Bank Loan Repayment Not 'Diversion of Income'; Cannot Deduct Principal from Property Sale Proceeds in Capital Gains Calculation.

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....Computation of capital gains - deduction towards repayment to bank loan which was treated as NPA by the bank - the consideration from sale of property to the extent of principal component of loan adjusted by the bank cannot be treated as ‘diversion of income by overriding title’ and was thus not deductible from the total consideration accrued to the assessee from sale of property.....