Supreme Court · 1958 INSC 106 · Decided 24 November 1958

Punjab Distilling Industries LTD. v. The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Simla

Court
Supreme Court of India
Citation
1958 INSC 106 · [1959] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 683
Case number
CIVIL APPEAL No. 119/1955
Decided
24 November 1958
Bench
T.L. VENKATARAMA AIYYAR, P.B. GAJENDRAGADKAR, A.K. SARKAR (3-judge bench)
Outcome
Dismissed
Case type
Civil
Acts & sections cited
Income Tax Act

Headnote

SUPREME COURT REPORTS 683 the said presumption. We must, therefore, hold 'that the High Court was right in ta.king the view that, on the facts and circumstances proved in t.his ca:::e, the transaction in question is an adventure in the nature of trade. The result is the appeal fails and must be tahing deposit refundable on return of bottles-Balance of deposits after refund, if trading receipt--Indian Income-tax Act (XI of z922), s. IO. The appellant, a distiller of country liquor, carried on the business of selling liquor to licensed wholesalers. Due to shortage of bottles

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