Supreme Court of India

Commissioner of Income Tax v. Mahendra Mills

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Reported as [2000] 2 S.C.R. 465
Bench D.P. Wadhwaand S.S. Mohammed Quadri J.
Decided 15 March 2000

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What the Court ordered

We hold that it is not open to the assessee to deliberately withdraw the claim for depreciation and such a deliberate withdrawal of the claim can neither be regarded as an omission nor furnishing a wrong statement in the original return.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Income Tax: Sections 32, 34, 28 and 29-Depreciation allowance-Grant of-Claim for depreciation and furnishing of prescribed particulars by assessee is nec­ essary-In its absence, there is no mandate on the income-tax officer to compute the income by allowing depreciation-Circular No. 29D(XIX-14) of 1965, . No. 451239165.JTJ dated August 31, 1965 and Circular No. 14(SL-35) of 1955 dated April 11, 1955. Section 139(5)-Assessment based on revised return-Claim of depre­ ciation cannot be granted on the original return. Worru and Phrases : Actually allowed-Meaning of-In the context of Sections 16,

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