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Reasonable Cause

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Reasonable cause, means a cause which prevents a reasonable man of an ordinary prudence acting under normal circumstances, without negligence or inaction or want of bona fide from furnishing the return in time, Commissioner of Wealth-tax, Patna v. Jagdish Prasad Choudhary, AIR 1996 Pat 58.

Means a cause which prevents a reasonable man of a ordinary prudence acting under normal circum-stances, without negligence or inaction or want of bona fide from furnishing the return in time, Commissioner of Wealth-tax, Bihar-I, Patna v. Jagdish Choudhary, Sahebganj, AIR 1996 Pat 58.

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