Shankar Industries vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax, Central on 21 March, 1978
(b) Orient Trading Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax [1963] 49 ITR 723 (Bom). In this case, one of the questions referred to the Bombay High Court was whether there was any material before the Tribunal to hold that a sum standing in the books of the assessee to the credit of a third party belonged to the assessee. The Bombay High Court discussed the nature and significance of cash credits in such cases and observed as follows (at page 734):