Mathuram Agrawal v. State of Madhya Pradesh
8 SCC 667Supreme Court of India1999#1624 most cited
What is Mathuram Agrawal v. State of Madhya Pradesh authority for?
The case distinguishes between legitimate tax planning and transactions that are colourable devices or shams, affirming that while legal arrangements to reduce tax are permissible, transactions lacking legitimacy and designed purely to evade tax are not.
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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 292,668 Indian tax judgments — from 2004 to 2026.
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Mathuram Agrawal · 8 SCC 667 · colourable device · sham transaction · tax planning vs evasion · legal arrangements · sections 35D · 40(a)(i) · 14A · 143(3)
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