Allowing the appeal of the assessee the Tribunal held that, even though dominant purpose of acquiring shares is not relevant for purpose of invoking provisions under section 14A, yet shares held as-stock-in-trade stand on a different pedestal in relation to shares that were acquired with an intention to acquire and retain controlling interest in investee company. Accordingly where assessee purchased shares as stock-in-trade for purpose of trading, mere fact that assessee incidentally received dividend on those shares as declared by investee company, no disallowance can be made. Ratio in Maxopp Investment Ltd v. CIT ( 2018) 402 ITR 640 (SC). (AY. 2008 -09)
Nice Bombay Transport (P.) Ltd. v. ACIT (OSD) (2019) 175 ITD 684 (Delhi)(Trib.)
S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income–Stock in trade–Dividend received incidentally–No disallowance can be made. [R. 8D]