{"id":54861,"date":"1991-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1991-04-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-income-tax-vs-syntex-fabrics-ltd-on-19-april-1991"},"modified":"2016-05-15T06:50:52","modified_gmt":"2016-05-15T01:20:52","slug":"commissioner-of-income-tax-vs-syntex-fabrics-ltd-on-19-april-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/commissioner-of-income-tax-vs-syntex-fabrics-ltd-on-19-april-1991","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Syntex Fabrics Ltd. on 19 April, 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Allahabad High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Syntex Fabrics Ltd. on 19 April, 1991<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1992 196 ITR 29 All<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: R Gulati<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: K Singh, R Gulati<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>  R.K. Gulati, J.  <\/p>\n<p> 1. In compliance with the directions of this court, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal has referred the following two questions of law under Section 256(2) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, for the opinion of this court :\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;1. Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal was right in holding that the assessee-company was entitled to relief under Section 80J of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ?\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. Whether the Tribunal was justified in holding that the assessee-company was engaged in the business of manufacturing artificial silk and was, therefore, entitled to depreciation at the rate of 15% as against 10% ?&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> 2. We do not consider it necessary to set out the facts which have a bearing on these questions, inasmuch as learned counsel for both the sides agree that a similar controversy as is involved in the questions now referred to us had come up for consideration before this court between the same parties in Addl CIT v. Syntex Fabrics Ltd. [1991] 191 ITR 52. That case related to the assessment years 1971-72 and 1972-73, while we are concerned here with the assessment year 1973-74. The controversies referred in these questions were considered under questions Nos. 4 and 5 in the case decided earlier. On both these questions, the answer was returned in favour of the assessee and against the Department.\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. Following the decision in the aforesaid case with which we agree, we answer both the questions referred to us in the affirmative, in favour of the assessee and against the department. There shall be no order as to costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allahabad High Court Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Syntex Fabrics Ltd. on 19 April, 1991 Equivalent citations: 1992 196 ITR 29 All Author: R Gulati Bench: K Singh, R Gulati JUDGMENT R.K. Gulati, J. 1. 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