LAWS(APH)-1980-4-3

WARNER HINDUSTAN LIMITED Vs. INCOME TAX OFFICER

Decided On April 25, 1980
WARNER HINDUSTAN LTD Appellant
V/S
INCOME-TAX OFFICER Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In these writ petitions the validity of r. 19A of the I.T. Rules, 1962, as it stood applicable to the assessment years 1969-70 and 1974-75, is challenged as ultra vires of s. 80J of the I.T. Act, 1961, in so far as it prescribes that in computing the capital employed in an industrial undertaking, (1) the borrowed money and debts due by the assessee should be deducted, (2) that it should be computed as on the 1st day of the previous year, and (3) that it should be assessed at the written down value of the asset after allowing depreciation. These writ petitions can be conveniently disposed of by a common judgment.

(2.) Section 80J of the I.T. Act, in so far as it is relevant for our present purpose, reads as follows:

(3.) In exercise of the rule-making power vested under s. 296 of the Act, the Central Board of Revenue has framed r. 19A, which reads as follows: