papers were found from the premises of the assessee while ignoring vital facts and contentions of the assessee and in confirming the addition of Rs 5.67 lacs in the hands of the assessee as unexplained jewellery under section 69B of the Act.
Court approached in the early stages of arbitration will prevail in all other subsequent proceedings
In National Highway Authority of India v. Hindustan Steelworks Construction Limited, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court opined that once the parties have approached a certain court for relief under Act at earlier stages of disputes then it is same court that, parties must return to for all other subsequent proceedings. Language of Section 42 of Act is categorical and brooks no exception. In fact, the language used has the effect of jurisdiction of all courts since it states that once an application has been made in Part I of the Act then ―that Court alone shall have jurisdiction over arbitral proceedings and all subsequent applications arising out of that agreement and arbitral proceedings shall be made in that Court and in no other Court. Court holds that NHAI in present case cannot take advantage of Section 14 of the Limitation Act, 1963 for explaining inordinate delay in filing present petition under Section 34 of this Act in this Court.
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