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Merely because income/loss in dealing in shares in one particular year is more than income/loss from principal business of the assessee of granting loans and advances, it cannot be said that principal business of assessee is not that of granting loans and advances. Full Article

Where assessee is engaged in trading in share of other companies, the business carried on by the assessee will be in nature of speculative business and profit or loss arising therefrom will be the speculative profit/loss. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW A primary agricultural co-operative credit society is not a co-operative bank and therefore, not entitled to any deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) as a bank; but as it is a primary co-operative credit society, it may be entitled to some deductions on the income earned by it from its transactions with its [...] Full Article

BLK Securities Pvt. Ltd. v. ITO The assessee company shall, for the purpose of section 73 of the IT Act, be deemed to be carrying on a speculation business to the extent to which its business consists of the purchase and sale of shares of other companies; thus, the loss incurred in purchase and sale of shares of other companies shall be deemed to be a speculation loss. Full Article