Supreme Court of India

Ahmedabad Manufacturing and Calico Printing Co. Ltd. and Anr. v. A.V. Joshi

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Reported as [1996] 3 S.C.R. 150
Bench J.S. Verma J.
Decided 1 March 1996

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, this appeal is allowed, the impugned judgment of the High Court is set aside and the respondent is directed to issue a certificate to the appellants, in accordance with law, showing therein the portion of exempted dividend in respect of Polyester Fibre Plant and Sulzer Plant.

Judgment, page 6

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961. Ss. 80!, SOK, 197(3)-New Industrial Undertakings-Deduction in respect of dividends-Losses and depreciation of earlier year carried for­ ward--Company declared dividend during subsequent year in which no tax was payable by it-Entitlement of company to certificate under S.SOK--Held, even if new industrial undertaking had no profit and gains assessable in relevant assessment yeai--Company would be entitled to benefit under S.SOK The assessee-Com pany established new industrial undertakings, namely, a Polyster Fibre Plant in the accounting year 1975-76 and a Sulzer Plant in

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