Supreme Court of India

Orissa State Warehousing Corpn. Etc. v. Commissioner of Income Tax

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Reported as [1999] 2 S.C.R. 383
Bench M. Srinivasan and Umesh C. Banerjee JJ.
Decided 1 April 1999

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the assessee is entitled A to claim exemption in respect of interest income amounting to Rs.11,41,350.

Judgment, page 11

From the headnote

Income Tax Act 1961, s. 10(29)-Whether interest received from banks on fixed deposits was incidental to business activities and not taxable under the head 'income from other sources' and thus exempt under s. 10(29)-Held, no; exemption allowed only for income derived from letting out of commodities, godowns and warehouses Interpretation of Statutes-Golden rule-Fiscal Statute-Court to ascribe natural and ordinary meaning to words and not substitute own impression in place of legislative intent. The appellant-assessees were warehousing corporations established under the Warehousing Corporation

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