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Supreme Court Allows Firm's Registration Under Section 26A of Income-tax Act, 1922 as Partnership Deed Read Reasonably Specified Equal Shares. Specifying Equal Division Among Partners Sufficiently Indicated One-Third Share Each, Satisfying Statutory Requirement for Registration....

Three brothers entered into a partnership in 1949 for doing business. The partnership deed, in clause 3, allotted equal capital to each partner, and clause 10 provided that the net profit or loss afte...

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Supreme Court Upholds Revenue in Estate Duty Act Case; Gifted House Included in Deceased's Estate Due to Donor's Continued Possession. Gift of House by Father to Sons Fails to Satisfy Entire Exclusion Requirement Under Section 10 of Estate Duty Act, 1953, as Deceased Continued Residing and Managing Property as Family Head....

The dispute arose out of estate duty assessment following the death of Dr. C. F. Da Costa, whose son George Da Costa was the accountable person. The deceased had purchased a house in Bangalore in 1940...

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Supreme Court Upholds Commissioner of Taxes in Sales Tax Assessment on Packing Materials. Assessee's Containers of Exempted Goods Taxable if Agreement to Sell Exists, Not Dependent on Separate Price Alone....

The case concerns a dispute over sales tax liability on packing materials under the Assam Sales Tax Act, 1947. The respondent, Prabhat Marketing Co. Ltd., Gauhati, was a registered dealer engaged in s...

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Supreme Court Upholds Taxability of Interest on Refunded Estate Duty as Income Under Income-tax Act. Interest Awarded Under Decree for Refund of Estate Duty Is Revenue Receipt and Not Exempt as Casual or Non-recurring Receipt Under Section 4(3)(vii)....

The dispute arose from an income-tax assessment for the year 1958-59 concerning the taxability of a sum of Rs.1,93,328 received by the assessee as his one-third share of interest paid by the Estate Du...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee Appeals in Income Tax Reassessment Case Due to Prima Facie Non-Disclosure. Notice Under Section 34 of Income-tax Act, 1922 Not Vitiated for Failure to Specify Clause and Reopening Based on Reasonable Grounds of Escaped Income Upheld....

The Supreme Court dismissed twelve civil appeals by special leave filed by M/s. Kantamani Venkata Narayana & Sons, a Hindu undivided family engaged in money-lending, against the judgment of the Andhra...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Set-Off Dispute — Life Insurance and General Insurance Businesses Constitute Same Business Under Section 24(2). Common Organisation, Management, and Expenses Stamped the Two Lines of Insurance as One Composite Business, Allowing Carry Forward and Set-Off of Losses Against Profits....

The dispute arose from income tax assessments of Prithvi Insurance Co. Ltd., a public limited company that carried on both life insurance and general insurance businesses. In each of the calendar year...

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Supreme Court Dismisses Assessee's Appeal in Income Tax Case Regarding Exemption Under Section 4(3)(vii) of Income-tax Act, 1922. Receipt Held to be Business Income, Not Exempt as Casual or Non-Recurring Receipt, as it Arose from Services Rendered in the Course of Business....

The assessee firm, Ram Kumar Agarwalla and Brothers, carried on business as share brokers and paper merchants. Together with D, a chartered accountant, and R, a solicitor, they engaged in negotiations...