Supreme Court of India

The Commissioner of Income-tax, Madras v. M. V. Murugappan & Ors.

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Reported as [1971] 1 S.C.R. 377
Bench J.C. Shah, K. S. Hegde and A. N. Grover JJ.
Decided 24 April 1970

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From the headnote

Income Tax Act. 1922, s. 2(6- )(c)--Company i11 liquidation-Distri­ bution of profits earned in year of liquidation to shareholders if liable to tax q.s dividend. The respondents were shareholders of a public limited company. The Company ll'aintained ito accounts according to the Calendar Y car. The company wont into liquidation on October 31, 1954. The Liquidators of the company distributed on March IO, 1955 among the sharcnoldero for each share of the cornpany a share of another company " share of equal face value. The d·istribution was made out of profits earned by the company between

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