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2019 (1) TMI 1068 - HC - Income TaxCharacter of income - accrual of income - Nature of interest received by the landowner-assessee under Section 28 of the 1894 Act - whether the interest which is received by the assessee-landowner partakes the character of income or not and, in such a situation is it taxable under the provisions of the Act - Held that:- The award of interest under Section 28 of the 1894 Act applies when the amount originally awarded has been paid or deposited and when the Court awards excess amount. In such cases interest on that excess alone is payable. Section 28 empowers the Court to award interest on the excess amount of compensation awarded by it over the amount awarded by the Collector. The compensation awarded by the Court includes the additional compensation awarded u/s 23(1A) and the solatium u/s 23(2) of the said Act. Section 28 is applicable only in respect of the excess amount, which is determined by the Court after a reference under Section 18 of the 1894 Act. Under Section 34 of the 1894 Act, the Collector awards interest on the compensation offered at the rate of 9% per annum for a period of one year from the date of taking possession and thereafter at the rate of 15% per annum from the date of expiry of one year on the amount of compensation or part thereof which remains unpaid or deposited before the date of such expiry. A plain reading of Sections 23(1A), 23(2) as also Section 28 of the 1894 Act clearly spells out that additional benefits are available on the market value of the acquired lands under Section 23(1A) and 23(2) whereas Section 28 is available in respect of the entire compensation. The cumulative effect of Section 145A(b) and Section 56(2) (viii) would be that any interest received on compensation or on enhanced compensation shall be taxable under the head 'income from other sources' in the year of receipt. However, by Section 27 of the 2009 Act, a new clause (iv) in Section 57 has been inserted w.e.f. 01.04.2010 which lays down that in the case of income of the nature referred to in Section 56(2)(viii), a deduction of a sum equal to 50% of such income would be allowable thereunder and no deduction would be allowed under any other clause of Section 57 No illegality or perversity could be pointed out by learned counsel for the assessee in the concurrent findings of fact recorded by the authorities below which may warrant interference by this Court. No question of law
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