Court Considers Additional Depreciation Claim for Machinery Used Under 180 Days; Section 32(1) Curative Amendment Discussed.

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....Claim of balance additional depreciation on the assets which were put to use in earlier year - Number of days asset put to use - whether machinery is put to use for less than 180 days ? - The very objective of insertion of a new proviso to section 32(1) is that to remove discrimination and therefore it can be safely said that the same is just a curative amendment. Even there is no provision u/s. 32(1) prohibiting the balance additional depreciation in the succeeding year. - AT....