Jindal Steel Power Ltd., New Delhi vs Assessee on 31 March, 2016
67. We have heard the rival submissions made on the issue at the time of
hearing of appeal in ITA No. 3283/Del/2013 and perused the material on record.
We note that the claim of additional depreciation has been denied on the basis that
additional depreciation is not allowable on offices tool and Primavera software was
not installed in any manufacturing machinery but was like any other common
management tool. We find that Hon'ble Gujarat High Court in the case of CIT v
Statronics and Enterprises (P) Ltd. (supra) has held that computers and "data
processing machines", even though installed in office premises, constitutes plant
and machinery and are eligible for additional deprecation as per the provision of
section 32(1)(iia) of the Act. Their Lordships have held as under: