2017 (1) TMI 1437

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....rian, Sr. D.R. ORDER S. S. Godara (Judicial Member) This assessee's appeal for assessment year 2008-09 arises against CIT(A)-6, Ahmedabad's order dated 11.06.2012 in appeal no. CIT(A)- VI/DCIT.CIR.2/294/10-11 upholding Assessing Officer's action disallowing interest of Rs. 5,21,584/- claimed as cost of acquisition of the capital assets in question, in proceedings under section 143(3) of t....

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....t of interest on borrowed funds used for acquiring the impugned capital asset cannot be taken to be cost of acquisition of asset. 3. The assessee preferred appeal. He quoted various judgments i.e. CIT vs. Mithileshkumari (1973) 92 ITR 9 (Delhi) holding that such an interest claim is in the nature of cost of acquisition. His second precedent was Addl.CIT vs. K. S. Gupta (1979) 119 ITR 372 (AP) a....

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....the above reasoning. He then concludes that all the above stated precedents are of non jurisdiction high court and pertain to Income Tax Act in its earlier avtar of 1922. This leaves the assessee aggrieved. 4. We have given our thoughtful consideration to rival submissions. The question before us as to whether cost of acquisition of a capital asset u/s.48 clause (ii) includes interest amount qu....

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....ude similar cost of interest. Learned Departmental Representative fails to rebut this factual position. We further notice that this tribunal co-ordinate bench decision in ACIT vs. Aurangabad Holiday Resorts (P) Ltd. (2007) 118 ITD 1 (Pune) relies upon hon'ble Bombay high court's decision in CIT vs. Smt. Godavaridevi Saraf (1978) 113 ITR 589 (Bom.) to hold that even judgments of hon'ble non jurisdi....