“Section 215(2)”
The decision most relied on for Section 215(2) is East India Commercial Co. Ltd. v. Collector of Customs (3 SCR 338), cited in 66 judgments on BharatTax.
Leading authorities on Section 215(2)
The law declared by a High Court is binding on all subordinate authorities and tribunals within its territorial jurisdiction.
Interest on arrears of tax is compensatory in nature, not penal, and is therefore an allowable deduction under the Income-tax Act. This decision reversed a previous Full Bench ruling.
The ITAT decision in Chemplast Sanmar Ltd. v. DCIT is authority for the proposition that no interference is called for in an impugned order when no contrary decision has been placed on record.
Interest derived by a cooperative society from its investments, other than those in cooperative societies, is eligible for deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i). The denial of this deduction by the CIT(A) is unsustainable.
The 'income' contemplated by Section 11 is the real income, not merely the assessed or assessable income, and income from property held under trust must be arrived at in a normal commercial manner. This implies that statutory deductions under Section 14 are not applicable when income from property held under trust is excluded.
An assessment order passed without disposing of the assessee's objections to reopening is improper, void, and a violation of natural justice.