Supreme Court of India

The Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay City I v. M/s. Jagannath Kissonlal, Bombay

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 644
Bench J.L. Kapur J.
Decided 24 November 1960

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Income Tax-Money borrowed by two persons for business pur­ poses on joint and several lidbility-One failing to pay his share­ Whole paid by another-Unpaid sum by Co-borrower-If deductible as business loss-Commercial custom of joint borrowing-Mutuality -Indian Income Tax Act, z922 (II of z922), s. I0(2)(xv). For the purposes of its business the respondent borrowed a certain sum of money from the Bank of India on a pronote executed jointly by him and one Kishorilal in accordance with a commercial practice of carrying on business by borrowing money from Banks on joint and several liability. The

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