Interest Deduction on Borrowed Funds for Strategic Investments Upheld u/s 36(1)(iii) of Income Tax Act.

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....Disallowance u/s.14A in respect of strategic investments made by the assessee - In any case, the undisputed fact is that the borrowed funds has been utilized by the assessee for making investment in the group company which is made in the ordinary course of business and hence, once the borrowed funds are utilized for the purpose of business, the interest paid thereon would be squarely allowable as deduction u/s.36(1)(iii) of the Act. - AT....