S. 92C : Transfer pricing – Arm’s length price – A company in business of clinical trial services is comparable to a company providing contract manufacture, contract research and development of drugs to its Associated Enterprises- Both comparables as well as assessee are situated in India, no adjustment of ALP on account of locational advantage is called for.

S. 80IB(10) : Housing projects- Sale of flats to related persons- Amendment brought on 1-4-2010 vide clause (f) to section 80IB(10) barring sale of more than one flat in a housing project to related persons, is prospective in nature [ S.80IB(10)(f) ]

S. 72A : Carry forward and set off of accumulated loss and unabsorbed depreciation-Maintenance of separate books of account is not mandatory .[ S.72A(4)(a)]

S. 72 : Carry forward and set off of business losses -Search- Return is filed by assessee within reasonable time permitted by issue of notice under S. 153A(1)(a), such return will be deemed to have been filed within time permitted under S. 139(1) for benefit under S. 139(3) to be availed of by assessee [ S.80, 139, 153A ]

S. 69A : Unexplained money -Search and seizure -Block assessment -Statement on oath- Merely on the basis that assessee in course of statement made under S. 132(4) had admitted that said jewellery belonged to him, could not be sustained ,when in the course of assessment proceedings established that jewellery seized from him actually belonged to his employer – There is no requirement in law that evidence in support of its case must be produced by assessee only at time when seizure has been made and not during assessment proceedings .[ S.132(4) , 158BC ]

S. 69 :Unexplained investments -Search -Advance receipts- Real estate business-Amounts were received from bulk purchasers as per agreement and, that assessee had also filed cash flow statement and looking to modus operandi of business said sums were verifiable, thus, no addition was required to be made on this account

S. 54B : Capital gains – Land used for agricultural purposes -Sale deed for purchase and sale of land, found that assessee sold this land within two years from date of its purchase and not used land for agricultural purposes for a minimum period of two years before its sale -Not entitle exemption- Moreover, from expenses incurred, it could be proved that said land was never used for agricultural purposes after it was purchased by assessee as assessee was concentrating on its improvement rather than cultivation. [ S.45 ]

S. 40A(3) :Expenses or payments not deductible – Cash payments exceeding prescribed limits – Agricultural produce – Paddy from farmers- No disallowance can be made [ R.6DD ]

S. 40A(3) :Expenses or payments not deductible – Cash payments exceeding prescribed limits of Rs 20,000 -Inflated purchase expenditure by raising bogus claims – Only profit element embedded there in should be brought to tax and not the entire expenditure .[ S.37(1), 145 ]

S.37(1): Business expenditure- Capital or revenue -Abandoned projects – State Government ordered closure of implementation of said project – Same line of existing business- Allowable as business expenditure.