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An Enforcement Directorate raid on a sister concern connected with the Commonwealth Games scam is not a ground to terminate a contract, a division bench of the Delhi high court has declared. The Apparel Export Promotion Council had invited tenders and offered the contract for the February 2011 textile fair to an events management company, Meroform (India) Ltd. Later there was a telecast in private channels that its sister company was raided in scam investigation. Citing .. Full Article

In our considered opinion, no prudent businessman would borrow funds on interest and keep his own funds idle. Besides, (he transaction of loan is also not third party transaction but the funds borrowed from the Indian Overseas Bank by the sister concern have been taken as loan by the assessee without any business necessity because its own funds have remained idle throughout the year. The assessee has also admitted that the funds were kept idle and not utilized during the.. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW Exploitation of the property by one of the group concerns cannot be construed as exploitation by the assessee-company; the commercial asset has to be exploited by the assessee in the course of its business activity for the purpose of claiming the income as business income.  CASE LAW DETAILS Decided by: ITAT, [...] Full Article