PRINCIPAL COM0MISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (CENTRAL) - 3 vs. M/S SUNCITY PROJECT PVT. LTD.
ITA/178/2021HC Delhi20 Dec 2021
Bench: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN,HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAVIN CHAWLA
…Page 14 of 18 568, wherein the following principles have been culled out:- “17. Accordingly, the principles stated in para 8 of Mechelec case [Mechelec Engineers & Manufacturers v. Basic Equipment Corpn., (1976) 4 SCC 687] will now stand superseded, given the amendment of Order 37 Rule 3 and the binding decision of four Judges in Milkhiram case [Milkhiram (India) (P) Ltd. v. Chamanlal Bros., AIR 1965 SC 1698 : (1966) 68 Bom LR 36] , as follows: 17.1. If the defendant satisfies the court that he has a substantial defence, that is, a defence that is likely to su…