Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income Tax (central) Delhi v. Harprasad & Co. (p) Ltd.

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Reported as [1975] 3 S.C.R. 696
Bench Y. V. Chandrachud, R. S. Sarkaria and A. C. Gupta JJ.
Decided 25 February 1975

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, we are of the opinion that the H:igh Court was in error in answering the question referred to it, in favour of the assessee.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Income-tax Act (ll of 1922) Sections 128, 22(2A), 24(2A) & (2B)- Capital loss incurred in 1/te year when capital gains were not exigible to tax- lf could be set against capital gains in subsequent years. By the Income-tax and Excess Profit Tax (Amendment) Act, 1947 s. 12B was inserted in the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 .. making capital gains which arise after March 31. 1946, taxable. The same ':t inserted sub-sections (2A) and (2B) in s. 2.4 of the Income-tax Act. As a result of the Indian Finance Act, 1949 which restricted the operation of s. 12B to capital gains ari.sing before April l,

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