Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay v. Italindia Cotton Co. (p) Ltd.

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Reported as [1988] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 814
Bench R.S. Pathak and Mukharji JJ.
Decided 5 September 1988

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Income Tax Act, 1961-S. 79-Carry forward and set-off of loss incurred in .any earlier year against income of the relevant previous year-Conditions provided in els. (a) milt (b) of s. 79 operate in the alternative, not cumulatively. The respondent-assessee which had suffered a loss during the assessment year 1960-61, and whose share-holding had undergone a change subsequently, claimed a set-off.against the same in its assess­ ment for the year 1963-64, but the Income-tax Officer turned it down on the ground thats. 79 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 dis-entitled the' asses­ see from claiming such a

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