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Section 68 of Income Tax Act, 1961—Cash Credit—Once the evidences are collected by the Assessing Officer have been placed before the assessee for his information, comment and criticism, it meets all the requirements of principles of natural justice. Natural justice certainly includes that any statement of a person before it is accepted against somebody else, that somebody else should have an opportunity of meeting it by way of interrogation or by way of comment does not matter so long as the party charged has a fair and reasonable opportunity to see, comment or criticise the evidences. Onus was upon the assessee to explain the genuineness of the credit entries which assessee was not able to discharge, thus, addition sustained — Puneet Jain vs. ITO [2020] 78 ITR [Trib] 41 (DEL)