TMI Blog1956 (10) TMI 34X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nder section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922, hereinafter called the Act. Two questions of law are raised in the reference, one at the instance of the Commissioner of Income-tax, Madhya Pradesh and Bhopal, Nagpur, and the other, of the assessee. 2. The assessee is a registered firm and and owns a textile mill styled R.B. Bansilal Abirchand Spinning and Weaving Mills, Hinganghat. It had ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... accepted by the Tribunal. The question of law that arises out of the order is: Whether the loss to be apportioned amounts to ₹ 1,04,885 or ₹ 1,15,309? 3. In the year of account relevant for the assessment year 1949-50 the assessee spent a sum of ₹ 9,330 on the replacement of a cylinder in a sizing machine of the mill and spent a sum of ₹ 15,000 on renovation of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... . That section entitles the assessee and not the Department to claim a set-off of loss against profits to determine the marginal taxable income. It does not, therefore, entitle the Income-tax Officer to minimise the loss by setting off the profits. The cases relied upon by the Department, namely Commissioner of Income-tax v. Murlidhar Mathurawalla Association([1948] 16 I.T.R. 146), Mohanlal Hirala ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... preserved, the case is one of repairs and not reconstruction: see Commissioner of Income-tax v. Darbhanga Sugar Co. Ltd.([1956] 29 I.T.R. 21) and New Shorrock Spinning and Manufacturing Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax([1956] 30 I.T.R. 338). The work that was done in the instant case was only intended to preserve and maintain the existing machine and the building. The cylinder of the machin ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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