S. 44BB : Mineral oils – Non-residents – Business for prospecting/exploration, mineral oil etc. vessels given on hire- Required to be shown to be fitted with necessary equipments, and having technical capacity for use in prospecting for, or extraction or production of mineral oils-Matter remanded.

S. 28(i) : Business loss-Conversion of ECB to share capital–Comprises of two distinct transactions–Foreign exchange loss on difference to be charged to P&L Account–Allowable as revenue loss. [S. 37(1), 43, Companies Act, 1956, S.75(1)]

S. 12AA : Procedure for registration–Trust or institution-Order denying registration was passed without providing opportunity of being heard- Order was set aside.

S. 10(23C) : Educational institution-Society running a school-Entitle to exemption. [S.10 (23C)(vi)]

S. 9(1)(vi) : Income deemed to accrue or arise in India–Royalty – Payment for ‘bandwidth services’ is not assessable as ‘royalty’– Amount received by RJIPL from assessee for providing standard bandwidth services was its ‘business profits’- In the absence of its business connection or PE in India could not be brought to tax in India- DTAA-India–Singapore . [S. 90 , 195, 195A, Art. 7,12]

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty–Concealment of Income–Revised return- Reimbursement of expenses-Information with respect to the impugned transaction was duly disclosed in notes to computation annexed along with original return of income and the assesse had offered a part of income in revised return of income to tax, penalty could not levied.

S. 263 : Commissioner – Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue – Reassessment- Merger – Since the second round of reassessment proceedings were on the same set of facts as the first round, the same were dropped by the AO and thus the first reassessment order stood merged with the second.- Thus, the said order cannot be revised under Section 263 of the Act since only the valid reassessment order can be revised. [S.143(1), 147, 148]

S. 263 : Commissioner – Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue – Reassessment – Invalid reassessment order cannot be revised – Revision u/s 263 cannot be made if reassessment u/s 147 was invalid, as reassessment was made without issue of notice u/s 143(2) [ S.143(2), 147]

S. 251 : Appeal-Commissioner (Appeals)–Powers-Unexplained expenditure-Opportunity of cross examination-powers of Commissioner (Appeals) are co-terminus with powers of Assessing Officer and if Assessing Officer failed to discharge its functions properly and conduct proper cross-examination and other enquiry, Commissioner (Appeals) ought to have allowed cross-examination of said parties Matter remanded back for fresh consideration. [S. 69C]

S. 201 : Deduction at source-Shortfall in deposit of TDS-Adjusted against the excess deposit in earlier years–No interest u/s. 201(1A)-Net result after adjustment is excess deposit of TDS by assessee. [S. 201(IA), 245]