{"id":146611,"date":"2007-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/cit-vs-khanna-industries-p-ltd-on-25-may-2007"},"modified":"2016-03-16T22:50:08","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T17:20:08","slug":"cit-vs-khanna-industries-p-ltd-on-25-may-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/cit-vs-khanna-industries-p-ltd-on-25-may-2007","title":{"rendered":"Cit vs Khanna Industries (P.) Ltd. on 25 May, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Delhi High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Cit vs Khanna Industries (P.) Ltd. on 25 May, 2007<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: M B Lokur, V Gupta<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p>1. The following two questions have been referred for our opinion:\n<\/p>\n<p>1. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was correct in law in holding that cash payments such as H.R.A., Conveyance allowance, reimbursement of p Medical expenses made by the assessed to its employees could not be considered as perquisite for the purposes of computation of disallowance under Section 40A(5) of the Income Tax Act, 1961<\/p>\n<p>2. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was, correct in law in holding that only the overalllimit of Rs. 72,000 would be applicable in case of Shri Deepak Singh whowas Director Employee and not separate limits prescribed under Clause (c) of Section 40A(5) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 <\/p>\n<p>Insofar as Question No. 1 is concerned, we have examined the paper book and we find that the tax effect on this is negligible and accordingly, we return the reference unanswered.\n<\/p>\n<p>Insofar as Question No. 2 is concerned, the admitted position is that the employees of the assessed who were Directors in the assessed-cornpany were paid salary and perquisites.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court in <a href=\"\/doc\/1586943\/\">CIT v. Indian Engineering &amp; Commercial Corporation (P.) Ltd.<\/a>  held that if the employee is a Director, then as against Section 40(c) and Section 40A(5) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, both the provisions will be applicable for the purposes of deduction in the hands of the assessed-company and the higher of the two ceilings has to be applied.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Following the view taken by the Supreme Court, we answer the reference accordingly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi High Court Cit vs Khanna Industries (P.) Ltd. on 25 May, 2007 Bench: M B Lokur, V Gupta ORDER 1. The following two questions have been referred for our opinion: 1. 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