{"id":135313,"date":"2002-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/abirami-theatres-p-ltd-vs-iac-on-9-july-2002"},"modified":"2014-09-06T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T03:16:51","slug":"abirami-theatres-p-ltd-vs-iac-on-9-july-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/abirami-theatres-p-ltd-vs-iac-on-9-july-2002","title":{"rendered":"Abirami Theatres (P) Ltd. vs Iac on 9 July, 2002"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Abirami Theatres (P) Ltd. vs Iac on 9 July, 2002<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2002 124 TAXMAN 351 Mad<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: N Balasubramanian<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>N.V. Balasubramanian, J. <\/p>\n<p>In pursuance of the directions of this court, the Tribunal has stated a case and referred the following question of law in relation to the assessment year 1983-84 :\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal was justified in holding that the appellant was not entitled to claim any investment allowance on the projector and air-conditioning plant installed during the relevant previous year ?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>2. The point that arises in the tax case is whether the assessee, a cinema theatre, is entitled to claim investment allowance in respect of the air-conditioning plant as well as on the projector installed by it in the theatre.\n<\/p>\n<p>3. All the authorities have rejected the claim of the assessee for investment allowance on the ground that the assessee is not engaged in the manufacture or production of any article or thing by the installation of the projector or air-conditioning plant, which is a pre-requisite condition to be complied with to claim the deduction of investment allowance. We are of the view that the cinema projector was not installed and used by the assessee to manufacture or produce any article or thing. The primary function of the cinema projector is to project the film and there is no manufacture of any article or thing in the projection of the cine film in a cinema theatre. As far as the air-conditioning plant is concerned, it is installed only for the purpose of giving comfort to the spectators at the time of viewing the films and the air conditioning unit was not installed or used to produce any article or thing. We find that a similar view was taken by this court in Adayar Gate Hotels Ltd. v. CIT (2000) 241 ITR 279 (Mad), wherein it was held that the air-conditioning plant installed does not qualify for investment allowance. We, therefore, hold that the Tribunal was correct in holding that the assessee is not entitled to claim investment allowance on the projector as well as air-conditioning plant installed in the cinema theatre. Accordingly, the question of law referred to us is answered against the assessee and in favour of the revenue. No costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Abirami Theatres (P) Ltd. vs Iac on 9 July, 2002 Equivalent citations: 2002 124 TAXMAN 351 Mad Author: N Balasubramanian ORDER N.V. Balasubramanian, J. 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