Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income Tax, Karnataka (central), Bangalore and Ors. v. Chowgule and Co. Ltd.

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Reported as [1996] 1 S.C.R. 367
Bench Dr. A.S. Anand and Suhas C. Sen JJ.
Decided 11 January 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the order under Section 263 passed by the Commissioner of Income Tax was rightly quashed by the High Court.

Judgment, page 8

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961/lncome fax Rules, 1962 : .. S.143,263/Rule 115-lncome arising out of export of goods-Foreign currenq-Conversion of into rupees-Assessment of to tax-Held, Rule JI 5 fixes rate of exchange for conversion into rupees of income in foreign currency at the end o.f accounting period--Rule applies to any income in .foreign ex­ change to be converted for purpose of computing total income for any account- ing period and not to income already converted into rupees during the account- ing period-Rule is not ultra vires the Act. The respondent-company exported iron ore to foreign

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