{"id":250078,"date":"2009-07-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-05T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nectar-beverages-pvt-ltd-vs-deputy-commnr-of-income-tax-on-6-july-2009"},"modified":"2018-03-25T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T07:17:38","slug":"nectar-beverages-pvt-ltd-vs-deputy-commnr-of-income-tax-on-6-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/nectar-beverages-pvt-ltd-vs-deputy-commnr-of-income-tax-on-6-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Nectar Beverages Pvt. Ltd vs Deputy Commnr. Of Income Tax on 6 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Nectar Beverages Pvt. Ltd vs Deputy Commnr. Of Income Tax on 6 July, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: S Kapadia<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: S.H. Kapadia, Aftab Alam<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">                                                                        REPORTABLE\n\n\n                 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA\n                  CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION\n                    CIVIL APPEAL No. 5291 of 2004\n\nNectar Beverages Pvt. Ltd.                              ... Appellant(s)\n      versus\nDeputy Commissioner of Income Tax                       ... Respondent(s)\n                                   With\nCivil Appeal Nos. 5296\/04, 5293\/04, 356-357\/06, 359-360\/06, 361-362\/06,\n363-364\/06, 5858\/06, 108\/07, Civil Appeal No. 4130\/09 @ S.L.P. (C) No.\n1613\/08, Civil Appeal No.4131\/09 @ S.L.P. (C) No. 3064\/09 and Civil\nAppeal No. 4132\/09 @ S.L.P. (C) No. 8002\/09.\n\n\n\n                             JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">S.H. KAPADIA, J.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">\n<p id=\"p_2\">      Leave granted.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">\n<p id=\"p_4\">2.    In this batch of Civil Appeals, pertaining to assessment years<\/p>\n<p>1990-91 to 1998-99, the question which arises for determination is: whether<\/p>\n<p>the concept of &#8220;balancing charge&#8221; in Section 41(2) could be read into<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_1\">Section 41(1)<\/a> of the Income Tax Act, 1961?\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\">                                                                         2<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">\n<p id=\"p_6\">3.    In this batch of civil appeals the lead matter is the case of <a href=\"\/doc\/1331449\/\" id=\"a_1\">Nectar<\/p>\n<p>Beverages Pvt. Ltd. v. Dy. CIT ( Civil Appeal No<\/a>. 5291\/04) in which the<\/p>\n<p>facts are as follows.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_7\">\n<p id=\"p_8\">4.    In the Lead Matter, the assessee who is the manufacturer of soft<\/p>\n<p>drinks, purchased bottles and crates, each item of which costed less than<\/p>\n<p>Rs. 5,000\/- and, therefore, was entitled to and allowed 100% depreciation on<\/p>\n<p>the cost of the said bottles and crates, in the year in which they were<\/p>\n<p>acquired, under the proviso to <a href=\"\/doc\/197082\/\" id=\"a_2\">Section 32(1)(ii)<\/a> of the Income Tax Act, 1961<\/p>\n<p>(&#8220;1961 Act&#8221; for short). When bottles and crates got worn out, they were sold<\/p>\n<p>by the assessee and proceeds therefrom were shown as &#8220;miscellaneous<\/p>\n<p>income&#8221; in the subsequent years. If these sales had taken place in the<\/p>\n<p>previous years relating to the assessment years prior to 1988-89, the same<\/p>\n<p>would, without doubt, would have been included in the business income of<\/p>\n<p>the assessee under <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_3\">Section 41(2)<\/a>. This was because prior to the assessment<\/p>\n<p>year 1988-89, <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_4\">Section 41(2)<\/a> inter alia provided for balancing charge which<\/p>\n<p>was chargeable as income taxable under the 1961 Act. However, with effect<\/p>\n<p>from assessment year 1988-89, <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_5\">Section 41(2)<\/a>, which inter alia dealt with<\/p>\n<p>profit on sale of depreciable asset (balancing charge), stood deleted.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding such deletion, the Department sought to tax Rs. 50,850\/-<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\">                                                                              3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>holding that the sale proceeds of the 100% depreciated and written off assets<\/p>\n<p>can still be treated as the business income of the assessee under <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_6\">Section<\/p>\n<p>41(1)<\/a> of the 1961 Act.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_9\">\n<p id=\"p_10\">5.    Was the Department entitled to tax the aforestated sum under <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_7\">Section<\/p>\n<p>41(1)<\/a> is the question which we have to decide in these civil appeals?<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_11\">6.    For that purpose, we quote hereinbelow <a href=\"\/doc\/197082\/\" id=\"a_8\">Section 32(1)(ii)<\/a>, which reads<\/p>\n<p>as follows:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>              &#8220;Depreciation.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>              32.(1)         In respect of depreciation of buildings,<br \/>\n              machinery, plant or furniture owned by the assessee and<br \/>\n              used for the purposes of the business or profession, the<br \/>\n              following deductions shall, subject to the provisions of<br \/>\n              <a href=\"\/doc\/1306401\/\" id=\"a_9\">section 34<\/a>, be allowed-\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_2\"><p>              (i)    [Omitted];\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_3\"><p>              (ii)   in the case of any block of assets, such percentage<br \/>\n                     on the written down value thereof as may be<br \/>\n                     prescribed:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_4\"><p>                     Provided that where the actual cost of any<br \/>\n              machinery or plant does not exceed five thousand rupees,<br \/>\n              the actual cost thereof shall be allowed as a deduction in<br \/>\n              respect of the previous year in which such machinery or<br \/>\n              plant is first put to use by the assessee for the purposes of<br \/>\n              his business or profession:&#8221;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_2\">                                                                         4<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_5\"><p>      We also quote hereinbelow <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_10\">Section 41(1)<\/a>, which reads as follows:\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_6\"><p>            &#8220;Profits chargeable to tax.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_7\"><p>            41.(1)        Where an allowance or deduction has been<br \/>\n            made in the assessment for any year in respect of loss,<br \/>\n            expenditure or trading liability incurred by the assessee,<br \/>\n            and subsequently during any previous year the assessee<br \/>\n            has obtained, whether in cash or in any other manner<br \/>\n            whatsoever, any amount in respect of such loss or<br \/>\n            expenditure or some benefit in respect of such trading<br \/>\n            liability by way of remission or cessation thereof, the<br \/>\n            amount obtained by him or the value of benefit accruing<br \/>\n            to him, shall be deemed to be profits and gains of<br \/>\n            business or profession and accordingly chargeable to<br \/>\n            income-tax as the income of that previous year, whether<br \/>\n            the business or profession in respect of which the<br \/>\n            allowance or deduction has been made is in existence in<br \/>\n            that year or not.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_8\"><p>      We also quote hereinbelow <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_11\">Section 41(2)<\/a> [Omitted by the Taxation<\/p>\n<p>Laws (Amendment and <a href=\"\/doc\/269107\/\" id=\"a_12\">Miscellaneous Provisions) Act<\/a>, 1986, w.e.f.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"p_12\">1.4.1988], which reads as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_13\">            41.(2)         Where any building, machinery, plant or<br \/>\n            furniture which is owned by the assessee and which was<br \/>\n            or has been used for the purposes of business or<br \/>\n            profession is sold, discarded, demolished or destroyed<br \/>\n            and the moneys payable in respect of such building,<br \/>\n            machinery, plant or furniture, as the case may be,<br \/>\n            together with the amount of scrap value if any, exceed<br \/>\n            the written down value, so much of the excess as does<br \/>\n            not exceed the difference between the actual cost and the<br \/>\n            written down value shall be chargeable to income-tax as<br \/>\n            income of the business or profession of the previous year<br \/>\n            in which the moneys payable for the building, machinery,<br \/>\n            plant or furniture became due :\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_3\">                                                                           5<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_14\">\n<p>            Provided that where the building sold, discarded,<br \/>\n            demolished or destroyed is a building to which<br \/>\n            Explanation 5 to <a href=\"\/doc\/394567\/\" id=\"a_13\">section 43<\/a> applies, and the moneys<br \/>\n            payable in respect of such building, together with the<br \/>\n            amount of scrap value, if any, exceed the actual cost as<br \/>\n            determined under that Explanation, so much of the excess<br \/>\n            as does not exceed the difference between the actual cost<br \/>\n            so determined and the written down value shall be<br \/>\n            chargeable to income-tax as income of the business or<br \/>\n            profession of such previous year :\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_15\">            Provided further that where an asset representing<br \/>\n            expenditure of a capital nature on scientific research<br \/>\n            within the meaning of clause (c) of sub-section (2B) of<br \/>\n            <a href=\"\/doc\/789170\/\" id=\"a_14\">section 35<\/a>, read with clause (4) of <a href=\"\/doc\/394567\/\" id=\"a_15\">section 43<\/a> owned by<br \/>\n            the assessee which was or has been used for the purposes<br \/>\n            of business after it ceased to be used for the purpose of<br \/>\n            scientific research related to the business is sold,<br \/>\n            discarded, demolished or destroyed, the provisions of this<br \/>\n            sub-section shall apply as if for the words &#8220;actual cost&#8221;,<br \/>\n            at the first place where they occur, the words &#8220;actual cost<br \/>\n            as increased by twenty-five per cent thereof&#8221; had been<br \/>\n            substituted.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_16\">            Explanation: Where the moneys payable in respect of<br \/>\n            the building, machinery, plant or furniture referred to in<br \/>\n            this sub-section become due in a previous year in which<br \/>\n            the business or profession for the purpose of which the<br \/>\n            building, machinery, plant or furniture was being used is<br \/>\n            no longer in existence, the provisions of this sub-section<br \/>\n            shall apply as if the business or profession is in existence<br \/>\n            in that previous year.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_17\">\n<p id=\"p_18\">7.    According to the Department, depreciation stood allowed in the earlier<\/p>\n<p>years when the said bottles and crates were bought; that such depreciation<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_4\">                                                                           6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>constituted &#8220;expenditure&#8221; under <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_16\">Section 41(1)<\/a> and, therefore, when the<\/p>\n<p>assessee sold such bottles and crates as an asset there was recoupment of<\/p>\n<p>that expenditure which recoupment was taxable as deemed income under<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_17\">Section 41(1)<\/a>. On the other hand, the case of the assessee before us was that<\/p>\n<p>the word &#8220;expenditure&#8221; in <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_18\">Section 41(1)<\/a> did not include depreciation.<\/p>\n<p>According to the assessee, each bottle and crate constituted 100%<\/p>\n<p>depreciable asset and since each bottle and crate costed less than Rs. 5,000\/-<\/p>\n<p>the actual cost stood allowed as 100% deduction in respect of the previous<\/p>\n<p>year in which such plant was put to use by the assessee for its business. In<\/p>\n<p>short, the W.D.V. stood reduced to nil in the year in which the item was put<\/p>\n<p>to use. According to the assessee, bottles and crates bought before 1.4.1995<\/p>\n<p>were sold in the previous year relevant to the assessment year in question,<\/p>\n<p>however, on account of deletion of <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_19\">Section 41(2)<\/a> profits on sale of such<\/p>\n<p>bottles and crates were not taxable under that sub-section.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_19\">8.    In the light of the above arguments, we need to analyse <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_20\">Section 41(1)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_21\">Section 41(2)<\/a>. <a href=\"\/doc\/1543897\/\" id=\"a_22\">Section 41<\/a> falls under Chapter IV which deals with<\/p>\n<p>computation of business income. <a href=\"\/doc\/1543897\/\" id=\"a_23\">Section 41<\/a> has a Head Note which says<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Profits chargeable to tax&#8221;. <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_24\">Section 41(1)<\/a> has remained unchanged, both,<\/p>\n<p>before 1.4.1988 and even after 1.4.1998. As stated above, <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_25\">Section 41(2)<\/a>,<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_5\">                                                                           <a href=\"\/doc\/1849490\/\" id=\"a_26\">7<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>however, stood deleted between assessment years 1988-89 and 1998-99 for<\/p>\n<p>about ten years. Under <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_27\">Section 41(1)<\/a>, where any allowance or deduction has<\/p>\n<p>been made in the assessment for any year in respect of loss, expenditure or<\/p>\n<p>trading liability incurred by the assessee, and subsequently during any<\/p>\n<p>previous year the assessee had obtained, such loss or expenditure in respect<\/p>\n<p>of such trading liability by way of remission or cessation thereof, the amount<\/p>\n<p>obtained by him, shall be deemed to be income of that previous year in<\/p>\n<p>which the recoupment takes place. According to the Department,<\/p>\n<p>notwithstanding, the deletion of <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_28\">Section 41(2)<\/a>, since the assessee had<\/p>\n<p>obtained the benefit of depreciation in the earlier years as allowance or<\/p>\n<p>deduction in respect of expenditure incurred by it when it bought bottles and<\/p>\n<p>crates, on recoupment in the assessment years in question, such recoupment<\/p>\n<p>was liable to be taxed as deemed income under <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_29\">Section 41(1)<\/a>. We do not<\/p>\n<p>find merit in the argument of the Department. Prior to 1.4.1988, <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_30\">Section<\/p>\n<p>41(1)<\/a> and <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_31\">Section 41(2)<\/a>, both, existed on the statute book. <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_32\">Section 41(2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>specifically brought to tax the balancing charge as a deemed income under<\/p>\n<p>the 1961 Act. It stated that where any plant owned by the assessee and used<\/p>\n<p>for business purposes was sold, discarded or destroyed and the moneys<\/p>\n<p>payable in respect of such plant exceeded the written down value, then, so<\/p>\n<p>much of the surplus which did not exceed the difference between the actual<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_6\">                                                                            8<\/span><\/p>\n<p>and the written down value was made chargeable to tax as business income<\/p>\n<p>of the previous year in which moneys payable for the plant became due. In<\/p>\n<p>other words, as stated above, <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_33\">Section 41(2)<\/a> made the balancing charge<\/p>\n<p>taxable as business income. In our view, if the argument of the Department<\/p>\n<p>herein of reading the balancing charge under <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_34\">Section 41(2)<\/a> into <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_35\">Section<\/p>\n<p>41(1)<\/a> was to be accepted then it was not necessary for Parliament to enact<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_36\">Section 41(2)<\/a> in the first instance. In that event, <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_37\">Section 41(1)<\/a> alone would<\/p>\n<p>have sufficed. In our view, <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_38\">Section 41(1)<\/a>, <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_39\">Section 41(2)<\/a>, <a href=\"\/doc\/1524078\/\" id=\"a_40\">Section 41(3)<\/a> and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/638349\/\" id=\"a_41\">Section 41(4)<\/a> operated in different spheres. One more aspect needs to be<\/p>\n<p>highlighted. Each of the sub-sections to <a href=\"\/doc\/1543897\/\" id=\"a_42\">Section 41<\/a> deal with different and<\/p>\n<p>distinct circumstances. For example, <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_43\">Section 41(1)<\/a> deals with recoupment of<\/p>\n<p>trading liability. <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_44\">Section 41(2)<\/a> dealt with the balancing charge. <a href=\"\/doc\/1524078\/\" id=\"a_45\">Section 41(3)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>specifically deals with balancing charge in respect of assets relating to<\/p>\n<p>scientific research whereas <a href=\"\/doc\/638349\/\" id=\"a_46\">Section 41(4)<\/a> deals with recovery of bad debts<\/p>\n<p>earlier allowed. Therefore, each of the sub-sections deal with different and<\/p>\n<p>distinct topics and one cannot read recoupment under one sub-section into<\/p>\n<p>another.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_20\">\n<p id=\"p_21\">9.    The entire controversy, therefore, stands resolved if one understands<\/p>\n<p>the meaning of &#8220;balancing charge&#8221;. Where any allowance or deduction had<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_7\">                                                                               9<\/span><\/p>\n<p>earlier been made in respect of any loss, expenditure or trading liability and<\/p>\n<p>subsequently the assessee has obtained or realized any amount towards such<\/p>\n<p>loss, expenditure or trading liability, <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_47\">Section 41(1)<\/a> deems such<\/p>\n<p>realization\/recoupment as assessee&#8217;s income for the year in which it is<\/p>\n<p>realized. <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_48\">Section 41(2)<\/a> as it stood at the material time stated that if in respect<\/p>\n<p>of any plant and machinery, any depreciation had been allowed and<\/p>\n<p>subsequently such plant and machinery was sold, discarded or destroyed, the<\/p>\n<p>assessee might get some value either as a result of sale or insurance or from<\/p>\n<p>salvage or compensation thereabout. The necessity to keep <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_49\">Section 41(2)<\/a> as<\/p>\n<p>a provision in addition to <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_50\">Section 41(1)<\/a> arose from the fact that, in its very<\/p>\n<p>nature, depreciation is neither a loss, nor an expenditure, nor a trading<\/p>\n<p>liability, referred to in <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_51\">Section 41(1)<\/a>. The depreciation recovered on sale of<\/p>\n<p>the capital asset was includible in the total income as balancing charge only<\/p>\n<p>under <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_52\">Section 41(2)<\/a>. That concept was foreign to the scheme of <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_53\">Section<\/p>\n<p>41(1)<\/a>. The balancing charge under <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_54\">Section 41(2)<\/a> arose only where any<\/p>\n<p>depreciable asset (building, machinery, plant or furniture) was sold. In fact,<\/p>\n<p>when the concept of &#8220;block of assets&#8221; stood introduced w.e.f. 1.4.1988,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_55\">Section 41(2)<\/a> stood deleted. However, even after 1.4.1988, the proviso to<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/doc\/197082\/\" id=\"a_56\">Section 32(1)(ii)<\/a> continued till 1.4.1996 when by the Finance (No. 2) Act,<\/p>\n<p>1995 the bottles and crates even below Rs. 5,000\/- came within the &#8220;block of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_8\">                                                                           1<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_9\">                                                                           0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>assets&#8221; as defined under <a href=\"\/doc\/1764790\/\" id=\"a_57\">Section 2(11)<\/a> of the 1961 Act. As stated, this<\/p>\n<p>judgment is confined to depreciable assets costing less than Rs. 5,000\/-<\/p>\n<p>which did not enter the block of assets during the assessment years in<\/p>\n<p>question (when <a href=\"\/doc\/736905\/\" id=\"a_58\">Section 41(2)<\/a> stood deleted).\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_22\">\n<p>Effect of introducing Finance (No. 2) Act, 1995 w.e.f. 1.4.1996:<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_23\">10.   At the outset, it may be noted that, by the above <a href=\"\/doc\/104566\/\" id=\"a_59\">Finance Act<\/a>, the first<\/p>\n<p>proviso to <a href=\"\/doc\/197082\/\" id=\"a_60\">Section 32(1)(ii)<\/a> stood deleted w.e.f. 1.4.1996. Consequently,<\/p>\n<p>bottles, crates and cylinders whose individual cost did not exceed Rs. 5,000\/-<\/p>\n<p>also came to be included in the block of assets.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_24\">\n<p id=\"p_25\">11.   Before us, in this batch of civil appeals, we have four Civil Appeals<\/p>\n<p>(Civil Appeals arising out of S.L.P. (C) Nos. 8002\/09 and 3064\/09, Civil<\/p>\n<p>Appeal Nos. 356-357\/06 and 5858\/06) which fall in the period after<\/p>\n<p>1.4.1996. The Lead Matter in this category is <a href=\"\/doc\/484199\/\" id=\"a_61\">M\/s Goa Bottling Company<\/p>\n<p>Pvt. Ltd. v. Asstt<\/a>. Commissioner of Income Tax (Civil Appeal Nos. 356-<\/p>\n<p>357\/06 ). That lead matter is for assessment year 1998-99. M\/s Goa Bottling<\/p>\n<p>Company Pvt. Ltd. is a company registered under the <a href=\"\/doc\/1353758\/\" id=\"a_62\">Companies Act<\/a>, 1956<\/p>\n<p>and is in the business of manufacture and sale of soft drinks. For the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_10\">                                                                            1<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_11\">                                                                            1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>purposes of its business, it bought bottles and crates whose cost per unit did<\/p>\n<p>not exceed Rs. 5,000\/-. During the year ending 31.3.1998, the company<\/p>\n<p>received a sum of Rs. 6,89,91,901 on sale of scrap bottles and crates. The<\/p>\n<p>sale proceeds were segregated in two parts:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_9\"><p>             (a)    in respect of bottles and crates purchased prior to<br \/>\n                    31.3.1995; and<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_10\"><p>             (b)    those purchased after 1.4.1995.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"p_26\">In the Return of income filed, the sale proceeds relating to bottles and crates<\/p>\n<p>purchased after 1.4.1995 were taken into consideration for the purpose of<\/p>\n<p>computation of short term capital gains under <a href=\"\/doc\/1705981\/\" id=\"a_63\">Section 50<\/a> whereas the sale<\/p>\n<p>proceeds relating to bottles and crates purchased prior to 31.3.1995 was not<\/p>\n<p>offered for short term capital gains on the ground that the assets stood<\/p>\n<p>depreciated at 100% under the proviso to <a href=\"\/doc\/197082\/\" id=\"a_64\">Section 32(1)(ii)<\/a> and hence did not<\/p>\n<p>form part of the block of assets.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_27\">\n<p id=\"p_28\">12.   For reasons given hereinabove, we are of the view that bottles and<\/p>\n<p>crates purchased prior to 31.3.1995 did not form part of the block of assets,<\/p>\n<p>hence, profits on sale of such assets were not taxable as a balancing charge,<\/p>\n<p>neither under <a href=\"\/doc\/433380\/\" id=\"a_65\">Section 41(1)<\/a> nor under <a href=\"\/doc\/1705981\/\" id=\"a_66\">Section 50<\/a>. In respect of bottles and<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_12\">                                                                            1<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_13\">                                                                            2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>crates purchased after 1.4.1995, on account of deletion of proviso to <a href=\"\/doc\/677281\/\" id=\"a_67\">Section<\/p>\n<p>31(1)(ii)<\/a> (vide <a href=\"\/doc\/104566\/\" id=\"a_68\">Finance Act<\/a>, 1995) such bottles and crates formed part of<\/p>\n<p>block of assets and consequently such assets purchased after 1.4.1995, in<\/p>\n<p>this case, became exigible to capital gains tax under <a href=\"\/doc\/1705981\/\" id=\"a_69\">Section 50<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_29\">13.   Before concluding, it may be pointed out that, in the case of Nector<\/p>\n<p>Beverages Pvt. Ltd., assessee has earmarked the sale proceeds from bottles<\/p>\n<p>and crates as &#8220;miscellaneous income&#8221; and not as &#8220;profit on sale of assets&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>whereas, in the case of other assessees, including Industrial Oxygen Co. Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>(now known as Inox Air Products Ltd.), the said sale proceeds have been<\/p>\n<p>earmarked specifically under the Heading &#8220;Profits from sale of assets&#8221;. To<\/p>\n<p>this limited extent only, we remit the case(s) of Nectar Beverages Pvt. Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>[Civil Appeal Nos. 5291\/04, 5293\/04 and 359-360\/06] to the A.O. to go<\/p>\n<p>through the computation submitted by Nectar Beverages Pvt. Ltd. and find<\/p>\n<p>out whether earmarking &#8220;profits from sale of assets&#8221; as &#8220;miscellaneous<\/p>\n<p>income&#8221; has resulted in the understatement of net profits at the pre-<a href=\"\/doc\/555776\/\" id=\"a_70\">Section<\/p>\n<p>28<\/a> stage and taxable profits at post-<a href=\"\/doc\/555776\/\" id=\"a_71\">Section 28<\/a> stage. In all other cases, sale<\/p>\n<p>proceeds have been earmarked as &#8220;profits on sale of assets&#8221; and in those<\/p>\n<p>cases, therefore, there is no question of verification by the A.O..<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_14\">                                                                            1<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_15\">                                                                            3<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_30\">14.   Subject to above, the Civil Appeals filed by the assessees succeed<\/p>\n<p>with no order as to costs.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_31\">\n<p id=\"p_32\">                                            &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;J.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_33\">                                            (S.H. Kapadia)<\/p>\n<p>                                             &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..J.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_34\">                                            (Aftab Alam)<br \/>\nNew Delhi;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_35\">July 6, 2009.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Nectar Beverages Pvt. Ltd vs Deputy Commnr. Of Income Tax on 6 July, 2009 Author: S Kapadia Bench: S.H. Kapadia, Aftab Alam REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL No. 5291 of 2004 Nectar Beverages Pvt. 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