Guru Pavan Ranga, Mysuru vs. Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, (Central), Bangalore
In the result, both the appeals of the assessees are dismissed
ITA 677/BANG/2021[2016-17]Status: DisposedITAT Bangalore14 Feb 2022AY 2016-17
Bench: Shri Chandra Poojari & Smt. Beena Pillai
For Respondent: Shri Sumer Singh Meena, CIT(DR)(ITAT), Bengaluru
Section 143Section 263Section 54FSection 57
…investment in the CGDA Scheme has nothing to do with the interest earned on mutual funds. Being so, this interest receipt and interest payment cannot be set off against each other. For this purpose, he relied on the following orders:- - Hamendra Singh v. CIT, 170 ITR 58 (Raj) wherein it was held that interest was not paid for the purpose of keeping or maintaining the earning of fixed deposit interest but was paid on the amount of loans taken for constructing the house. The motive of the assessee that he took loans on his fixed deposits in order to save them and to maintain his interest income was irrelevant. He h…