Additional depreciation cannot be denied to an entity engaged in business of generation and distribution of power

Pr. CIT Vs NTPC Sail Power Co. Pvt. Ltd. (Delhi High Court)

Electricity is capable of abstraction, transmission, transfer, delivery, possession, consumption and use like any other movable property. Following the same logic, to deny the benefit of additional depreciation to a generating entity on the basis that electricity is not an ‘article’ or ‘thing’ is in our view an artificially restrictive meaning of the provision. The benefit of additional depreciation under Sec

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