Supreme Court of India

Hoshiarpur Electric Supply Co. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Simla

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Reported as [1961] 2 S.C.R. 956
Bench J.L. Kapur J.
Decided 6 December 1960

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Income Tax-Assessee's receipts for installing new electricity installations-If "Profit" or capital-Indian Electricity Act, I9IO (9 of I9IO), Schedule c. 6 (I)(b)-Intlian Income-tax Act, x9n (II of x922), s. 66(r). The assessee, an electricity supply undertaking, received certain sum of money for new service connections granted to its customers. Part of this amount was spent for laying mains and service lines. The Income-tax Officer treated the entire amount as trading receipt. In appeal the Appellate Assistant Commis­ ner excluded the cost of laying service lines and the mains and treated the

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