Southern Technologies Ltd. v. JCIT

320 ITR 577Supreme Court of India2010#216 most cited

What is Southern Technologies Ltd. v. JCIT authority for?

The case concerns the allowability of deductions for provisions made under Section 36 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, especially those related to bad and doubtful debts. It distinguishes such deductions from the recognition of interest income on non-performing assets (NPAs).

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Also referred to as

Southern Technologies Ltd. v. JCIT · Section 36 deduction · provision for bad and doubtful debts · Section 36(1)(viia) · Section 36(1)(vii) · allowability of provision · MAT section 115JB · non-performing assets · profits and gains of business or profession · bad debt deduction conditions · Income Tax Act 1961

Issues it is cited on

Judgments citing Southern Technologies Ltd. v. JCIT

Kaizen Cold Formed Steel Private Limited, Chennai vs. ACIT, Corp Circle-4(2), Chennai

The appeal stand allowed in terms of our above order

ITA 172/CHNY/2023[2017-18]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai05 Oct 2023AY 2017-18

Bench: Hon’Ble Shri V. Durga Rao, Jm & Hon’Ble Shri Manoj Kumar Aggarwal, Am आयकरअपील सं./ Ita No.172/Chny/2023 (िनधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2017-18) M/S.Kaizen Cold Formed Steel Pvt.Ltd, Acit बनाम 14A, Ennore High Road, Corporate Circle-4(2), / Vs. Thiruvottiyur, Chennai-600 019. Chennai. "थायीलेखासं./जीआइआरसं./Pan/Gir No. Aadck-7625-B (अपीलाथ"/Appellant) : (!"थ" / Respondent) अपीलाथ"कीओरसे/ Appellant By : Ms. V.Madhunika (Advocate)-Ld.Ar !"थ"कीओरसे/Respondent By : Shri R.Raghupathy (Jcit)- Ld.Dr सुनवाईकीतारीख/Date Of Hearing : 03-10-2023 घोषणाकीतारीख /Date Of Pronouncement : 05-10-2023 आदेश / O R D E R

For Appellant: Ms. V.Madhunika (Advocate)-Ld.ARFor Respondent: Shri R.Raghupathy (JCIT)- Ld.DR
Section 143(3)Section 250Section 36

…overable. However, it is submitted that the 1st Respondent does not have the authority or the power to prescribe method by which a bad debt is written off. It is submitted that the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Southern Technologies Ltd. v. JCIT [2010] 320 ITR 577 (SC) and TRF Ltd v. CIT [2010] 323 ITR 397 (SC) have categorically held that for the purpose of writing off a bad debt, it would suffice if the assessee had debited the same to Profit and Loss Account, credited the same to the Bad Reserve Debts Account and maintain a Sundry Debtors list. Therefore, in this context, it is submitted that the Appell…