The contention that the validity of the transactions cannot be looked into within the
frame of the question is, with respect, of the mark because merely legal validity
does not necessarily give a touch of genuineness to the transaction, which depends
on various other considerations. Therefore, the further contention that since the
question referred to the Special Bench is limited to the application of the rule laid
down inMcDowell & Co. Ltd.'s case (supra), it presupposes that the sale and
lease-back transaction is valid and therefore it cannot be held to be non-genuine,
ITA Nos.130/Bang/2023
M/s. SPR Spirits Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
ITA No.653/Bang/2023
Nadakrishna Thimmaiah, Bangalore
Page 34 of 41
cannot be accepted. Every step in the whole transaction may be legally correct,
but still whether the whole transaction is genuine in the sense that it is not a
subterfuge or colourable device or a dubious method is an entirely different
question not dependent solely on the fact that every step in the transaction is
legally valid or correct."
The contention that the validity of the transactions cannot be looked into within the
frame of the question is, with respect, of the mark because merely legal validity
does not necessarily give a touch of genuineness to the transaction, which depends
on various other considerations. Therefore, the further contention that since the
question referred to the Special Bench is limited to the application of the rule laid
down inMcDowell & Co. Ltd.'s case (supra), it presupposes that the sale and
lease-back transaction is valid and therefore it cannot be held to be non-genuine,
ITA Nos.130/Bang/2023
M/s. SPR Spirits Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore
ITA No.653/Bang/2023
Nadakrishna Thimmaiah, Bangalore
Page 34 of 41
cannot be accepted. Every step in the whole transaction may be legally correct,
but still whether the whole transaction is genuine in the sense that it is not a
subterfuge or colourable device or a dubious method is an entirely different
question not dependent solely on the fact that every step in the transaction is
legally valid or correct."