Shanti Prime Publication Pvt. Ltd.
  Sec. 271G of Income Tax Act, 1961— Penalty  --- the assessee, a resident company, is engaged in the business of importing  rough diamond, getting them cut & polished and thereafter exporting to  various parties outside the Country including the Associated Enterprises (AEs)  of the assessee situated abroad. In the transfer pricing study report, the  assessee benchmarked the international transaction with the AEs relating to  sale of polished diamond adopting Transactional Net Margin Method (TNMM) as the  most appropriate method with operating profit / sales as the profit level  indicator (PLI). Authority accepted the benchmarking done by the assessee by  holding that the transactions with the AE are at arm's length. However,  alleging non–maintenance of specified documents, he initiated proceedings under  section 271G of the Act and ultimately passed an order on 24th July 2015,  imposing penalty. The assessee challenged the penalty order by preferring an  appeal before the first appellate authority.
After considering all the aspects of the  issue, learned Commissioner (Appeals) deleted the penalty imposed under section  271G of the Act. Revenue filed appeal against the order of CIT (Appeals). 
Tribunal held that learned Commissioner  (Appeals) was justified in deleting the penalty imposed under section 271G of  the Act. Grounds raised by the Revenue were dismissed. --- Deputy CIT vs.  DECENT DIA JEWELS PVT. LTD.[2020] 23 ITCD Online 42 (MUM)