TMI Blog1978 (2) TMI 85X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o identical questions and, therefore, they may be conveniently disposed of by a common judgment. For the purpose of answering the references, we may refer to the statement of the case in R. C. No. 165/76 and the questions referred therein. This reference is at the instance of the revenue and relates to the assessment year 1968-69. The assessee is a partnership firm carrying on business in purch ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... that amount on February 16, 1968, evidenced by a receipt passed by it. It is recited in that receipt : " The 1,000 (one thousand) groundnut bags (tax paid) were purchased by you from us on 4-11-1967, at the rate of Rs. 358 per kandi. But, since we settled by mutual consent today without reference to the delivery, at the rate of Rs. 62.50 per kandi you may please credit Rs. 20,833.33 to our acco ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... a speculation loss in order that it must be separately treated without being set off against other profits. In that view, the appeal was allowed. Hence, at the instance of the revenue, the following two questions were referred : " (1). Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the transaction that resulted in loss of Rs. 20,833 is a speculative transaction, within the meaning ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... transaction was a speculative transaction will not, by itself, render it a speculative business. To constitute a speculative business, there should be more than one speculative transaction carried on by an assessee so as to constitute a business. It is only then that business will be regarded as a speculative business. Explanation 2 to section 28 says : " Where speculative transactions carri ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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