Bad debt deduction for NSEL commodity dues allowed, with alternative treatment as business loss on write-off.

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....Write-off of dues arising from commodity trading transactions was deductible where the assessee had written the amount off in the profit and loss account during the relevant year and the transactions were undertaken in the ordinary course of business. Contract notes, delivery reports and broker ledger confirmation supported the claim, and the pendency of recovery proceedings did not make it premature. The deduction was allowed as bad debt and, alternatively, as a business loss; the disallowance was deleted.....