Supreme Court of India
Vania Silk Mills (p) Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, Ahmedabad
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In the result, the appeal succeeds and the impugned decision is set aside.
Judgment, page 12
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Income Tax Act, 1961: Ss. 2(47), 41(2), 45-Capital asset- Destruction of-Money received as insurance claim-Nature of- Whether chargeable to capital gains tax. The appellant company purchased machinery worth Rs.2,81,741 c in the year 1957 and gave it on hire to another company which insured the machinery. In the year 1966, a fire broke out in the lendee company causing extensive damage to the machinery of the appellant. On a settle- ment of the insurance claim the lendee company paid to the appellant a snm of Rs.6,32,533 on account of the destruction of its machinery. The difference between
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