Sree Akilandeswari Mills Private ... vs The Deputy Commissioner, Income Tax, ... on 28 January, 2005
13. The Calcutta High Court in Commissioner of Income Tax v. Hoogly Mills Co. Ltd (266 ITR 257), while considering the case of liability of gratuity taken over by the assessee from the transferor when the business was taken over as a going concern, held that the gratuity liability till the date of transfer taken over by the assessee would be capital in nature and it would form part of the sale consideration and it has to be added to the cost of acquisition of the assets transferred. The Calcutta High Court held as under: