THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. SHRI.P.GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR
What did the High Court hold?
The High Court held that the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's order was not erroneous in law. The Court found that the Tribunal had applied its mind to the materials placed before it, as evidenced by paragraphs 6 and 7 of its order. While acknowledging that the Tribunal could have elaborated further in paragraph 8, the Court considered the order as a whole and was satisfied that the Tribunal was justified in holding that the assessee was entitled to the deduction based on the facts and materials. Therefore, the Court answered the reference by holding that the ITAT's order was not vitiated on any count of law. The operative direction was to answer the reference accordingly, upholding the ITAT's decision.
What were the facts?
This is an Income Tax Reference concerning an assessee who is a Government Contractor. The dispute revolves around the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal's (ITAT) decision to allow the deletion of an amount of Rs. 1,93,030/-. This amount represented a secured advance received by the assessee in the preceding previous year and was claimed as a deduction. The reference was made to the High Court on two questions: whether such a deduction is permissible and whether the ITAT's decision was perverse. The High Court noted that the ITAT considered the materials placed before it in paragraphs 6 and 7 of its order. The Court found that the ITAT applied its mind to these materials.
What were the issues?
1. Whether the deletion of Rs. 1,93,030/-, representing a secured advance received in the preceding previous year and claimed as a deduction, is permissible in law, as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. 2. Whether the decision of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal allowing the deletion of the said amount is perverse. Assessee's Contentions: The assessee argued that the ITAT's decision was justified based on the facts and materials on record. The assessee contended that the Tribunal had applied its mind to the relevant materials and that its reasoning and conclusions were not perverse. Revenue's Contentions: The Revenue (Commissioner of Income Tax) challenged the ITAT's order, raising the aforementioned questions. The Revenue contended that the ITAT's decision might be erroneous in law or perverse.
Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?
Income Tax Act, 1961
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE THOTTATHIL B.RADHAKRISHNAN & THE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE ANU SIVARAMAN
MONDAY, THE 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2016/28TH BHADRA, 1938 ITR.No. 1 of 2009 ---------------------- R.A. No. 255/Coch/1998 (ITA 497/1995) of THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL., COCHIN BENCH APPLICANT: ------------- THECOMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX TRIVANDRUM. BY ADV. SHRI P.K.R. MENON (SR) RESPONDENT: -------------- SHRI. P. GOPALAKRISHNAN NAIR GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR LAKSHMI NIVAS T.C. NO. 36/952, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. R1 BY ADV. SRI.T.M.SREEDHARAN (SR.) R1 BY ADV. SRI.V.P.NARAYANAN R1 BY ADV. SMT.DIVYA RAVINDRAN R1 BY ADV. SRI.V.V.VARGHESE R1 BY ADV. SMT.VANDANA MENON R1 BY ADV. SRI.ABRAHAM VARGHESE THARAKAN THIS INCOME TAX REFERENCE HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 19-09-2016, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY PASSED THE FOLLOWING:
THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN & ANU SIVARAMAN, JJ. =========================== I. T. R. No. 1 of 2009 =========================== Dated this the 19th day of September, 2016 JUDGMENT Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan
, J. 1.This reference under the Income Tax Act, 1961 is in relation to an assessee who is a Government Contractor. 2.We have heard the learned Senior counsel for the Department and the learned Senior Counsel for the assessee. 3.The sum and substance of the issues revolves around the Appellate Tribunal's decision allowing deletion of an amount of Rs.1,93,030/- which represented secured advance received by the assessee during the preceding previous year and claimed
ITR 1/2009 2 as a deduction. While the reference is on two questions, viz., whether such a deduction is permissible and secondly, whether the said decision is perverse or not, we need to notice that in paragraphs 6 and 7 of its order, the Tribunal noted the materials which were placed before it. The manner in which those paragraphs are housed would show that the Tribunal has applied mind to those materials and has thus adverted to and considered those materials on record. With the availability of such materials on record and consideration having also been expressed in those paragraphs, it will not be proper for us to say that the reasoning process or the conclusions are perverse. May be, it is a case where the Tribunal could have elaborated little further in paragraph 8 of its order. But, taking paragraphs 6, 7 and 8 of the impugned order of the Tribunal as a whole, we are satisfied that the Tribunal was justified on the basis of the facts and materials to hold that the assessee was entitled to the deduction. 4. We, therefore, do not find our way to hold that the Tribunal's order is erroneous in law. We answer the reference by holding that the Tribunal's order impugned in this matter is not vitiated
ITR 1/2009 3 on any count of law as referred to in the statement of the case, or otherwise. Reference is answered accordingly. Sd/- THOTTATHIL B. RADHAKRISHNAN JUDGE Sd/-
ANU SIVARAMAN JUDGE ks True copy P.S. (Hr.Gr.)To Judge
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