2014 (5) TMI 670

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....eal preferred by the assessee. Aggrieved by the judgment and order of the Tribunal, the Revenue has come up in appeal. The facts and circumstances of the case, briefly stated, are as follows: The assessee was a partner of the firm carrying on business under the name and style of M/s. D.K. Roy & Brothers. He took over the business of the partnership together with assets and liabilities with effect from 1st April, 2001. He sold the assets during the financial year 2005- 06 which is the relevant previous year. He claimed the benefit of capital gains under section 54EC of the Income Tax Act (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act'). The learned Tribunal by the impugned judgment has allowed the aforesaid claim. The contention of the Revenue w....

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....laya Machinery (P) Ltd which copy has been placed on record wherein the applicability of the provision of section 54EC read with sections 50 and 48 of the I.T. Act was held in favour of the assessee in so far as it was undisputed the transfer was of long term capital assets, the exemption u/s 54EC is available and the assets on which depreciation is allowed have been owned and used by the assessee for claiming depreciation therefore holding them as for short term capital gain would be done as provided u/s 50 of the Act by applying the provisions of section 48 and 49 and would not disentitle the same from availability of the said examination. For this proposition the Hon'ble High Court relied on CBDT Circular No.469 dated 23rd September, 198....