A.V.R.A. Veerappa Chettiar vs The Commissioner Of Income-Tax on 6 August, 1958
22. The question, whether the expression 'annual charge' should be construed as meaning only an annual payment without any reference to security for that payment did not really rise for determination in Commissioner of Income-tax v. State Bank of India (1957) 31 I.T.R. 545. The payments the learned Chief Justice had to consider in that case were specifically charged upon the house property in question there, in the sense that the house property was constituted security for those payments. Though the observations are obiter they come from so experienced and learned a Judge, they are certainly entitled to great respect. With all respect to the learned Chief Justice, we regret our inability to accept as correct the interpretation he placed upon the expression 'annual charge' in its context Section 9(1)(iv) of the Act.