Issue – Whether on the facts and in law, the Hon’ble Tribunal was correct in holding that the investment in tax free securities/investments are represented by assessee’s own funds in the shape of share capital and reserves, ignoring the fact that the assessee is a bank involved in transactions
What the section is designed to strike at is advance or loan to a shareholder and the word shareholder can mean only the registered shareholder. The Hon’ble Supreme Court following the judgment in the case of Commissioner of Income Tax v/s C. P. Sarathy reported in 1972 (83) ITR 170(SC) held that the beneficial owner of shares whose name does not appear in the register of the shareholders of the company cannot be said to be a shareholder though he may be beneficially entitled to the shares but he is not a shareholder.
It may be noted that a rigorous drive has been planned after 30thSeptember 2014 against the return defaulters. Hence all the defaulting dealers are requested to file all the pending returns and pay the applicable tax and interest at the earliest and take benefit of this exemption.
