Interest on Enhanced Compensation for Land Acquisition Taxable as Income from Other Sources, Confirms High Courts and ITAT.

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....Characterization of interest received u/s 28 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as part of enhanced compensation for compulsory acquisition of agricultural land. The key points are: whether the interest is a revenue receipt chargeable as income from other sources or an integral part of exempt compensation u/s 10(37). The Punjab & Haryana High Court held that such interest is taxable income from other sources. The Delhi High Court observed that enhanced compensation and interest thereon are income from other sources, considering the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2010 and the Ghanshyam Das (HUF) judgment. The ITAT dismissed the assessee's appeal, concluding that interest on compensation or enhanced compensation is taxable income from other sources u/s 56(2)(viii).....