Speculative transaction is a transaction in which contract for purchase and sale of any commodity is settled otherwise than by actual delivery. It is not in dispute that in the case of transaction in derivatives, the transaction is always settled otherwise than by actual delivery.
Insertion of Rule 13E in the I.T.A.T. (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 1963, vide Notification No. GSR 389E dated 3-6-2009 prohibiting Retired ITAT President, Vice-President and members to appear before ITAT. No doubt the Ministry, as it were, built a nice palace so that all of us in the ITAT could lead a happy and blissful life hereafter
The main issue involved in these appeals is whether the loss shown by the assessee is assessable under the head income from business as claimed by the assessee company or under the head income from other sources as held by the authorities below.
The expenditure incurred by the assessee by way of payments to the retiring partners is only an application of its income, which is on capital account and not allowable as a deduction.
It is difficult to conceive that items like carpet etc., would fall in the category of items which are considered in the case of Madras Auto Service (supra). In particular, the assessee has not placed any material, either before the tax authorities or before us to show that the lump-sum payment in the form of renovation expenses has benefited the assessee in the form of reduction in the revenue expenditure over a period of years by virtue of low rentals or otherwise.
The assessee co-operative society did not conform to the stipulation and limitation of the types of activities in which a banking company is allowed to engage as per the Banking’ Regulation Act, 1949.
In our-view, the receipts do satisfy the conditions mentioned in section 80R that the services are rendered in his capacity as a teacher or research worker in such Institution, Association of Body. The amounts are not his professional receipts as he has no permission to practise in a foreign country.
The claim of exemption u/s 11 cannot be denied merely based on the flimsy grounds that the assessee serves alcohol to the members and their friends in the club. Serving alcohol is part and parcel of the activities of any club and it is an integral part of the activities of the club.
The argument of the Ministry of Law & Justice that the ITAT could not go into interpretation of Rule 13E is not acceptable because in accordance with the duty of the Tribunal to give a proper hearing to the parties, the Tribunal has inherent jurisdiction to consider whether the parties who are appearing before it are properly entitled under the law to make appearance
The dispute raised in this appeal is whether F & O transaction can be considered as speculative transaction or not. The speculative transactions have been defined in section 43(5) as transactions in which contract for purchase or sale of any commodity including stock of shares is periodically and ultimately settled otherwise than by the actual delivery or transfer of commodity or scrips.
