S. 37(1): Business expenditure -Advertisement , Marketing and business promotion expenses (AMP) by pharmaceutical company for promoting sale and brand was held to be allowable business expenditure. Revision was held to be not valid [ S. 263 ],

S. 37(1): Business expenditure – Bank-Amortisation of premium paid for purchase of securities was to be allowed as deduction .

S. 45: Capital gains- Business income- Sale of land in small plots as required by end users is assessable as capital gains. [ S. 28(i)]

S. 43(5) : Speculative transaction – Currency derivatives -Transactions through a recognised stock broker on recognised stock exchange , could not be termed as speculative transaction . [ S.73 ]

S. 54F : Capital gains – Investment in a residential house –Sale is not concluded or agreement of sale is not certain to be honoured, assessee cannot claim deduction in respect of purchase or construction of property [ S.45, 54F(4)]

S. 69 :Unexplained investments – On money -No addition can be made on the basis of the documents found from premises of third party neither the name of assessee was mentioned nor any evidence was found for purchase of any property [ S. 132, 153A ]

S. 153A : Assessment – Search-When there was no search proceedings against the assessee , assessment made in consequence of notice issued under section 153A, is invalid and void ab initio . [ S. 69,132 ]

S. 153C : Assessment – Income of any other person – Search – Illegal payments -Addition made on the basis of third party statement who have retracted and without giving an opportunity of cross examination initiation of proceedings was held to be not valid [S.132 ]

S. 263 : Commissioner – Revision of orders prejudicial to revenue -Scientific research – Revision was held to be justified and the direction given by the CIT was modified allowing the AO to examine the claim [ S. 35(1)]

S. 254(1): Appellate Tribunal- Additional ground- Failure to deduct tax at source- Issue which was not contested before the CIT(A) , it is open to the assessee to challenge the disallowance first time before the Tribunal, additional ground was admitted and matter was remanded to the file of AO for adjudication on merits. [ S. 40(a)(ia), 44AB,194A,194I, Art. 265 ]