The Commissioner Of Income Tax ... vs The Rural Education & Women Welfare ... on 22 October, 2018
and the Government wh ich h as ref erred to arb itr ation. T he
arbitr ator awarded cer tain amount by way of compensation f or
the work done and also a warded in terest. T he question arose in
the assess men t proceedings, whether the in terest a warded is
inco me and is l iable to be included in his assess men t. T he
Inco me- tax Off icer treated the same as inco me and included it
af ter deducting the expenses. T he appeal pref erred by the
assessee was allo wed hold ing th at in teres t is no t inco me. An
appe al pref erred by the Revenue was d is missed by the
T ribunal. On a ref erence, the Or issa High Cour t - CIT v. B.N.
Agar wal a & Co. [1993] 200 IT R 246, ans wered the f ollo w3 ing
ques tion in f avour of the assessee, f ollo wing its earlier decis ion
in Gov ind a Choudhary & Sons v. CIT [1977] 109 IT R 497: