2013 (8) TMI 1094

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.... with Shri Pankaj Mogra ORDER PER JOGINDER SINGH The Revenue is aggrieved by the impugned order dated 29th January, 2013 of the learned first appellate authority. The first ground raised by the Revenue pertains to deleting the disallowance of expenditure amounting to Rs. 13,45,968/- under the head "interest" computed as per rule 8D of the IT Rules read with section 14A of the Income Tax A....

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....tal and Reserves at 31.03.07 & 31.03.08 were Rs. 19.49 crores & Rs. 23.99 crores respectively, whereas the investment in shares at 31/03/07 & 31/03/08 were only of Rs. 2.80 crores & 6.14 crores. Thus, it is seen that the appellant's own fund is more than the investment made, which is generating exempt income. It is also noticed that the A.O. could not establish a nexus between the interest expendi....

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....ts investments. 4.4 In view of these facts and circumstances and also keeping reliance on the decision of Hon'ble Bombay High Court in the case of CIT vs. Reliance Utilities and Power Ltd. supra), the disallowance of proportionate interest is not warranted u/s 14A r.w. rule 8D(ii) of the IT Rules and the said disallowance of Rs. 13,45,986/- made by the A.O. is deleted." 2.3 There is an....

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....ugned order. 3.1 We have considered the rival submissions and perused the material available on record. The facts, in brief, are that the learned Assessing Officer made disallowance of prior period expenses without appreciating that the liability in respect of these expenses was crystalised during the year. The learned first appellate authority has already discussed the facts and various decisi....