............................................................................................................................. Description There is enormous case-law on direct taxes. The department, ITAT, High Courts and the Supreme Court are all flooded by appeals and reference applications. The hierarchy of the judicial system provides the Supreme Court judgments to be the law of the land. Not only does it finally settle the conflicting and diverging opinions of the High Courts but very often interprets the statutory provisions in an authoritative and crystal clear manner. This book digests the wisdom of the judicial pronouncements of the Supreme Court on the Income-tax Act, 1961; the Wealth-tax Act, 1957 and the Gift-tax Act, 1958 and the Rules. The Full Bench decisions of the High Courts and selected foreign case-law have also been digested. Case-law on obsolete and redundant provisions has been avoided. The entire matter has been presented in a novel manner to facilitate a reference not only sectionwise but also, if need be, subjectwise. While the case-law has been arranged sectionwise with easy-to-catch headings, the detailed Subjectwise Referencer at the end of each volume will help the readers to simultaneously refer the digest subjectwise as well. An attempt has been made to present the ratio decidendi in a systematic and methodical manner highlighting all the relevant points. An understanding of the issues involved is made easy by first giving a brief head-note followed by the facts, the controversy at large and then the decision of the apex court. Wherever the case-law is numerous under a particular section, to make it user-friendly, the headings have been arranged under a Synopsis to enable the reader to obtain a bird's eye-view of the digested cases. The judicial review, at the end of the case, is a pointer to the case under appeal, the cases followed and even at times, mentions the cases where a particular Supreme Court decision has been followed. It is hoped that this set will be found useful by the Income-tax Department, ITAT, the judiciary, advocates, practitioners, chartered accountants, corporate executives and the like. ............................................................................................................................. Contents Volume 1 Division I - Income Tax Chapter I - Preliminary Chapter II - Basis of Charge Chapter III - Incomes which do not form part of total income Chapter IV - Computation of Total Income Chapter V - Income of other persons, included in assessee’s total income Volume 2 Chapter VI - Aggregation of income and set off or carry forward of loss Chapter VIA - Deductions to be made in computing total income Chapter VII - Incomes forming part of total income on which no income-tax is payable Chapter VIII - Rebate and relief’s Chapter X - Special Provisions relating to avoidance of tax Chapter XI - Additional income-tax on undistributed profits Chapter XIII - Income-tax authorities Chapter XIV - Procedure for Assessment Chapter XV - Liability in special cases Chapter XVI - Special Provisions applicable to firms Chapter XVII - Collection and Recovery of Tax Chapter XIX - Refunds Chapter XIXA - Settlement of cases Chapter XX - Appeals and Revision Chapter XXA - Acquisition of immovable properties in certain cases of transfer to counteract evasion of tax Chapter XXC - Purchase by central Government of immovable properties in certain cases of transfer Chapter XXI - Penalties imposable Chapter XXII - Offences and Prosecutions Chapter XXIIA - Annuity deposits Chapter XXIIB - Tax credit certificates Chapter XXII - Miscellaneous Division IA - Income Tax Rules, 1962 Division II - Wealth Tax Chapter I - Preliminary Chapter II - Charge of wealth-tax and assets subject to such charge Chapter IV - Assessment Chapter V - Liability to assessment in special cases Chapter VI - Appeals, Revisions and References Division III - Gift Tax Chapter I - Preliminary Chapter II - Charge of gift-tax and gift subject to such charge Chapter VI - Appeals, revisions and references Division IV - Voluntary disclosure scheme Subjectwise Referencer ............................................................................................................................. |