TMI Blog1986 (9) TMI 46X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ng question of law for the opinion of this court: " Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in holding that the interest paid by the assessee to the Sales Tax Department on the arrears of sales tax was an admissible deduction under section 37 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 ? " In Rajasthan Central Stores (P.) Ltd. v. CIT [1985] 156 ITR 90 (Raj), a Divisi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... b-section (2) shall carry interest at 6% per annum from such date to the date of payment. The Supreme Court in the above case held that the interest that was paid under section 3(3) of the Cess Act could not be described as a penalty paid for an infringement of the law and that it was in the nature of revenue expenditure in respect of which the assessee could claim deduction under section 10(2)(xv ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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