Supreme Court of India

Brij Mohan v. Commissioner of Income Tax, New Delhi

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Reported as [1980] 1 S.C.R. 199
Bench P. N. Bhagwati and R. S. Pathak JJ.
Decided 3 August 1979

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What the Court ordered

Accordingly, we are of opinion that clause (iii) substituted B in sulrsection (1) of section 271 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 by the Finance Act, 1968, governs the case before us and, therefore, the penalty imposed on the assessee in the instant case is covered by that provision.

Judgment, page 6

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