Himson Textile Engineering Industries ... vs Cit on 22 January, 2004
In the aforesaid decision, the Calcutta High Court has also dealt with the contention based on the decisions of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in CIT v. Shriram Prayagdas & Mahadeo Prasad (supra) and of the Punjab & Haryana High Court in Dashmesh Transport Co, (P) Ltd. (1974) 93 ITR 275 (P & H), while the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court was distinguished by the Calcutta High Court, the decision of the Punjab & Haryana High Court was dissented from and reference was made to the subsequent decision of the Punjab & Haryana High Court in Dashmesh Transport Co. (P) Ltd. v. CIT (supra) the Calcutta High Court then concluded that apart from the fact that the tax liability is not deductible where the assets and liabilities are taken into account for ascertaining the purchase consideration, the liabilities in effect reduce the purchase consideration. In other words, the liabilities form part of the purchase consideration.