(NOW PERNOD RICARD INDIA PVT.LTD.)
The appeals are dismissed but in the circumstances with no order as to
ITA/900/2009HC Delhi06 Oct 2015
Section 260A
…ated on a scientific basis, was an allowable deduction under Section 37(1) of the Act. Relying on the decision in Commissioner of Income Tax v. Balaji Distilleries Ltd. 126 Taxman 264 (Madras) and Commissioner of Income Tax v. Brindavan Beverages (P) Ltd. 335 ITR 163 (Karn), Mr. Chopra submitted that transit breakages were normal to the bottling business and, therefore, allowable as a revenue expenditure. By the same analogy, the provision for said breakages should also be allowed particularly since the provision was reversed on the opening day of the following year. Thereby, there was no loss to the Rev…