1978 (7) TMI 98

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....ment year 1965-66 ? 2. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the assessee is entitled to the full depreciation in respect of machinery which was used partly for the construction of new buildings and partly for installation of new machinery ? " The assessee is M/s. Mysore Iron and Steel Ltd., Bhadravati. During the assessment year in question it claimed development rebate under section 33 of the Act in respect of certain machinery consisting of air-compressors, overhead trollies and other equipment which had been used by it for the purpose of constructing new buildings for the expansion of its existing factory and for installation of new machinery. The value of the machinery so used was Rs. 8,53,960. The Income-ta....

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....pon the decision of this court in Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. v. Bhagyamma [1975] 1 Kar LJ 17 (Kar), in which the question for consideration before this court was whether an employee of a person who had been engaged as a contractor by Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., to construct certain buildings for its use could claim compensation from Bharat Earth Movers Ltd. under the provisions of the Workmen's Compensation Act. This court held that since the construction of buildings which had been entrusted to an independent contractor was not the business of Bharat Earth Movers Ltd., it was not liable to pay the compensation. On the basis of the above decision it was urged by Sri Rajasekharamurthy that since the construction of buildings was not part of the ....