ShyamSel Ltd. v. DCIT
72 Taxmann.com 105High Court2016#5822 most cited
What is ShyamSel Ltd. v. DCIT authority for?
Payments made to compensate for environmental damage, even if recovered by a Pollution Control Board on the 'polluter pays' principle, are not allowable as business expenditure if treated as a penalty by the Assessing Officer and the assessee failed to install a pollution control device within the prescribed time.
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ShyamSel Ltd. v. DCIT · 72 Taxmann.com 105 · pollution control device · environmental compensation · polluter pays principle · penalty · business expenditure · section 37(1) · mercantile system of accounting · prescribed time