1996 (3) TMI 22

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....he Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Nagpur Bench, Nagpur, in pursuance of the direction contained in order dated September 19, 1989, of this court in M. C. C. No. 235 of 1983 on an application having been made to this court by the Commissioner of Income-tax, Jabalpur, under section 256(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, has referred the following question of law for the opinion of this court : "Whet....

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....370 as a bad debt. The assessee's claim for a revenue deduction in respect of the bad debt of Rs. 45,370 was rejected by the Income-tax Officer on the ground that the same had been written off with ulterior motive. The Income-tax Officer was of the opinion that the assessee had not taken any legal steps for the recovery of the dues and the transaction with the Cuttack party was not genuine. The....

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...., the Tribunal in its impugned order has made the following observations : "As submitted by learned counsel for the assessee the narration in the agreement between the assessee and Seema Traders that the loss could be claimed as business loss is of no relevance. It has to be independently examined whether the assessee is entitled to the claim of bad debt. That there was a party called 'Seema Tr....

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....te of time and money. There does not appear to be anything suspicious about the transactions between the assessee and Seema Traders. We, therefore, hold that the assessee is entitled to deduct Rs. 45,370 as bad debt. The addition made by the Income-tax Officer and sustained by the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) in this behalf is deleted." From the above-quoted observations of the Tribunal....