Commissioner of Income Tax Vs Midas Polymer Compounds P. Ltd.

High Court Of Kerala 3 Mar 2014 I.T.A. No. 155 of 2013 (2014) 363 ITR 309
Bench: Division Bench
Acts Referenced

Judgement Snapshot

Case Number

I.T.A. No. 155 of 2013

Hon'ble Bench

Manjula Chellur, C.J; A.M. Shaffique, J

Advocates

P.K.R. Menon, Senior Counsel, Government of India (Taxes) and Jose Joseph, Standing Counsel for Income-tax, Advocate for the Appellant

Acts Referred

Income Tax Act, 1961 — Section 80-IB

Judgement Text

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Dr. Manjula Chellur, C.J.@mdashThe Revenue is before this court aggrieved by the orders of the Appellate Tribunal. In brief, the facts that lead to

the filing of the present appeal is as under. The assessee is a private limited company engaged, in pre-cured tread rubber. The activities of the

assessee, according to the Revenue, are manufacturing rubber treading material and rubber compound and mixing on job work basis. The present

appeal pertains to the assessment year 2007-08. The Revenue opined that the assessee included the income from mixing on job work basis also in

the profits liable for deduction u/s 80-IB of the income tax Act. However, according to the Assessing Officer, the said income was not liable for

deduction, therefore, rejected the claim of the assessee. According to the stand of the Revenue, that in mixing, the complete manufacturing does

not occur and it is only one of the several processes involved in the work, therefore, the claim that mixing charges also constitute income from

manufacturing"" was rejected. This came to be challenged by the assessee and the first appeal came to be rejected. The assessee approached the

Tribunal and the Tribunal initially rejected the claim. But, later on when the Full Bench decision of the High Court in I.T.A. No. 84 of 2009, dated

December 21, 2010, Midas Polymer Compounds (P) Ltd. Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, was brought to the notice of the Tribunal,

it considered the miscellaneous application. The Tribunal has also now held that the assessee is eligible for such deduction. So far as I.T.A. No. 84

of 2009, Midas Polymer Compounds (P) Ltd. Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, , the Revenue did not file SLP before the Supreme

Court as the tax effect was below the prescribed monetary limits for filing special leave petition. The fact remains that as on today the Full Bench

decision in I.T.A. No. 84 of 2009 Midas Polymer Compounds (P) Ltd. Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, is the law declared on the

subject matter.

2. In that view of the matter, we decline to interfere with the orders of the authorities concerned and, accordingly, the appeal is dismissed in terms

of I.T.A. No. 84 of 2009, dated December 21, 2010 Midas Polymer Compounds (P) Ltd. Vs. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, ).