Payment for Acquiring Mining Rights is Capital Expenditure

ACIT Vs. Shri K.R. Kaviraj (ITAT Bangalore) In the light of the judgment of the Honorable Supreme Court in the case of Aditya Minerals Pvt. Ltd. (239 ITR 817) the impugned payment made for acquiring mining rights is capital expenditure and cannot be allowed as revenue expenditure. The reliance placed by the ld.CIT(A) on the coordinate bench decision of Tribunal in the case of P.Abubakar (supra) and the decision of the Hon’ble jurisdictional High Court in the case M/s.Ramgad Minerals & Minings Pvt. Ltd.,(supra) is misplaced in the light of the decision of the larger bench decision of the...