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2012 Supreme(Jhk) 963

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
Prakash Tatia, Jaya Roy, JJ.
The Commissioner of Income Tax, Jamshedpur – Appellant
Versus
Arun Kumar Agarwal (HUF) - Respondent
Ashok Agarwal (HUF) - Respondent
Raj Kumar Agarwal@ Rajkumar Agarwal - Respondent
Phanindra Mahto - Respondent
Ashok Kumar Agarwal - Respondent
Chandulal Aggarwal (HUF) - Respondent
Ajay Kumar Agarwal (HUF) - Respondent
M/s Bhagwati Automobile Pvt. Ltd. - Respondent
Bimal Kumar Agarwal (HUF) - Respondent
M/s Bhalotia Auto Products Ltd. - Respondent
Shri Rajat Sen Gupta - Respondent
M/s Hi-Tech Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. - Respondent
M/s Hi-Tech Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. - Respondent
Smt. Saroj Devi Bhalotia - Respondent
Vidya Devi Agarwal - Respondent
Shayam Sunder Gour - Respondent
Suvendra Kumar Behera - Respondent
Tax Appeal No.4 -14, 16-18 and 2123 of 2011
Decided On : 13.7.2012

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : M/s Deepak Roshan, Amit Kumar, Rupa Kumari.
For the Respondents: M/s Binod Poddar, Mahendra Choudhary, Darshana Poddar, Piyush Poddar, Amrita Sinha.

Headnote:Income Tax Act, 1961---Section 143, 112 and 253 –Sham transaction---Every in such cases where share broker was found involved in unfair trade practices, any person who himself was not involved in such transaction, if purchased the share from that broker innocently and bona fidely and if he shows his bona fide in transaction by showing relevant materials and documents, then merely on that ground and only by mere assumption, such transactions cannot be held to be sham transaction. (Paras 10 and 11)

       2007 ITR 608 (Raj.)---Referred to.

Order

Heard the counsel for the parties.

2. These bunch of Tax Appeals are arising out of the order passed Tax Appeal No.4 of 2011 with analogous case by the I.T.A.T. Dated 29.4.2010 whereby the I.T.A.T has dismissed the appeals of the Revenue and upheld all the separate orders passed by the Commissioner of Income Tax (CIT) (Appeals) whereby the CIT (Appeals), Jamshedpur vide order dated 8.5.2009 set aside the order passed by the A.O. and held that the income declared by the assessee under the heading 'Long Term Capital Gain' is correct declaration given by the assessees.

3. The brief facts of the case are that all theses assessees submitted their Returns of income and therein they claimed that they purchased certain shares of various companies and those shares were sold after a period of 12 months, and therefore, the share transactions of all the assessees resulted into a long term capital gain only. The Assessing Officer examined each and individual case of the assessee, however, substantially in all the orders, the Assessing Officer took note of the fact that the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) finding unusual rise in the share of some of the companies was of the opinion that there may be a prima facie case of violation of SEBI (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices Relating to Security Market) Regulation, 2003 and ordered a detailed enquiry under Section 11 B and 114 of the Security & Exchange Board of India Act, 1992. In the enquiry, findings were recorded against eleven Stock Brokers and their trading was suspended by the Kolkata Stock Exchange from buying and selling the securities. The Assessing Officer in detail considered the report of the SEBI and referred the case of one of the Company M/s Srinidhi Trading Ltd. whose shares had market value Rs.9.02 as on 11.3.2004 which reached to Rs.160.10 as on 29.8.2005. In the SEBI's enquiry report that was one of the case whereby it has been held that it may be result of the bogus dealings by these brokers. After giving detailed facts of the enquiry report in all the orders and particularly with respect to the above company, M/s Srinidhi Trading Ltd. and M/s Ahilya Commercial Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata and their share dealings running in crores of rupees, the Assessing Officer has observed that in the facts and circumstances of transactions of all these assesses are identical to the cases surveyed and investigated by the D.I.T.(Inv.), Kolkata. Thus, the modus operandi adopted by the Brokers of the assessee is also identical with one adopted by M/s Ahilya Commercial Pvt. Ltd. On the basis of this, the Assessing Officer held that the transaction of the purchase of the shares and sale thereof is not genuine and is a sham transaction. We may again mention here that the Assessing Officer considered the facts of each case separately in its separate order for each assesses.

4. In Appeal, the C.I.T.(Appeals), Jamshedpur also considered the facts of the each case separately by giving reference of the purchase of shares by the assessees and sale thereof. In most of the cases, the C.I.T. (Appeals) found that the purchase of the shares were shown by the assessees in their Balance Sheet of the last five years and genuineness of the Books of Accounts was never questioned. In one of the case, for example, in the Tax Appeal No. 14 of 2011, before us, there is a transaction of shares of the same company namely M/s Srinidhi Trading Ltd. for which it has been noticed that the shares of this company having market value Rs. 9.02 on 9.3.2004 jumped to Rs.160 as on 31.3.2006 and before that on 29.8.2005 to Rs.159.53. The C.I.T. (Appeals) considering the facts of this assessee found that the assessee purchased the shares of the said company, but, purchase transaction is supported by the documents and the payment was made through the Bank and it is verified well from the Bank Statement and from the Bank Account number of EXIS Bank Ltd. The shares remained in the possession of the ass










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