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2016 (10) TMI 1365 - AT - Income TaxRevision u/s 263 - treatment to income - compensation received under compromise - As per CIT AO wrongly assumed the facts as transfer of capital asset which is incorrect inasmuch as the assessee never had any trade mark right in Southeast Asia and transfer of capital asset does not arise - According to the CIT, the agreement that was entered into between the assessee and M/s. Group Danone is in the nature of non-compete agreement, not to launch the biscuit products under the trade mark ‘TIGER’ in Singapore and Malaysia and the amount that was received by the assessee was towards loss of profits on account of the assessee company’s inability to launch its products in Singapore and Malaysia and only because the assessee withdrew its right to expand business in Singapore and Malaysia, and consequently incurred loss of future profit, which they could have otherwise arranged, the compensation was paid - HELD THAT:- It could be seen from the submissions of the assessee before the AO, the assessee placed reliance on so many decisions in respect of their contentions to object the treatment of the amount either as business income or as capital gain. Having considered all these facts and also the law laid down in such decisions, the AO consciously reached a conclusion that the income is to be treated as capital gain but not as either capital receipt or business income. This is one of the probable views that could have validly be taken. By no stretch of imagination could it be said that the AO mechanically passed this order taking the view that the income has to be charged as capital gain. The AO made enquiries, called for details of such income and having considered the submissions of the assessee in respect of all the three probable views i.e. capital receipt, business income and capital gain, the AO for the reasons recorded in his order at page nos. 7 to 10, came to the conclusion that the income in dispute has to be charged as capital gain but not as capital receipt or business income. In this factual context, we are called upon to examine the question whether the CIT is justified in terming the order of AO as erroneous and without proper enquiry or on wrong assumption of the facts. In JMC Projects (India) Ltd. [2015 (12) TMI 1510 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT] held that the power u/s. 263 of the Act cannot be exercised when though addition has been made on the footing or the premise which are not to the satisfaction of the Commissioner to make additions on better premise with better reasoning or on different application of legal principles. We are of the firm conclusion that the Assessment Order is not the result of non application of mind or wrong assumption of facts or without any proper enquiry. And it, therefore, follows that assumption of jurisdiction u/s. 263 of the Act by the Ld. CIT is unwarranted and the order cannot be sustained. We, therefore, quash the same. Appeal of assessee is allowed.
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