Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income-tax, Gujarat v. Arvind Mills Ltd.

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Reported as [1991] SUPP. 3 S.C.R. 303
Decided 10 December 1991

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that the language of the provision is perfectly clear.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Income TaxAct, 1961: Section 43A-Capital asset-Purchase of from foreign country-En­ hancement of liability consequent upon devaluation of Indian currency-- Development rebate-Whether could be allowed on the increased cost. The Respondent-assessee had acquired, for the purpose of its busi­ ness, a capital asset from a country outside India by making payment in foreign currency. For acquiring the said assets, it borrowed money in foreign currency from outside agencies and the liablility in respect of such assets was outstanding. Due to devaluation of the Indian currency in 1966, the said

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