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Citation: 1971 PTD 920
Court: Supreme Court of India
Year: 1970
Decision Date: 1970-12-31
Parties: RAJPUTANA TRADING Co. LTD. vs COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX, WEST JUDGMENT
Case cited as 1971 PTD 920
Court Name: Supreme Court of India Judge(s): V. Ramaswa mi, A. N. Grover, J. C. Shah Title:RAJPUTANA TRADING Co. LTD. vs COMMISSIONER OF INCOME-TAX, WEST JUDGMENT Reported As: 1971 PTD 920 Result: Appeal allowed Judgment JUDGMENT GROVER, J.-----This is an appeal by certificate from a judgment of the Calcutta High Court answering the following question referred to it in the negative and against the assessee: "Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the sum of Rs. 78,749, which was deemed to be the profits and gains of business under section 10(2-A) of the Income-tax Act, can be said to be arising from speculative business?" The assessee carried on both speculative as well as non --speculative business. The system of account regularly employed being mercantile, any liability for payment of difference on account of speculative transactions is allowed as a deduction in computing the profit or loss in speculative business. At the commencement of the accounting year relevant for the assessment year 1955-56, I e., July 1, 1953, there was a balance of such liabilities for speculation differences in the account of one Ramnath Narendranath amounting to Rs. 83,049. Out of this liability the assessee had paid to the party a sum of Rs. 7,825 in cash. The balance of Rs. 75,224 along with a sum of Rs. 3,525 being similar liability due to other two creditors aggregating Rs. 78,749 was written back and taken credit of in the profit and loss account for the year ending…
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