Assistant Commissioner Of Income Tax, Ahmedabad v. Arvind Polycot Ltd

(2008) 2 S.C.R. 650 ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, AHMEDABAD 'II. A~VIND POLYCOT LTD. (Civil Appeal No. 1182 of 2008) FEBRUARY 8, 2008 [S.H. KAPADIA AND B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, JJ.] --Income Tax Act, 1961 s.36(i)(iii) Interest paid in respect of borrowings on capital assets not put to use in the -concerned financial year Held : Is allowable deduction. The question which arose of consideration in the present appeal is : Whether interest paid in respect of borrowings on capital assets not put to use in the D [concerned ][financial year can be permitted as ][allowable ]deduction under Section 36(1) (iii) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961? Dismissing the appeal, the Court ·HELD: Interest paid in respect of borrowings on capital assets not put to use in the concerned financial year is allowable deduction under s.36(1 )(iii) of the Income-Tax Act, 1961. [Para 2] [651-8, C] Dy. Commnr. of Income Tax, Ahmedabad v. Mis. Core Health Care Ltd. 2008(2) Scale 327 - relied on. CIVILAPPELLATE JURISDICTION: Civil Appeal No. 1182 of 2008. From the Judgment and Order dated 19.10.2005 of the G [High Court of judicature of Gujarat atAhmedabad ][in ][Tax ][Appeal ]No. 526 of 2003. P. Vishwanatha Shetty, T. Srinivasa Murthy, Gaurav Agrawal and B.V. Balaram Das for the Appellant. S. Ganesh, Amar Dave, Rustom B. Hathikhanawala, E.C. Agrawala. J.P. Shah, Manish Shah, Harish J. Jhaveri, Pardiwala, Jay Savla and Reena Bagga for the Respondent. The Judgment of the Court was delivered by KAPADIA, J. 1. Leave granted. 2. In this civil appeal filed by the Department the question of law arises for determination which question is as follows: "Whether interest paid in respect of borrowings on capital assets not put to use in the concerned financial year can be permitted as allowable deduction under Section 36(1 )(iii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ?" 3. Our answer to the above-mentioned question is squarely ' covered by our decision in favour of the assessee and against the Department in the case of Dy. Commr. of Income Tax, D Ahmedabad v. Mis. Core Health Care Ltd. in Civil Appeal , Nos.3952-55 of 2002. 4. Accordingly the said question is answered in favour of assessee and against the Department. Consequently the • Department's civil appeal is dismissed with no order as to costs. E D.G. Appeal dismissed.