{"id":216699,"date":"1996-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1996-10-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/l-alagusundaram-chettiar-vs-commissioner-of-income-tax-on-30-october-1996"},"modified":"2016-12-25T14:06:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T08:36:13","slug":"l-alagusundaram-chettiar-vs-commissioner-of-income-tax-on-30-october-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/l-alagusundaram-chettiar-vs-commissioner-of-income-tax-on-30-october-1996","title":{"rendered":"L. Alagusundaram Chettiar vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 30 October, 1996"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">L. Alagusundaram Chettiar vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 30 October, 1996<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 2001 252 ITR 893 SC<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: B J Reddy, K Paripoornan<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>ORDER<\/p>\n<p> 1. Heard counsel for the parties. We see no ground to interfere with the opinion given by the High Court based upon the material on record including in particular the admissions of the assessee himself. The appeals are dismissed. No costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India L. Alagusundaram Chettiar vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 30 October, 1996 Equivalent citations: 2001 252 ITR 893 SC Bench: B J Reddy, K Paripoornan ORDER 1. Heard counsel for the parties. 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