K. Ravindranathan Nair vs Commissioner Of Income Tax, Ernakulam on 30 November, 2000
9. Since its inception in 1964, the assessee has been carrying
on the business in the same line of automobile industry. The
assessee had carried on two branches; one branch to provide
technical knowhow and the other branch to manufacture
automobile components. It is to be seen that both the above
activities are of the same nature and relating to the same industry.
Therefore, as a matter of fact, it is to be seen that both the
activities were carried on by the assessee as a single
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business and for all practical purposes its only customer is
Wheels India Ltd. Consultancy is something different from
manufacturing. Therefore, by virtue of the nature of the functions,
those two activities are to be treated as two units. But at the
same time, those two units are carried on by the assessee as a
single business. In such circumstances, when the manufacturing
unit is closed down and expenses incurred have resulted in loss,
it should be set off against the income arising to the assessee
from its running business of providing consultancy services.
Therefore, we find that the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court
relied on by the assessee in the case of K. Ravindranathan Nair
vs. Commissioner of Income-tax (247 ITR 178) is applicable to
the present case.