Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income Tax, Madras v. G.R. Karthikeyan, Coimbatore

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Reported as [1993] 3 S.C.R. 328
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy and N. Venkatachala JJ.
Decided 22 April 1993

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Income Tax Act 1961: Sections 2(24)and 10(3 )-For Assessment-What constitutes Income-Prize Money-From All India Motor Car Rally-Whether constitutes Income. The assessee participated in an All India Highway Motor Car Rally and on being declared a winner, received an amount of Rs. 22,000 as prize mone~·. The Income-tax officer included the prize money in his income for the relevant assessment year relying upon the definition of'income' in clause (24) of Section 2 of Income Tax Act. On an appeal preferred by the respondent-assessee the Appellate Assistant Commissioner, held that as the Rally was

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