COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX V. NAVJIVAN ROLLER FLOUR & PILSE MILLS LTD.

ITR/97/1986

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The case involves the Commissioner of Income Tax versus Navjivan Roller Flour & Pilse Mills Ltd., where the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal referred questions to the High Court of Gujarat concerning the interpretation of the Income-tax Act, 1961. The questions pertained to the applicability of section 40A(8) on the current accounts of directors and the restriction of extra shift allowance on machinery. The court examined precedents and previous judgments to arrive at its decisions, ultimately answering all questions in favor of the respective parties as per the earlier rulings.

• Counselvise Citation: [2001] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 718476 (HC-GUJARAT)
• Appeal Type: Others
• Pronouncement Date: 20-06-2001
• Assessment Year: misc
• Other Referred Cases: CIT v. Transpek Industry Pvt. Ltd., 194 ITR 581, South India Viscose Ltd. v. CIT, 227 ITR 286
• Laws Referred To: Income-tax Act, 1961
• Result in Favour of: Partly Allowed
• Court: HIGH COURT
• Department Lawyers: MANISH BHATT
• Assessee Lawyers: B B NAIK
• Keywords: Current account; Directors; Extra shift allowance; Income Tax; Machinery; Tribunal
• Section: 256(1); 40A(8)

Judgement Text

" IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD INCOME TAX REFERENCE No 97 of 1986 For Approval and Signature: Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE A.R.DAVE and Hon'ble MR.JUSTICE D.A.MEHTA ============================================================ 1. Whether Reporters of Local Papers may be allowed : NO to see the judgements? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? : NO 3. Whether Their Lordships wish to see the fair copy : NO of the judgement? 4. Whether this case involves a substantial question : NO of law as to the interpretation of the Constitution of India, 1950 of any Order made thereunder? 5. Whether it is to be circulated to the Civil Judge? : NO -------------------------------------------------------------- COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Versus NAVJIVAN ROLLER FLOUR & PILSE MILLS LTD. -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: MRR BB NAIK for MR MANISH R BHATT for Petitioner NOTICE SERVED for Respondent No. 1 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : MR.JUSTICE A.R.DAVE and MR.JUSTICE D.A.MEHTA Date of decision: 20/06/2001 ORAL JUDGEMENT (Per : MR.JUSTICE A.R.DAVE) At the instance of the revenue and the assessee the following questions have been referred to this court by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Ahmedabad Bench 'C' for its opinion under the provisions of sec. 256(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. At the instance of the Revenue : \"Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in coming to the conclusion that provisions of section 40A(8) would not be applicable on the current account of the Directors, their friends and relatives?\" At the instance of the Assessee : 1. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was justified in law in restricting the extra shift allowance on machinery to the extent of number of days and thereby restricting the extra shift allowance to Rs. 1,93,920/-? 2. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was justified in law in not considering the industry as a whole for extra shift allowance?\" 2. Learned advocate Shri B.B. Naik has appeared for the revenue whereas nobody as appeared for the assessee, though the assessee has been duly served. 3. So far as the question which has been referred to this court at the instance of the revenue is concerned, learned advocate Shri B.B. Naik has submittd that the question, which has been referred to this Court, has been squarely answered by this Court in I.T.R. No. 247/84 in the case of the assessee itself. Upon perusal of the judgment delivered on 3.5.1999 in I.T.R. No. 247/84, we find that a similar question was raised for the earlier assessment year and the said question was answered in the negative i.e. in favour of the revenue and against the assessee. In the circumstances, the question which has been referred at the instance of the revenue is answered in the negative i.e. in favour of the revenue and against the assessee. 4. So far as the two questions which have been referred to this Court at the instance of the assessee are concerned, it has been submitted by learned advocate Shri Naik that the said questions have been decided in the case of CIT v. Transpek Industry Pvt. Ltd., 194 ITR 581 as well as by the Hon'ble Supreme in South India Viscose Ltd. v. CIT, 227 ITR 286. The said questions have been answered in the negative i.e. in favour of the assessee and against the revenue. In view of the judgment delivered in the case of Transpek Industry (supra) as well as the law laid down by the Supreme Corut in South India Viscose (supra), the said two questions referred to this Court at the instance of the assessee are answered in the negative i.e. against the revenue and in favour of the assessee. The reference is thus disposed of with no order as to costs. (A.R. Dave, J.) (D.A. Mehta, J.) (hn) "