Set Off STT-Paid Short Term Capital Loss Against Non-STT Gains Allowed u/s 70(2) of Income Tax Act.

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....Short Term Capital Loss (on which STT was paid) set off against the Short Term Capital Gain (on which STT is not paid) - Section 70(2) of the Act does not make any further classification between the transactions where STT was paid and the transactions where STT was not paid. The emphasis of the Assessing Officer on the term “similar computation” also only refers to the computation as provided under section 48 to 55 of the Act. - AT....