Supreme Court of India

Sultan Brothers (p) Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax

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Reported as [1964] 5 S.C.R. 807
Bench Bhuvneshwar Prasad Sinha J.
Decided 6 December 1963

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Income Tax-Assessment-Letting of building and furniture­ Such letting, if business-Income Tax Act, 1922 (11 of 1922), ss. JO, 12(4). . . . The appellant assessee Jet out a building fully equipped and furnished, for a term of six years for running a hotel and for certain ancillary purposes. The lease provided for a rent for the building and a hire for the furniture and fixtures. In the assessment of the income under· the lease to income-tax, . Held: Whether a particular letting is business has to be decid· ed in the circumstances of each case. It would not be'..the doing 1963 December 6 . -

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