LAWS(SC)-2009-11-46

MEPCO INDUSTRIES LTD Vs. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX

Decided On November 19, 2009
MEPCO INDUSTRIES LTD Appellant
V/S
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Heard learned Counsel on both sides.

(2.) Leave granted.

(3.) The short question which arises in the facts and circumstances of these appeals is: whether it was open to the Commissioner of Income Tax to rectify its own order under Section 154 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, on the basis of the judgement of this Court (later judgement) in the case of Sahney Steel and Press Works Limited and OTHERS v. Commissioner of Income Tax reported in, (1997) 228 I.T.R. 253 In short, in these appeals, we are concerned with the scope of Section 154 of the Act.