Supreme Court of India

Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Thrissur

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Reported as [2012] 4 S.C.R. 739
Bench S.H. Kapadia, A.K. Patnaik and Swatanter Kumar JJ.
Decided 17 February 2012

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the provisions of Sections 36(1 )(vii) and 36(1 )(viia) of the Act are distinct and independent items of deduction and operate in their respective fields.

Judgment, page 39

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961: ss. 36(1 )(vii) and 36(1 )(viia) read with s. 36(2) - c Interpretation of - Scope and ambit of the proviso to clause (vii) of sub-section (1) of s.36 - Discussed - Held: The provisions of s.36(1)(vii) and s.36(1)(viia) are distinct and independent items of deduction and operate in their respective fields - Scheduled commercial banks would get the full benefit of the write off of the irrecoverable debt(s) under s.36{1)(vii) in addition to the benefit of deduction for the provision made for bad and doubtful debt(s) under s.36(1)(viia). s. 119 - Circulars issued by Central

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 relied on · 1 mentioned

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