Court to Decide if Land Sale Profits are 'Business Income' or 'Capital Gains' Based on Commercial Intent.

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....Profits arising on sale of land - ‘business income’ OR 'capital gains' - after purchase of land assessee got if converted to NA land - the assessee also got a lay out plan approved from competent authority initially for plotting of land and subsequently to build the residential blocks with small business centre in the intervening period. The facts and circumstances of such sequential events give rise to an infallible impression that the driving force for purchase of land was to exploit it commercially. - AT....