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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Dispute over Carry Forward of Business Loss. Business Loss Set Off Allowed Against Interest on Securities as Securities Were Trading Assets Under Section 24(2) of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922....

The Supreme Court considered an appeal by the Commissioner of Income-tax against a decision of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a reference under the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922. The assessee, a priva...

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Supreme Court Upholds Department in Sales Tax Exemption Case Requiring Mandatory Declaration Forms Under Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941. Furnishing of declaration forms under proviso to Section 5(2)(a)(ii) was held a strict condition for claiming exemption, and other evidence cannot substitute lost forms....

The Supreme Court examined the interpretation of Section 5(2)(a)(ii) of the Bengal Finance (Sales Tax) Act, 1941, regarding the mandatory nature of furnishing declaration forms to claim exemption from...

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Supreme Court Partly Allows Revenue Appeals in Income Tax Act, 1922 Mutual Insurance Profits Case. Balance of profits of mutual insurance business under Rule 6 of Schedule is taxable as income but reserve for income tax is not expenditure and cannot be taxed....

The case concerned the taxability of profits of a mutual insurance concern under the Indian Income Tax Act, 1922. The respondent, Calcutta Hospital and Nursing Home Benefits Association, was a mutual ...

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Supreme Court Upholds Assessee in Income Tax Adventure in Nature of Trade Case — Profit from Isolated Purchase and Sale of Jute Press Not Taxable Under Section 10 of Indian Income-tax Act, 1922. Isolated Transaction Unrelated to Assessee's Iron Scrap and Hardware Business Could Not Be Inferred as Trading Venture Despite Profit Motive and Favorable Resale....

The appellant, a Hindu undivided family carrying on business as a dealer in iron scrap and hardware, appealed to the Supreme Court by special leave against a judgment of the Calcutta High Court which ...

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Supreme Court Holds Sale of Entire Business as Going Concern Not Taxable as Income; Slump Price Not Apportionable to Stock-in-Trade. Assessee Firm's Transfer of Land Development Business to Promoted Company Yields No Taxable Profit Under Indian Income-tax Act, 1922....

The dispute arose out of income-tax assessment of a firm engaged in land development in Calcutta. The assessee firm, Mugneeram Bangur & Co. (Land Department), sold its entire business as a going conce...

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Supreme Court Upholds State's Claim to Compensation in Land Acquisition Dispute Under Bihar Land Reforms Act. Collector's Reference Under Section 30 of Land Acquisition Act, 1894 After Award Held Competent; State Entitled to Compensation as Land Vested Before Possession Under Section 16....

The Supreme Court of India heard appeals arising from land acquisition proceedings in the State of Bihar. The appellant, a landowner, owned certain lands that were subject to acquisition under the Lan...

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Supreme Court Upholds Discharge of Workmen in Industrial Dispute Due to Go-Slow and Absence of Domestic Enquiry. Tribunal Can Examine Merits of Misconduct Despite No Enquiry Under Standing Orders; Go-Slow Constitutes Misconduct Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The Supreme Court of India adjudicated an industrial dispute concerning the discharge of 119 seasonal workmen employed as cane carrier mazdoors, supervisors, and jamadars in a sugar factory. The dispu...

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Supreme Court Quashes Commissioner's Order Rejecting Revision Petition Under Income-tax Act. Commissioner's Revisional Power Under Section 33A(2) Is Quasi-Judicial and High Court Erred in Dismissing Writ Petition and Distinguishing Bombay High Court Decision....

The appeal arose from a writ petition filed by a Hindu undivided family assessee against orders of the Income-tax Officer and Commissioner of Income-tax concerning capital gains tax under the Indian I...

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Supreme Court Upholds Insurer in Compensation Dispute Under Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956. Meaning of 'Life Insurance Fund' in First Schedule, Part B, Para 4 Clause (d) Follows Insurance Act, 1938 Section 10(2) Read With Form D Third Schedule and Form 1 Fourth Schedule, Disallowing 96% Surplus Deduction by Corporation....

The appeal arose from a compensation dispute between the Life Insurance Corporation of India (appellant) and Crown Life Insurance Co. (respondent), a Canadian life insurer whose Indian business was ta...

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Supreme Court Upholds Firm Status for Joint Family Sugar Mill Partnership After Death of Karta Due to Revenue's Concession. Partnership Act Section 42(c) Inapplicable to Two-Partner Firm; New Partnership Recognized From Date Minor Attained Majority....

The dispute arose from the income-tax assessment of Seth Govindram Sugar Mills for the assessment year 1950-51. The business was originally owned by a joint Hindu family consisting of two branches hea...