Supreme Court of India

Parashuram Pottery Works Co. Ltd. v. Income Tax Officer, Circle-1, Ward A, Rajkot, Gujarat

Neutral citation
Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 92
Bench Hans Raj Khanna J.
Decided 16 November 1976

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

1 Supreme Court bench has cited this judgment.

What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it cannot be said that the excess depreciation was allowed to the appellant company and its income as such escaped assessment because of its omission or failure to disclose fully and truly all material facts.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961-Secs. 147, 148, 149, lllcome Tax Act 1922-Sec. 10 (2) vi-Reopening of assessment-Omission 011 the part of assessee to disclose fully and truly all material facts-Duty to disclose primary facts-Duty to draw references of l.T.0.-Whether l.T.O. can correct his error or give effect to change in his opinion in reopening proceedings. The appellant a Public Limited Company filed its Income Tax Return relat­ ing to the assessment years 1957-58 and 1959-60 tinder the Income Tax Act, 1922. The Income Tax Offieer passed assessment orders on 16-4-1959 and on 30-3-1961 respectively in

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 referred to

Sign in free to read it

  • The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
  • The ratio: what the Court held, verbatim, with the page it sits on
  • Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
  • Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
  • Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing
Sign in to read - for free

An email address, no password.