“Section 10(21)”
The decision most relied on for Section 10(21) is Shri Dilipkumar Lalwani and Others (107 Appeals) 21 19.12 In Pr. CIT v. Vinita Chaurasia (394 ITR 758), cited in 71 judgments on BharatTax.
Leading authorities on Section 10(21)
The amended provisions of Section 153C require that documents found during a search must 'pertain to' or 'relate to' the assessee. The High Court held that this requirement does not apply to searches conducted prior to the amendment.
The onus is on the Income Tax Department to prove that a particular receipt or amount is taxable and falls under the provisions of the Income-tax Act.
An order passed by the CIT under Section 12A of the Income Tax Act is quasi-judicial. Until October 1, 2004, there was no express provision in the Act for the CIT to cancel a registration certificate once granted.
Receipts that are not income in nature should be excluded from the profit and loss account before computing Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) under section 115JB.
Fees for computer software and technical services are taxable as fees for technical services under the Income Tax Act and are not royalties, unless the software is embedded with an enduring benefit and is integral to the business.
The character of an amount received as income is not conclusively determined by how it is assessed under the Income Tax Act. The head of income enumerated in Section 14 of the Act does not define the essential characteristics of income.