TMI Blog1989 (10) TMI 50X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the Act"), wherein the following question has been referred for consideration of this court: "Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was justified in holding that the amount of Rs. 7,500 paid as fees to the Registrar of Companies, Jaipur, for bringing about change in the memorandum and articles of association of the company in relation to increase in its authori ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... iture could be allowed as deduction. He disallowed the entire expenditure of Rs. 7,500. On further appeal, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal allowed the said deduction of expenditure in the view that the said expenditure was not an expenditure which was capital in nature but was a revenue expenditure. Thereupon, the Revenue moved the Tribunal for referring the above question before this court and ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... TR 793 (Bom) and GrozBeckert Saboo Ltd. v. CIT [1986] 160 ITR 743 (P H). The Tribunal has placed reliance on the decision of the Allahabad High Court in CIT v. Modi Spinning and Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. [1973] 89 ITR 304 and the decision of the Bombay High Court in CIT v. Elphinstone Spinning and Weaving Mills Co. Ltd. [1975] 100 ITR 139. We have considered the said decisions and we find that th ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d. [1973] 89 ITR 304, has held that the amount expended by a company for making alterations in its memorandum and articles of association in order to bring them into accord with changes brought about in the law relating to companies is expenditure incurred by the assessee solely and exclusively for the purpose of its business and the said expenditure is incurred in order that the company should co ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... re. In our view, the said expenditure should have been treated as a capital expenditure. The reference is, therefore, answered in the negative, i.e., in favour of the Revenue and against the assessee in the following terms: In the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was not justified in holding that the amount of Rs. 7,500 paid as fees to the Registrar of Companies, Jaipur ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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