OPTICAL DISC MARKETING (INDIA) PRIVATE LIMTED (NOW MERGED WITH DISHA INFIN CONSULTANS PRIVATE LIMITED),MUMBAI vs. DCIT CIRCLE-13(1)(1), MUMBAI
The appeal of the assessee is allowed in terms of our aforesaid observations
ITA 2202/MUM/2018[2013-14]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai29 Sept 2021AY 2013-14
Bench: Shri S.Rifaur Rahman () & Shri Ravish Sood () M/S Optical Disc Marketing The Dcit, Circle 13(1)(1) (India) P. Ltd. Vs. 2Nd Floor, Aayakar Bhavan, (Now Merged With Disha Infin Consultants Pvt. Ltd.) Mumbai - 702, 7Th Floor, Samudra Setu, Near Parsi Agiary, Opp. Annand Bhavan, Opp. B.D. Desai Road, Mumbai – 400 026 Pan No. Aaaco3254B (Assessee) (Revenue) Assessee By : Shri H.D. Shah, A.R Revenue By : Ms. Shrikala Pardeshi, D.R Date Of Hearing : 24/08/2021 Date Of Pronouncement : 29/09/2021
For Appellant: Shri H.D. Shah, A.RFor Respondent: Ms. Shrikala Pardeshi, D.R
Section 143(2)Section 143(3)Section 234B
…y lending business the interest income earned from its aforesaid activities could not have been declined from being assessed as its business income. Our aforesaid view is supported by the order of the ITAT, Mumbai in the case of B.N. Khandelwal Vs. ITO (2007) 16 SOT 343 (Mum). In its said order, it was, inter alia, observed by the Tribunal that as the assessee was engaged in granting of loans on a regular basis and was earning interest income, therefore, it could be said to be engaged in money-lending business even though it had no money-lending license. Reliance is also placed on the judgment of the Hon‟ble High…