Supreme Court of India

The Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay v. M/s. Filmistan Ltd.

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Reported as [1961] 3 S.C.R. 893
Bench J.L. Kapur J.
Decided 21 February 1961

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focome-tax-J'cnalty for failure to pay tax-Appeal within time -Tax due paid after the period of Limitation--Appral if barred­ Indian Income-tax Act, r922 (II of r922), ss. 30, sub-ss. (I) and (2), 46(I). Against an order imposing penalty under s. 46(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act on account of failure to pay an instalment of Income-tax, an appeal was preferred. Though the memoran­ dum of appeal was presented within the period of limitation, the tax was paid after the period of limitation prescribed for presenting the appeal had expired. Held, that the expression "t-<o appeal shall lie" in

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