Supreme Court of India

South Indian Bank Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax

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Bench Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 9 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered opinion that the High Courts have correctly interpreted the scope of Section 14A of the Act in their decisions favouring the assessees.

Judgment, page 10

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961 – s.14A – Interpretation of – Assessees are scheduled banks and in course of their banking business, they also engage in the business of investments in bonds, securities and shares which earn the assessees, interests from such securities and bonds as also dividend income on investments in shares of companies and from units of UTI etc. which are tax free – Whether proportionate disallowance of interest paid by the banks is called for u/s.14A for investments made in tax free bonds/ securities which yield tax free dividend and interest to assessee Banks when assessee had…

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