S. 2(22)(e) : Deemed dividend-Loan to Shareholder-Nature of business of company to lend money-Advanced money to assessee shareholder for exigency and charged interest-Loan not assessable as deemed dividend.

S. 2(22)(d) : Dividend-Any distribution to its share holders on the reduction of its share capital-Deemed dividend-Redemption of Preference shares at premium-Not assessable as dividend-Addition was deleted. [S. 2(22)(e), R. 11UA(1)(c)(b), 11UA (1)(c)(c)]

S. 2(14)(iii) : Capital asset-Agricultural land-Revenue records are ultimate proof of the land being agricultural land-Land situated beyond prescribed Limit-Cannot be considered as non-agricultural Land. [S. 45]

S. 69A : Unexplained money – Advocate – Seizure of cash – Cash withdrawal from Bank – Professional fees received cash – Name of the client from whom cash received was disclosed – The cash amount was disclosed in the books of account – Revenue cannot ask the asseessee to prove the source of the source -Addition was deleted [ S.44AB , 131(IA) ]

S. 12AB: Procedure for fresh registration – Cancellation of registration –Withdrawal of registration cannot be done retrospectively Commissioner Central has no jurisdiction to cancel the registration – – Cancellation of registration was quashed- Alternative contentions became academic hence not dealt with .[ S.11, [12A, 12AB(4) , 13 ]

S. 45 : Capital gains – Sale of shares held as investment – Indexed cost of acquisition – Cannot be assessed as business income – Issue of bonus shares is held to be justified – Sale of shares at cost – Short term capital loss allowable to be set off against long term capital gains-Transaction cannot be held to be colourable device to set off the long term capital gains- Loss was allowed to be set off . [ S. 28(i) , 70, 71 ]

S. 279 : Offences and prosecutions – Sanction – Chief Commissioner –Tax deduction at source – Compounding application – Application was filed beyond twelve months- Rejection of application was set aside. [S. 200,276B, 278B, 279(2), Art, 226]

S. 271(1)(c) : Penalty–Concealment–Disallowance of deduction claimed – Deletion of penalty is justified. [S. 260A]

S. 263 : Commissioner-Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue–Write off of interest receivable–Interest expenditure on slum rehabilitation project at Dindoshi–Inadequacy of enquiry does not give jurisdiction to Commissioner to revise the order – Explanation 2 is prospective in nature. [S. 36(1)(iii), 36(1)(vii), 260A]

S. 254(1) : Appellate Tribunal–Powers–Notional income-Income from house property or Income from other sources–Tribunal has no power to review earlier order–Order of Tribunal is stayed. [S. 22, 23, 56, 254(2), Art. 226]