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IN THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL
DELHI BENCH: `C' NEW DELHI
BEFORE MS SUCHITRA KAMBLE, JUDICIAL MEMBER
AND
SHRI PRASHANT MAHARISHI, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER
I.T.A. No. 2325/DEL/2015 (A.Y. 2009-10)
DCIT Vs. M/s. Mosaic India Pvt. Ltd.
Circle 17(1), Y-65, Ground Floor,
New Delhi Hauz Khas,
New Delhi- 110016
PAN : AACCC4033C
(APPELLANT) (RESPONDENT)
Appellant by Sh. Manoneet Dalal, Ms.
Manisha Jain, Sh. Vishu
Goel, CA's
Respondent by Sh. Amit Katoch, Sr.DR
Date of Hearing 07.08.2019
Date of Pronouncement
15.10.2019
ORDER
PER SUCHITRA KAMBLE, JM
This appeal is filed against the order dated 30.01.2015 passed by CIT(A)-
VI, New Delhi for assessment year 2009-10.
2. The grounds of appeal are as under :
1. Whether on the facts & circumstances of the case & in law, the Ld.
CIT(A) is justified in deleting the addition of Rs. 13,11,26,585/- on account of
loss incurred on sale of bonds having span of 16 to 23 years received in lieu
of cash subsidy and regarded as a capital loss by the A.O.
2. That the order of the Ld. CIT(A) is erroneous and is not tenable on facts
and in law.
3. That the appellant craves leave to add, alter, amend or forego any
ground(s) of appeal either before or at the time of hearing of appeal."
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3. The assessee is a company incorporated in India under the provisions of
the Companies Act, 1956. The assessee is engaged in the business of import
and export of fertilizers, domestic trading and distribution of fertilizers and
Incidental activities such as stevedoring and warehousing services. The
assessee company electronically filed its revised return of income for the
subject year on 15.10.2010, declaring loss of Rs. 282,673,846 and claiming a
refund of Rs. 177,258,732. Furthermore, a paper copy of the said return was
filed with the office of the DCIT, Circle 5(1), New Delhi. The return was selected
for scrutiny under Section 143(3), and vide order dated 11.03.2013 passed
under Section 143(3) read with Section 144C of the Act, the Assessing Officer
assessed the income of the assessee company at Rs. 30,050,180 while making
the following additions:
S.No. Additions made by AO Amount (Rs.)
1 Disallowance of notional loss/expenditure 181,597,443
incurred on account of foreign exchange
fluctuation
2 Disallowance of loss incurred on sale of Special 131,126,585
Government of India Fertilizer bonds ("bonds")
received in lieu of subsidy from Government of
India ("GOI")
Total additions 312,724,028
4. Being aggrieved by the Assessment Order, the assessee filed appeal
before the CIT(A). The CIT(A) allowed the appeal of the assessee.
5. The Ld. DR submitted that the CIT(A) erred in deleting the addition of Rs.
13,11,26,585/- on account of loss incurred on sale of bonds having span of 16
to 23 years received in lieu of cash subsidy and regarded as a capital loss by
the Assessing Officer.
6. The Ld. AR relied upon the decision of the co-ordinate bench in case of
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DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd. vs. ACIT (ITA Nos 274 & 1301/Del/2013 order
dated 14.10.2015). The Ld. AR also relied upon the order of the CIT(A).
7. We have heard both the parties and perused all the relevant material
available on record. The assessee company has to accept the special bonds in
lieu of cash/cheque payment made by the Government of India previously
against the amount of Fertilizer Subsidy receivable by the companies. These
bonds have been issued by GOI on face value with maturity of 16 to 23 years.
These bonds are in nature of trading assets of the company and the assessee
company was not in the position to hold these bonds as investment since it is
issued by the Govt. of India in lieu of subsidy recoverable in cash/cheque and
due to lack of funds, the assessee company was not able to hold these bonds.
The decision of the Tribunal in case of DCM Shriram (supra) is squarely
applicable in the present case. The facts of the present case is also identical
and therefore, the CIT(A) was right in holding that the same is a revenue loss
and not that of capital loss. The CIT (A) held as under:
"4.2.10 It is well settled position that mere nomenclature or reflection or
treatment adopted by the assessee for a particular item such as disclosing
the Special Bonds issued by the GOI under the head "Investment" does not
determine the taxability of such item. Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of
Kedarnath Jute Mfg. Co. Ltd. [82 ITR 363] held that, "whether the assessee is
entitled to a particular deduction or not will depend on provision of law
relating thereto, and not on view taken by the assessee nor can be existence
or absence of entries in the books of accounts be decisive or conclusive in the
matter" In the case of National Cement Mines Industries Ltd. vs. CIT [42 ITR
69], Apex court held that, "the character of the receipt either as capital or as
income should not be based on the name given to the amount received by the
assessee in his records, because in law the real nature and character of the
transaction must be determined in light of the terms of the contract and right
and obligation of the parties flowing therefrom unguided by the nomenclature
of the transaction". In view of the above factual and legal position the loss on
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the sale of bonds is a revenue loss and, therefore, the AO is not justified in
disallowing the same as capital loss. The appeal is allowed in this ground."
The addition therefore, was correctly deleted by the CIT(A). The reasoning given
by the CIT(A) was correct and there is no need to interfere with the findings of
the same. The appeal of the Revenue is dismissed.
8. In result, appeal of the Revenue is dismissed.
Order pronounced in the Open Court on 15th October, 2019.
Sd/- Sd/-
(PRASHANT MAHARISHI) (SUCHITRA KAMBLE)
ACCOUNTANT MEMBER JUDICIAL MEMBER
Dated: 15/10/2019
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