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ii. The assessee was given a lease of 99 year over a plot of
land measuring 3.542 acres in Salt Lake City for the exclusive
purpose of setting out the building, custom built for clients like
HDPI.
iii. Thereafter, a lease agreement was entered into with the
HDPI for a period of 9 years subject to renewal having a
minimum locking in period of 6 years.
iv. The main objects of its incorporation are to promote,
setup, etc. infrastructure projects as the present one. However, it
is not the memorandum of association which determines the
head of the income earned under the Income Tax Act. Rather, it
is the nature and extent of actual activities being carried out
which determine whether the assessee had conducted any
business during the financial year or not.
v. The building it has made is for a specific I.T. industry and
cannot be used for any other purpose. As per agreement it
cannot use the building for residential or other commercial
purpose. The specifications of the building or a caveat imposed
on its use which determines whether the income earned from
building is business income or not. Rather it is the nature and
extent of activities carried out by the assessee which are the
determining factors.