Britannia Industries Ltd, Kolkata vs. DCIT, Cir-7(1), Kolkata
In the result, the appeal of the assessee is allowed
ITA 461/KOL/2023[2018-19]Status: DisposedITAT Kolkata14 Dec 2023AY 2018-19
Bench: Dr. Manish Borad, Hon’Ble & Shri Sonjoy Sarma, Hon’Blei.T.A. No. 461/Kol/2023 Assessment Year: 2018-19 Britannia Industries Ltd. Dy. Cit, Circle-7(1), Kolkata 5/1A, Hungerford Street Vs Shakespeare Sarani Kolkata - 700017 [Pan: Aabcb2066P] अपीलाथ"/ (Appellant) "" यथ"/ (Respondent) Assessee By : Shri Kush Kanodia, A/R Revenue By : Shri Subhendu Datta, Cit, D/R सुनवाई क" तारीख/Date Of Hearing : 19/10/2023 घोषणा क" तारीख /Date Of Pronouncement: 14/12/2023 आदेश/O R D E R Per Dr. Manish Borad: The Above Captioned Appeal Is Directed At The Instance Of The Assessee Against The Order Of The National Faceless Appeal Centre, Delhi (Hereinafter The “Ld. Cit(A)”) Dt. 24/03/2023, Passed U/S 250 Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (“The Act”) For The Assessment Year 2018-19. 2. The Assessee Has Raised The Following Grounds Of Appeal :- “1. For That On The Facts & In The Circumstances Of The Case & In Law, The Ld. Cit(A) Failed To Appreciate That The Appellant Had Suo Moto Computed & Disallowed Sum Of Rs.14,10,610/- Which Inter Alia Included Sum Of Rs.14,19,009/- Computed In Terms Of Rule 8D(2)(Ii) Being 1% Of The Value Of Tax Free Investments & Therefore The Ao Had Factually Erred In Holding That The Aforesaid Voluntary Disallowance Represented Disallowance Offered By Way Of Direct Expenditure U/S 14A Read With Rule 8D(2)(I) & Thereby Wrongly Computed Further Disallowance Of Rs.13,32,000/- In Terms Of Rule 8D(2)(Ii).
For Appellant: Shri Kush Kanodia, A/RFor Respondent: Shri Subhendu Datta, CIT, D/R
Section 115Section 14ASection 250Section 35Section 45Section 80G
…the decision rendered by the Hon’ble jurisdictional Calcutta High Court in the appellant’s own case which is reported in 396 ITR 677. In the decided case the Hon’ble Court after considering the decision of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case Goetze (India) Ltd (284 ITR 323) and Addl. CIT v. Gurjargravures (P.) Ltd. (111 ITR 1) has held that the appellate authority has the power to entertain new claim if the grounds raised are bonafide. Thus, in principle, we agree that the appellant is legally entitled to raise this claim before us. 13. Now coming to the merits of this claim, we note that the provisions of Section…