Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Orient Supply Syndicate on 19 February, 1981
In the case of CIT vs. Orient Supply Syndicate (1981 (1982) 134 ITR 12 (Cal), it was held by Sabyasachi Mukharji, J. that it was not correct in all cases to say that the statutory liability discharged in a particular year became eligible for deduction in the year in question under the mercantile system of accounting. It depended on the facts and circumstances of each case and on the statutory provisions. In that case it was observed that when the demand became real and enforceable, the assessee was entitled to debit the amount in its account.