Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income-tax, Punjab Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Patiala v. Punjab Distilling Industries Ltd.

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Reported as [1964] 7 S.C.R. 447
Bench A.K. Sarkar, M. Hidayatullah and J.C. Shah JJ.
Decided 24 March 1964

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Income Tax-Distiller taking deposit refundable on return of bottles-Balance of deposits after refund, if trading re­ ceipt-Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (11 of 1922), s.10. The assessee, a distiller of country liquor, carried on the business of selling liquor to licensed whole salers. The assessee '5tarted collecting from its customers from the year 1945 besides the price of the liquor and the bottles in which the liquor was sold a further charge called "empty bottles return security depo­ sit." The entire sum collected on this account in respect of any one transaction would be refunded in full

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