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Treatment to be given to unclaimed debenture amount when same is used by assessee-company for its business: HC Mumbai

March 3, 2009 721 Views 0 comment Print

9. In the instant case, since it is not in dispute that the amount, in question, has already been utilized by the Assessee for the purpose of its business from time to time and by Board Resolution the Assessee has transferred the amount to the Reserve Fund Account, and considering the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Commissioner of Income-tax vs. T. V. Sundaram Iyengar

Monetary limit prescribed by CBDT for filing of appeal by revenue

February 28, 2009 613 Views 0 comment Print

9. Having considered the contentions, in our opinion, the instructions cannot be interpreted as a Statute though it is pursuant to the power conferred under Section 268-A of the Income Tax Act. What the Court has to consider is the plain language of the paragraph and the object behind the said provisions. The object appears to be not to burden courts and Tribunals in respect of matters

Land used for internal roads of the factory and play ground for workers of the factory is taxable as wealth of the company,

February 28, 2009 1255 Views 0 comment Print

Motwane Manufacturing Co. Pvt. Ltd., Vs. The Commissioner of Wealth-tax (Mumbai HC) – The Tribunal was right in law in holding that land used for internal roads of the factory and play ground for workers of the factory is taxable as wealth of the company, when the factory building has not been charged for wealth-tax .

Rights of owners versus right of company in liquidation over title deeds mortgaged by owners’ POA for raising loans

February 28, 2009 1026 Views 0 comment Print

The company in liquidation is entitled to invoke the provisions of section 171 of the Contract Act relating to general lien over the properties offered as security to cover all the loans availed by the owners’ POA and the claim of the owners seeking redemption of the title deeds in terms of section 91 of the Transfer of Property Act must yield to such right and consequently the right to claim redemption cannot be accepted.

Dues of Petitioning creditor relating to period beyond scheme under implementation by Board and not forming part of scheme, bar u/s. 22(1) of SICA does not apply

February 25, 2009 319 Views 0 comment Print

On a reference to the Board for Industrial and financial Reconstruction (BIFR) by the company, a scheme of rehabilitation was sanctioned and the management of the company was taken over under the directions of the Board. The scheme sanctioned by the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction failed to reflect the dues of the Petitioners.

On refusal by company to register transfer of shares appeal lies only to CLB and Civil Court has no jurisdiction

February 25, 2009 693 Views 0 comment Print

The Appellant filed a Civil Suit upon refusal by the Second Respondent Company to register shares transferred by the First Respondent in the name of the Appellant on the ground that the signature of the transferor did not tally with the signature in the company records. The transferor did not contest the suit and the trial court passed a decree in favour of the Appellants.

BIFR empowered by express provisions of SICA to curtail the rights of shareholders

February 25, 2009 456 Views 0 comment Print

The Appellant, a State level institution incorporated for the purpose of development of industries in the State, was an equity shareholder in the Third Respondent Company. The company was referred to the Board For Industrial Reconstruction (BIFR) for the purpose of framing a scheme for rehabilitation. The Board approved the draft revival scheme and circulated the scheme seeking suggestions and objections of the shareholders including the Appellant.

Properties acquired from common properties of common ancestor cannot be adjudicated by Company Court: Civil Suit not barred u/s. 397 to 407 of the Companies Act, 1956

February 25, 2009 850 Views 0 comment Print

Originally the ancestor of the plaintiffs and the defendants, namely, B had started a proprietary concern. His son constituted six private limited companies and registered them under the Companies Act, 1956, and all the shareholders of these companies being the heirs of the late B, the companies were family concerns. The Defendants Nos. 2 to 6 started defendants Nos. 7 to 12 companies out of the funds of the original concern.

Loss from fire- Can Assessee claim the expense in the Year in which his claim for loss been rejected?

February 24, 2009 564 Views 0 comment Print

In the facts and circumstances of this case, the determining of date when the loss was incurred will have to be derived from the admitted facts. It is not a matter of dispute that the fire which resulted in destruction of the stock of the applicant-assessee took place on 26.3.1978. The aforesaid fire destroyed the stock/goods of the applicant-assessee lying with the PSWC

S. 115JA assessment is not liable for advance tax interest u/s 234B and 234C

February 19, 2009 1352 Views 0 comment Print

There is a difference between dismissal of a Special Leave Petition and dismissal of an Appeal. While the dismissal of a SLP does not result in merger of the judgment of the High Court with that of the Supreme Court and there is no affirmation, the dismissal of an Appeal results in an affirmation and merger of the order of the High Court into that of the Supreme Court.

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