Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
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Subject Keyword | Income Tax Act s.37(1) 1961 Taxable income of appellant- Corporation Interest earned on funds received u/s.13(1) |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Act(s) Referred | Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961) |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 Referred Case 4 Referred Case 5 Referred Case 6 Referred Case 7 Referred Case 8 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Disposed Off |
Headnote | Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.37(1)– Taxable income of appellant-Corporation– Interest earned on funds received u/s.13(1), 1962Act and disbursed by way of grants to national/state level co-operative societies – If eligible for deduction – Not allowed byAssessing Officer (AO) – CIT(Appeals) held the Corporation entitledto deduction – Order set aside by ITAT – High Court decided infavour of revenue – On appeal, held: If an assessee carries onbusiness, all that is required to be seen is whether any outlayconstitutes an expenditure ‘for the purpose of business’ as used ins.37(1) – Disbursement of grants is the core business of theappellant-Corporation – Once that requirement is satisfied, theexpenditure incurred in the course of business and for the ‘purposeof business’, would naturally be an allowable deduction u/s.37(1)– Source of funds from which the expenditure is made is not relevant– It is also not relevant as to whether the expenditure is incurredout of the corpus funds or from the interest income earned by theappellant – Findings arrived at by the AO, ITAT and the High Courtnot agreed with –View taken by the CIT(A)concurred with – NationalCooperative Development Corporation Act, 1962 – ss.9, 12,13(1),(2)– Finance Act, 2003 – s.36(1)(xii)– Finance Act, 2001 –Finance Act, 2002.Income Tax Act, 1961 – ss.14, 28, 56, 57 – Held: s.56 is inthe nature of a residuary clause, i.e., if the income of every kindwhich is not to be excluded from total income under the IT Act wouldbe chargeable under this head if it is not chargeable u/s.14 heads‘A’ to ‘E’.Doctrines/Principles – Principle of diversion by overridingtitle – When not applicable – Discussed –Income Tax Act, 1961 –National Cooperative Development Corporation Act, 1962.Income Tax Act, 1961 – Determination of income – Held:Scheme of the IT Act requires the determination of ‘real income’ onthe basis of ordinary commercial principles of accountancy – Todetermine the ‘real income’, permissible expenses are required tobe set off – Income tax is a tax on real income.Government Litigation:Increase in, inter se government and its bodies – Impedimentsand resolution – Discussed.Taxation matters –Pertaining to Central Public SectorEnterprises (CPSE) and government authorities –Advance tax rulingsystem –Indian scenarios vis-à-vis international scenario –Discussed. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul |
Neutral Citation | 2020 INSC 544 |
Petitioner | National Co-operative Development Corporation |
Respondent | Commissioner Of Income Tax, Delhi-v |
SCR | [2020] 13 S.C.R. 517 |
Judgement Date | 2020-09-11 |
Case Number | 5105 |
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