Supreme Court of India

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Decided 26 September 1996

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the judgment of the High Court answering Question No. (1) referred to it in favour of the Revenue and against the assessee does not merit interference and these appeals should be dismissed.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

JUDGMENT: J U M N T PARIPOORNAN, J. 1. The appellant, a private limited company, is an Assessee to income tax. It derives income from investment, agriculture and brick kiln business. It is an investor in shares. In the assessment years 1967-68 and 1968-69, the relevant previous years ending on 30th June 1966 and 30th June 1967, the assessee sold shares of Escorts Limited and declared the capital gains that accrued therefrom. the Income Tax Officer did not accept the cost of acquisition of the shares, as returned by the assessee and worked out the capital gains in a different manner.

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