Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income-tax. West Bengal v. Messrs.jeewanlal Ltd.

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Reported as [1954] 1 S.C.R. 189
Decided 8 October 1953

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Excess Profits Tare Act (XV of 1940), s. 2(11)-Director con­ trolled company- Definition-Directors aidhori.sed by another com­ pany holding majority of shares to vote in respect of the shares­ Company, whether director controlled. Ordinarily a company will be a "company, the directors where­ of have a controlling interest therein" for the purposes of the Excess Profits Tax Act, 1940, only if the directors thereof hold, and are entered in the share register as holders of, a majority of the vote-carrying shares of the company. It is not necessary that they must have a beneficial interest in

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