Supreme Court of India

Shubhlaxmi Mills Limited v. Additional Commissioner of Income-tax, Gujarat

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Reported as [1989] 2 S.C.R. 86
Bench R.S. Pathak and Ranganath Misra JJ.
Decided 28 March 1989

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the High Court is right in answering the questions in favour of the Revenue and against the assessee.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961-S. 33(1) read with S. 34(3)(a) and Exp/a- nation thereto-Creation of a reserve fund in the relevant previous year is a condition precedent for claiming deduction on account of 'develop- c ment rebate'. Sub-s. (1) of S. 33 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 provides that subject to the provisions of s. 34 thereof development rebate may be claimed as a deduction in respect of a new machinery or plant. Clause (a) of sub-s. (3) of s. 34 stipulates that the said deduction shall not be allowed unless an amount equal to 75 per cent of the development rebate is debited to the profit and

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