Supreme Court of India

M. K. Venkatachalam, I. T. O. and Another v. Bombay Dyeing and Mfg. Co., Ltd.

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Bench Venkatarama Aiyar, Gajendragadkar and A.K. Sarkar JJ.
Decided 28 April 1958

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What the Court ordered

The result is the order passed by the High Court issuing a writ against the appellant is set aside and the appeal is allowed with costs throughout.

Judgment, p. 713

From the headnote

Income-tax-Rectification of order of assessment--Amendment of law with retrospective enforcement-Error resulting from such enforcement, if an error apparent from the record-If such error can be rectified-Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (XI of 1922), ss. 18-A and 35-Indian Income-tax (Amendment) Act, 1953 (XXV of 1953), ss. 1 and 13. The Income-tax Officer, by his order dated October 9, 1952, assessed the respondent for the assessment year 1952-53 and gave him credit for Rs.…

Authorities it was built on

  • East End Dwellings Co. Ltd. v. Finsbury Borough Council
  • Commissioner of Income-tax, Bombay Presidency and Aden v. Khemchand Ramdas
  • Moka Venkatappaiah v. Additional Income-tax Officer, Bapatla
  • Delhi Cloth and General Mills Co. Ltd. v. Income-tax Commissioner, Delhi
  • Colonial Sugar Refining Company v. Irving

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