Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals And ... vs Commissioner Of Income Tax, Madras on 8 July, 1997
7.9 The Ld. relied on the letter issued by the Ministry of Health & Family
Welfare cited supra to show that the interest income earned from equity funds is
inextricably linked to the setting up of the plant and it is required to be
capitalized and set off against the expenditure incurred during the construction
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of the Project. In our opinion, because the shareholder of the company was in a
position to pass resolution or issue any letter, it cannot change the character of
the source of the income. As discussed earlier, the business was not set up
during the relevant previous year and the interest earned from the Bank deposits
is to be assessed as income from other sources and it cannot be set off against
the capital expenditure. Since we have relied on the judgment of the Supreme
Court in the case of Tuticorin Alkali Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd. vs. CIT (1997)
227 ITR 172, we are not going to consider the other judgments relied upon by
the Ld. AR. Accordingly, this ground of appeal of the assessee is dismissed.