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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judgments rely on this decision, according to BharatTax’s citation analysis of 367,154 Indian tax judgments — from 2007 to 2026.
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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