MAHINDRA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENT P.LTD,MUMBAI vs. ITO 2(2)(3), MUMBAI
In the result, the assessee’s appeal is dismissed
ITA 2832/MUM/2012[2008-09]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai24 May 2016AY 2008-09
Bench: Shri Joginder Singh, Jm & Shri Sanjay Arora, Am आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No. 2832/Mum/2012 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2008-09) Mahindra Telecommunications Income Tax Officer, 2(2)(3), बनाम/ Investment Private Limited Aaykar Bhavan, Mumbai-400 020 Gateway Building, Apollo Bunder, Vs. Mumbai-400 001 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Aaacm 3774 E (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (""यथ" / Respondent) : अपीलाथ" क" ओर से / Appellant By : Shri H. P. Mahajani ""यथ" क" ओर से/Respondent By : Shri Randhir Gupta सुनवाई क" तार"ख / : 24.02.2016 Date Of Hearing घोषणा क" तार"ख / : 24.05.2016 Date Of Pronouncement आदेश / O R D E R Per Sanjay Arora, A. M.: This Is An Appeal By The Assessee Directed Against The Order By The Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals)-5, Mumbai (‘Cit(A)’ For Short) Dated 18.1.2012, Dismissing The Assessee’S Appeal Contesting Its Assessment U/S.143(3) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (‘The Act’ Hereinafter) For The Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2008-09 Vide Order Dated 30.12.2010. 2. The Background Facts The Facts Of The Case Are Simple & Undisputed. The Assessee-Company, Incorporated Under The Companies Act, 1956, Pursuant To A Shareholders’ Agreement Dated March
For Appellant: Shri H. P. MahajaniFor Respondent: Shri Randhir Gupta
Section 143(3)
…again trite law that a precedent is an authority only for what it actually decides and not what may remotely or even logically follow from it (refer: Goodyear India Ltd. vs. State of Haryana and Another [1991] 188 ITR 402 (SC) and Blue Star Ltd. v. CIT (1996) 217 ITR 514 (Bom). In sum 5. The assessee following the accrual method of accounting for finalizing its accounts as well as reporting income - being in fact legally obliged to do so, the said concept, i.e., accrual, a fundamental accounting assumption – so that the accounts cannot be considered as reflecting a true and fair state of affairs until the same i…