JUDGEMENT
Devi Prasad Singh, J. -
(1.)APPEAL under Section of the Income Tax Act was admitted on 14.2.2005. The Court has not framed substantial question of law itself while admitting the appeal keeping in view the question of law framed by the appellant enumerated in the memo of appeal. After hearing learned Counsel for the parties on 18.3.2010, the following substantial question of law was framed by the Court:
1. Whether the first appellate court and the tribunal had committed substantial illegality by deleting the addition with regard to interest on the loan taken from a company of Sahara Group without recording any finding with regard to dominant purpose for which the loan was taken keeping in mandate of class -III of Section of the Income Tax Act ?
(2.)KEEPING in view the fact that the controversy with regard to assessment year 1994 -95 and subsequent year 1997 - 98 has been settled upto appellate stage and question involve in the present assessment year is the same as of those years now it is not open for this Court to enter into illegality committed by the appellate authority or tribunal and appeal is not maintainable ?
FACTS
2. The dispute relates to assessment year 1996 -97. The assessee filed her return of income on 13.8.1996 disclosing net loss of Rs. 17,38,311/ -. Notice under Section of the Income Tax Act, 1961, in short, Act was issued on 8.10.1996. Notice under Section of the Act was issued on 31.10.1996. These notices were served upon the respondent assessee on 10.10.1996 and 11.10.1996 respectively.
After service of notice aforesaid, the assessee filed a revised return on 31.3.1998 reducing the loss to the tune of Rs. 30,56,670/ - In consequence thereof, notice under Section was sent for service on 23.9.1998, followed by a notice dated 26.9.1996 under Section of the Act which was served on the assessee on 30.10.1998.
(3.)THE respondent assessee claims to be employee of M/s Sahara India, a firm of which the assessee is working as Head of Department of personnel affairs. In form 16, the gross salary of the assessee has been disclosed as Rs. 1,57,250/ - per month.