What did the High Court hold?

The Tribunal held that based on the substantial nature of transactions, maintenance of books of accounts, and the magnitude of purchases and sales, it could not be concluded that the assessee was essentially trading in shares. Therefore, the income should not be treated as business income.

The Revenue appealed against an ITAT order that reversed the Assessing Officer's treatment of the assessee's share income. The core issue was whether the income from share transactions should be treated as business income or capital gains.

What were the issues?

Whether the CIT(A) was justified in reversing the AO's treatment of share income as business income instead of capital gains, based on factual findings.

PCIT vs Sh. Ashok Kumar | Delhi High Court 2015

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI 51. + ITA 591/2015 PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-21 DELHI Appellant Through; Mr. Amol Sinha, Senior Standing counsel with Ms. Vibhooti Malhotra, Advocate. versus ASHOK KUMAR Respondent AND 4 ITA 592/2015 PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-21 DELHI Appellant Through: Mr. Amol Sinha, Senior Standing counsel with Ms. Vibhooti Malhotra, Advocate. versus ASHOK KUMAR Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE S. MURALIDHAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIBHU BAKHRU ORDER o/o 17.08.2015 CM Nos. 15395/2015 & 15396/2015 (for exemption) 1. Exemptions allowed subject to all just exceptions. ITA Nos. 591 & 592 of2025 I of 3 Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Signature Not Verified

The applications are disposed of. TTA Nos. 591/2015 & 592/2015. 3. These two appeals by the Revenue under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 ('Act') are directed against a common impugned order dated 2"'' March 2015 passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal ('ITAT') in ITA Nos. 1046/Del/2012 and 1314/Del/2012 for Assessment Years ('AYs') 2007-08 and 2008-09 respectively. 4. The common question that arises in both appeals is whether the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) ['CIT (A) ] was justified in reversing the Assessing Officer's ('AO') treatment of the income of the Assessee for trading in shares as a business income instead of capital gains? 5. There are three aspects that have been examined that is the substantial nature of transactions, the manner of maintaining books of accounts, the magnitude of purchases and sales and the ratio between purchases and sales to determine the nature of transactions. Although the AO held against the Assessee, both CIT (A) and the ITAT have concurrently found on facts that on the above three parameters being applied to the transactions ITA Nos. 591 & 592 of 2015 2 of 3

in the two AYs, it could not be said that the Assessee was in fact essentially trading in shares and the income therefrom should be treated as business income. In particular, it has been a finding in para 43 of the order of the CIT (A) which has been concurred with by the ITAT. 6. No substantial question of law arises for determination. 7. The appeals are dismissed. S. MURALIDHAR, J VIBHU BAKHRU, J AUGUST 17,2015 ITA Nos. 591 & 592 of 2015 Page 3 of 3

PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX - 21 DELHI vs. SH. ASHOK KUMAR

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