S. 37(1) : Business expenditure-Donation of amount to BDC for construction of ring road-Allowable as business expenditure.

S. 37(1) : Business expenditure-Cancellation of joint venture agreement-Compensation paid-Nexus between cancellation of JDA and execution of construction agreement-Allowable as deduction.

S. 36(1)(vii) : Bad debt-Amount offered as income-Written as bad debt in books of account-Debtor has shown as liability in its books of account-Allowable as deduction as bad debt. [S. 36(2)]

S. 36(1)(iii) : Interest on borrowed capital-Investment company-Commercially expedient-Difference between interest received and paid by assessee for purpose of business-Deletion of disallowance was affirmed. [S. 37(1)]

S. 35 : Scientific research expenditure-Donations to research organisations-Deduction cannot be denied on the ground that registration granted was cancelled with retrospective effect. [S. 35(1)(iii)]

S. 32 : Depreciation-lease of assets-Genuine transaction-Entitle to depreciation.

S. 28(i) : Business loss-Amalgamation-Excess of liabilities over assets-Allowable as business loss /deduction-Matter remanded with direction. [S. 37(1)]

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-suo motu disallowance-Failure to give cogent reason for dissatisfaction-Deletion of addition is justified. [R. 8D(2)(iii)]

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Recording of satisfaction is mandatory-Disallowance cannot exceed exempt income. [R. 8D]

S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Not incurred any expenditure in earning dividend income-No disallowance could be made. [R. 8D]