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Dcit 6(3)(2), Mumbai vs Essar Properties P. Ltd, Mumbai on 30 May, 2018

"8. We have heard the rival contentions, perused the material available on record and gone through the orders of the authorities below. As the facts emerge, we find that the assessee's own funds, i.e., equity, reserve and surplus funds amounting to Rs.32,699.06 lakhs far exceed the tax free investments. The impugned investments are old and out of own funds have not been rebutted. Relying on the Hon'ble Gujarat High Court judgments in the case of Hitachi Home and Life Solutions (I) Ltd (supra), Torrent Power Ltd (supra) and other judgments mentioned above, we are of the view that when the assessee possesses own funds much more than the tax free investments, the disallowance u/s 14A read with Rule 8D cannot be made. There is also merit in the plea of ld. Counsel on the count that the burden of establishing the nexus has been wrongly attributed to the assessee and it was for the Assessing Officer to rebut the assessee's contention and demonstrate that the tax free investments were not from own funds but from borrowed funds. In the absence of such rebuttal, it cannot be assumed that the assessee made tax free investments out of borrowed funds. The assessee has suo moto I.T.A No. 2329 & CO No. 176/Ahd/2014 A.Y. 2012-13 Page No 5 DCIT vs. M/s. Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
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