1990 (11) TMI 118

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.... REDDY C. J.-Under section 256(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, the Tribunal has referred the following question : "Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal is justified in law in holding that it was premature for the assessee to put forward its claim of business loss in the accounting period relevant to the assessment year 1975-76 ? " The assessee is a partner....

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....ries as if it was issued to the State Bank of India in a sum of Rs. 5,688.80 on account of Sri Niwas Cotton Mills, but the cheque was actually made out in a sum of Rs. 41,000 in favour of one Sri Rama Shanker Shukla. Sri Shukla got the cheque encashed. Some time later, Badri Nath received a legal notice from Rama Shanker Shukla alleging that Badri Nath had taken a loan of Rs. 35,000 from the said ....

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....ceedings is not known, it cannot be said that any loss has occurred. An appeal to the Appellate Assistant Commissioner proved of no avail. A second appeal to the Tribunal too met with the same fate. The Tribunal held that the claim of the assessee is premature. It observed that there are two versions with respect to the payment of the said amount-one put forward by the assessee and the other put f....

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.... with this submission. The petitioner had come forward with a particular case. Whether the case is true or not, it is for the authority to decide. Simply because the criminal case is pending or a civil suit has not been filed, the claim of the assessee cannot be left undetermined. Learned counsel for the petitioner also relied upon a circular of the Central Board of Direct Taxes, being Circular No....