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Wednesday 7 October 2015

Investments on which no dividend income is earned should be excluded for calculation of disallowance u/s 14A-Living Media India Ltd [2015] 61 taxmann.com 206 (Delhi - Trib.)

Battery of Cases u/s 14A relied upon by assessee:
Delhi High Court in the case of CIT v. Holcim India (P.) Ltd. [2015] 57 taxmann.com 28 and

Para 63 of Karanatka High Court in Manju Nath Cotton & Ginning factory 359 ITR 565 on Penalty followed by Banglore Tribunal in H.LakshmiNarayan [2015] 61 taxmann.com 373 (Bangalore - Trib.)

63. In the light of what is stated above, what emerges is as under :
(a)Penalty under section 271(1)(c) is a civil liability.
(b)Mens rea is not an essential element for imposing penalty for breach of civil obligations or liabilities.
(c)Willful concealment is not an essential ingredient for attracting civil liability.