Tribunal Declines Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of Income Tax Act; Allows Deduction as Cost of Improvement in Capital Gains.

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....Penalty u/s 271(1)(c) - As against the assessee’s stand of claiming such amount as a revenue expenditure, the Tribunal has adopted another route of allowing such deduction in the computation of capital gain by treating it as cost of improvement. These facts do not warrant imposition of penalty....