Supreme Court of India

Mahaveer Kumar Jain v. Commissioner of Income Tax, Jaipur

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Bench R.K. Agrawal and Abhay Manohar Sapre JJ.
Decided 19 April 2018

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Income Tax Act, 1961: s.5 – Taxability under – Of income from lottery – When such income was already taxed under Sikkim State Income Tax Rules, 1948 – Held: taxing statute should not be interpreted in such a manner that its effect will be to cast a burden twice over for payment of tax unless language of statute is so compelling that court has no alternative than to accept it – In case of reasonable doubt, construction most beneficial to the tax payer is to be adopted – As such there is no prohibition on double taxation unless the legislature contains a special provision in that regard – In…

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