Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT

116 ITR 1Supreme Court of India1979#177 most cited

What is Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT authority for?

A gain arising from the cancellation of a forward exchange contract entered into for the acquisition of a capital asset constitutes a capital receipt. Income-tax liability for such transactions is determined by the specific provisions of the Income Tax Act, independent of the accounting treatment in the books of account.

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Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd · 116 ITR 1 · capital receipt · foreign exchange gain · forward contract · capital asset · Section 43A · income tax liability · accounting treatment · capital gains

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Judgments citing Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT

DCIT, Ncc - 2 (1), Chennai vs. Shri Sailendra Kumar Kethineni, Chennai

In the result, the appeal filed by the Revenue is partly allowed for statistical purposes and the CO filed by the assessee is dismissed

ITA 2263/CHNY/2019[2012-13]Status: DisposedITAT Chennai24 Feb 2020AY 2012-13

Bench: Shri Inturi Rama Rao & Shri Duvvuru R.L. Reddyआयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No. 2263/Chny/2019 िनधा"रण वष"/Assessment Year: 2012-13 & C.O. No. 104/Chny/2019 [In I.T.A. No. 2263/Chny/2019] The Deputy Commissioner Of Shri Sailendra Kumar Kethineni, Income Tax Vs. No. 61, Greenways Road, R.A. Puram, Non Corporate Circle 2(1), Chennai 600 028. Chennai 600 034. [Pan:Aafpk8983P] (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (Respondent/Cross Objector) अपीलाथ" की ओर से / Appellant By : Shri Abani Kanta Nayak, Cit ""थ" की ओर से/Respondent By : Shri M. Karunakaran, Advocate सुनवाई की तारीख/ Date Of Hearing : 18.02.2020 घोषणा की तारीख /Date Of Pronouncement : 24.02.2020 आदेश /O R D E R Per Duvvuru Rl Reddy: The Appeal Filed By The Revenue Is Directed Against The Order Of The Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Appeals) 2, Chennai Dated 10.04.2019 Relevant To The Assessment Year 2012-13. The Effective Grounds Raised By The Revenue Are That The Ld. Cit(A) Has Erred In Deleting The Addition Made In Respect Of Employees Contribution Towards Pf/Esi & Treating The Sale Of Land In Sholinganallur As Capital Asset On The Basis Of Book Entry Without Appreciating That Book Entries Are Not Determinative Of Income Of Assessee.

For Appellant: Shri Abani Kanta Nayak, CITFor Respondent: Shri M. Karunakaran, Advocate
Section 139(1)Section 143(3)Section 148Section 43B

…sets by treating one sale as a capital gain and another as business income. It was further submission that mere entries in the books are not determinative of income of the assessee in view of the decisions in the case of Sutlej Cotton Mills Ltd. v. CIT (1979) 116 ITR 1(SC) & Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd. v. CIT 227 ITR 172 (SC). We find force in the arguments of the ld. DR. When the assessee as admitted another property at Sholinganallur, which was included in the wealth tax return for the assessment year 2012-13 as stock-in-trade, the ld. CIT(A) has not given any justification to treat one prop…