Amendment to Section 37(1) on CSR Expenses Not Retroactive; Applies Post-2013 Companies Act Only.

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....Additions of CSR expenses - the amendment in section 37(1) of the Act has been introduced w.e.f. 1st April, 2015 and does not apply on the facts of the case and the disabling provision as stated in Explanation 2 to section 37(1) refers only to such corporate social responsibility expenditure as u/s. 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and as such it cannot have any application for the period not covered by the statutory provision which itself came into existence in the year 2013. And any way this disabling provision cannot be held to be retrospective in operation - AT....