Pingle Industries Ltd., Secunderabad vs Commissioner Of Income Tax, Hyderabad on 26 April, 1960
1. The appellant had taken 25 acres of land on lease for 15 years and had agreed to pay rent at the rate of Rs 35 per month per acre. The land was taken on lease so that it could carry out excavation thereon and recover manganese ore for sale. It claimed that Rs 10,752 being the yearly rent was allowable as a revenue deduction the same having been incurred in connection with the carrying on of its business of mining. Following the decision of this Court in Pingle Industries Ltd. v. CIT, the Income Tax authorities, the Tribunal as well as the High Court have held that the expense of Rs 10,752 has to be regarded as a capital expense and not a revenue expense.