Supreme Court of India

Kantilal Manilal and Ors. v. The Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 584
Bench J.L. Kapur, M. Hidayatullah and J.C. Shah JJ.
Decided 22 November 1960

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Income-tax-Distribution of new shares at half the market value-If amounts to distribution of dividend-Assessment-Re­ opening of-The Indian Income-tax Act, r9a2 (II of r9zz), ss. a(6A) (a), 66(r). The appellants were shareholders of a company known as Navjivan Mills ltd. which held a large number of shares of the Bank of India. The Bank with the object of increasing their share capital offered some more shares to the Mills for a price including premium which was about half the market value. The Mills purchased a small number of the shares so offered with their own funds and distributed their

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