Ramchandar Shivnarayan v. CIT
111 ITR 263Supreme Court of India1978#2379 most cited
What is Ramchandar Shivnarayan v. CIT authority for?
A business loss is deductible if it has a direct and proximate nexus with business operations or is incidental to them, applying a commercial standard, even without an explicit statutory provision for its deduction.
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Ramchandar Shivnarayan v. CIT · 111 ITR 263 · Supreme Court · business loss deductibility · direct proximate nexus · incidental to business · commercial standard · Section 28 · Section 36(2) · non-recovery of advances as business loss