Expense on renovation of Leased building is capital expenditure

CIT Vs E.T.A. Travel Agency (P) Ltd. (Madras High Court) It was pointed out that so far as the expenditure incurred as contemplated in the explanation is concerned, a legal fiction is created, by which, the assessee, enjoying a leasehold right on a building, is treated as the owner of the building. It was further pointed out that after the introduction of Explanation 1 to Section 32 of the Act, there is no scope left out at all for any interpretation since, by a legal fiction, the assessee is treated as a owner of the building for the period of his occupation and this would mean that by refurb...