Supreme Court of India

M/s. Rotork Controls India (p) Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai

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Reported as [2009] 8 S.C.R. 1152
Bench S.H. Kapadia J.
Decided 12 May 2009

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the principle laid down by this Court in the case of Metal Box Company of India (supra) will apply.

Judgment, page 21

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961: s.37 - Provision for warranty - Estimation of contingent liability - Manufacture and sale of large number of sophisticated product for long - Every year some of the items found to be defective - Sale becoming virtually impossible without warranty - Provision for warranty made based on historical trend - Entitlement to deduction - Held: Entitled - Such obligation arising from past events to be recognized as provisions. Words and phrases: 'provision: 'liability', 'obligating event' - Meaning of, in the context of Income Tax Act, 1961. Appellant-assessee was manufacturing

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