Supreme Court · 1975 INSC 221 · Decided 18 September 1975

Income Tax Officer 'a' Ward, Indore v. Gwalior Rayon Silk Manufacturing (Weaving) CO. LTD., Birlagram, Nagda

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1975 INSC 221 · [1976] 1 S.C.R. 855
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 76/1971
Decided
18 September 1975
Bench
V.R. KRISHNA IYER, S. MURTAZA FAZAL ALI (2-judge bench)
Outcome
Appeal(s) allowed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Income Tax Act Section 220(2)

Headnote

lnconu:-tax Act, 1961-Scction 220(2) and (3)-Scope of-Rate of inter .. est 011 arrears of tax fixed b-;y the Act-Asses.te agrees to pay higher rate of interest-Whether lncome .. tax Officer had pdwer to accept-Upward revision of rate of interest by the Finance to pay only the rate agreed but not the rate fixed by the Finance Act. Sub-section (2) of si. 220 of the Income-true Act, 1961 makes an asses~e liable to pay simple interest at 4% p.a. if the amount specified in any not.ice of demand under s. 156 was not paid within the period limited under

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