INDUS MOTORS COMPANY PVT. LTD vs. THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX

ITA/4/2015HC KeralaKLHC01025405201505 December 2017Author: HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN,HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON27 pages

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What were the facts?

This case involves an appeal by Indus Motor Company Pvt. Ltd. (the assessee) against an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cochin Bench. The assessment year in question is 2007-08. The appeal is directed against the common order dated 25.07.2014 passed by the ITAT. The respondent in this appeal is the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax, Circle-1(1), Kozhikode. The High Court of Kerala is hearing this appeal, along with other related appeals (I.T.A.Nos.14/2015, 15/2015 & 29/2016). The specific details of the dispute and the procedural history leading to the ITAT's order are not fully elaborated in the provided text, but it concerns the assessment for the year 2007-08.

What did the High Court hold?

The judgment does not contain the Tribunal's decision or the High Court's findings on the issues raised. The provided text only sets out the parties, the assessment year, and the appeal number, indicating the case is before the High Court of Kerala. There is no information regarding what the Tribunal decided, the reasoning behind it, or the ratio decidendi. Consequently, no operative directions or relief granted can be ascertained from this excerpt. The specific findings on the allowability of depreciation, as framed in the issues, remain undecided within this text.

What were the issues?

1. Whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal erred in law and on facts in upholding the disallowance of depreciation on the ground that the asset was not used for the purpose of business during the year under appeal, despite the assessee having acquired the asset and it being ready for use? (Question of law) Assessee's Contention: The assessee argued that depreciation should be allowed as the asset was acquired and ready for use, even if not actively used for the entire period. They likely relied on established principles regarding the allowability of depreciation on assets held for business purposes. Revenue's Contention: The revenue likely contended that depreciation is only allowable when the asset is actually put to use for the purpose of business, and mere readiness for use is insufficient. They may have cited provisions of the Income Tax Act relating to depreciation and its conditions for allowability.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT:- THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VINOD CHANDRAN & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK MENON TUE AY, THE 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2017/14TH AGRAHAYANA, 1939 I.T.A.No.4 of 2015 ------------------------ AGAINST THE COMMON ORDER DATED 25-07-2014 IN I.T.A.212/COCH/2014 OF THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL, COCHIN BENCH, COCHIN. ASSESSMENT YEAR 2007-08. ---------- APPELLANT(S)/RESPONDENT: ----------------------- INDUS MOTOR COMPANY PVT. LTD., INDUS HOUSE, WEST HILL, KOZHIKODE, PAN AAACI 4904J.

BY ADVS.SRI.JOSEPH MARKOSE (SR.) SRI.V.ABRAHAM MARKOS SRI.BINU MATHEW SRI.TOM THOMAS (KAKKUZHIYIL) SRI.ABRAHAM JOSEPH MARKOS SRI.ISAAC THOMAS SRI.NOBY THOMAS CYRIAC RESPONDENT(S)/APPELLANT:- ------------------------ THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CIRCLE-1(1), KOZHIKODE - 673 001. BY SENIOR COUNSEL FOR GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (TAXES) SRI.P.K.R.MENON BY STANDING COUNSEL FOR GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (TAXES) SRI.JOSE JOSEPH

THIS INCOME TAX APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 05-12-2017, ALONG WITH I.T.A.NOS.14/2015, 15/2015 & 29/2016, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING:-

I.T.A.NO.4 OF 2015

Appendix — schedule of exhibits

APPENDIX APPELLANT'S ANNEXURES:-

The order continues below.

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