Ranee Agency, Kolkata vs. ITO., WD - 55(1), Kolkata
In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed
ITA 1379/KOL/2016[2008-09]Status: DisposedITAT Kolkata29 Apr 2019AY 2008-09
Bench: Shri A.T.Varkey, Jm &Dr. A.L.Saini, Am आयकरअपीलसं./Ita No.1379/Kol/2016 ("नधा"रणवष" / Assessment Year:2008-09)
For Appellant: Shri Utpal Ranjan Dutt, Partner(Ranee Agency)For Respondent: Shri Robin Chowdhury, Addl. CIT Sr. DR
Section 143(1)Section 143(3)Section 156(3)Section 271(1)Section 28Section 29Section 37(1)
…e funds of his employers, and the loss arising from such misappropriation must be held to arise out of the carrying on of business and to be incidental to it. The Madras High Court speaking through Rajagopalan J. in the case of Gothamchand Galada vs CIT [1961]42 ITR 418 made the following observations: "The test to apply in deciding whether a loss sustained by a businessman, when an employee of his embezzles funds left in the charge of that employee, constitutes a trading loss of the business of the employer, is whether the loss was incidental to the carrying on of that business. Was the employment of the employe…