Dholpur Glass Works Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi and Rajasthan. - Court Judgment

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. 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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. 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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. 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Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. 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Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
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	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
	(int) 47 => '<p>'
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CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
	(int) 47 => '<p>'
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			'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'casename' => 'Dholpur Glass Works Ltd. Vs. Commissioner of Income-tax, Delhi and Rajasthan.',
		'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.

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			'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. 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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
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	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. 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Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. 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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'casenote' => ' - Section 2(k), 2(1), 7 & 40 & Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007, Rule 12 & 98 & Juvenile Justice Act, 1986, Section 2(h): [Altamas Kabir & Cyriac Joseph, JJ]  Determination as to Juvenile  -  Appellant was found to have completed the age of 16 years and 13 days on the date of alleged occurrence - Appellant was arrested on 30.11.1998 when the 1986 Act was in force and under Clause (h) of Section 2  a  juvenile was described to mean a child who had not attained the age of sixteen years or a girl who had not attained the age of eighteen years  - It is with the enactment of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, that in Section 2(k)  a  juvenile or child was defined to mean a child who had not completed eighteen years  of a ge which was given prospective prospect  - Appellant was about sixteen years of age on the date of commission of the alleged offence and had not completed eighteen years of age when the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, came into force -  Juvenile Act, of 2000 has been given retrospective effect by Rule 12 of Juvenile Justice Rule, 2007  - As such, Accused has to be treated  as Juvenile under the said Act.  -  43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.

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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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			'judgement' => '<p style="text-align: justify;">CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The material facts are these.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p style="text-align: justify;">(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p style="text-align: justify;">'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;">',
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		'judgement' => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :</p><p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'</p><p>The material facts are these.</p><p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.</p><p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :</p><p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :</p><p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.</p><p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.</p><p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.</p><p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'</p><p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :</p><p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.</p><p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.</p><p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'</p><p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.</p><p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'</p><p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.</p><p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).</p><p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.</p><p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :</p><p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'</p><p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.</p><p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :</p><p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'</p><p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :</p><p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....</p><p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....</p><p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......</p><p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'</p><p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :</p><p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'</p><p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.</p><p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :</p><p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'</p><p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.</p><p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :</p><p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'</p><p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.</p><p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.</p><p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :</p><p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'</p><p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :</p><p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'</p><p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.</p><p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.</p><p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p></p><p>',
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	(int) 0 => '<p>CHHANGANI J. - This is a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), by the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench 'B' by which the following question of law has been referred to us for our answer :',
	(int) 1 => '<p>'Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal was right in disallowing the payment of Rs. 60,000 under section 10(2) (xv) and/or section 10(1) ?'',
	(int) 2 => '<p>The material facts are these.',
	(int) 3 => '<p>The assessee is the Dholpur Glass Works Ltd., a public limited company (hereinafter referred to as the assessee-company), formed in the year 1946. By an agreement dated February 18, 1945, the assessee-company appointed the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers of Agra as its managing agents. M/s. Agarwal Brothers were to be paid managing agency commission equivalent to 12 1/2% of the net profits of the assessee-company besides office allowance of Rs. 1,000 per month. Initially the assessee-company started manufacturing commercial glasses which were not paying. The assessee-company earned small profits in the calendar years 1946 and 1947 and incurred losses in the subsequent three years. Profits for the calendar years 1951, 1952 and 1953 were negligible. In view of this M/s. Agarwal Brothers relinquished their right to the remuneration of Rs. 72,000 representing their office allowance, Rs. 3,117 representing their managing agency commission and Rs. 43,975, interest on loans advanced by it to the assessee-company switched on to the manufacturing of scientific glasses with the result that its sales as well as profits increased considerably.',
	(int) 4 => '<p>On July 8, 1956, the assessee-company passed the following resolution :',
	(int) 5 => '<p>'Unanimously resolved as a special resolution that out of the net profits of the company prior to March 31, 1956, the managing agents of the company be and are hereby paid a sum of Rs. 60,000 over and above their usual remuneration to which they are entitled, as detailed below on account of :',
	(int) 6 => '<p>(1) Recognition of their past services and putting the factory on sound footing.',
	(int) 7 => '<p>(2) Their past sacrifices as per wishes of the board of directors in forgoing their remuneration of Rs. 72,000 from 1948 to 1953 and interest on loans advanced to the company by them for several years from 1948 to 1951 as also their commission in the years 1946 and 1947.',
	(int) 8 => '<p>Rs. 40,000 out of the profits of the calendar year 1955 and that necessary entries for payment of this sum be passed in the books of the company as at December 31, 1955.',
	(int) 9 => '<p>Rs. 20,000 out of the profits from January 1, 1956, to March 31, 1956.'',
	(int) 10 => '<p>In its assessment year 1957-58, the assessee-company claimed Rs. 60,000 as a permissible deduction. The assessee-company contended before the Income-tax Officer that the said payment was made to earn the goodwill of the managing agents which was a matter of commercial expediency, and thus it was a permissible deduction. The Income-tax Officer disallowed the said claim on the following grounds :',
	(int) 11 => '<p>'(i) That it was not paid as per the terms of the managing agency agreement.',
	(int) 12 => '<p>(ii) That the reasons for the payment of this amount contained in the resolution, viz., putting the factory on sound footing denoted a benefit of a lasting nature which made the payment an expense of a capital nature.',
	(int) 13 => '<p>(iii) That the firm of M/s. Agarwal Brothers cannot be said to have forgone its claim for office expenses inasmuch as its office was situated in the factory premises and it did not incur any separate expenses out of its pocket for the same.'',
	(int) 14 => '<p>(iv) That the payment was not made on any commercial footing and cannot be said to be wholly and exclusively for the purpose of the business.',
	(int) 15 => '<p>(v) That the payment was made out of the net profits of the company and was not charged to the profit and loss account.'',
	(int) 16 => '<p>The assessee-company preferred an appeal against the said disallowance before the Appellate Assistant Commissioner. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner disallowed the same on the ground that the payment had been made for something which had happened in the past and it had not been incurred for the purpose of business carried on during the year under consideration. The assessee-company filed an appeal before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal. The Tribunal upheld the decision and held that the payment of Rs. 60,000 amounted to double remuneration for the same set of services, once under the terms of the agreement and again as special remuneration and that it could not be covered by section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The Tribunal held that, even if it were assumed that the payment was permissible expenditure, it was permissible for the year in which the obligation to remunerate for the services rendered was incurred, as the company maintained its account mercantile system and that there was no question of the same being allowed in a distant year.',
	(int) 17 => '<p>Referring to the second purpose for which the remuneration was said to have been paid, the Tribunal held that the remuneration was paid in appreciation or as a reward for the past sacrifices and that the word 'sacrifices' implied that it was made without legal obligation to do so and without any claim for the expectation of compensation, reward or remuneration and was thus outside the purview of section 10(2) (xv). The Tribunal also held that the claim was not permissible under section 10(1).',
	(int) 18 => '<p>The assessee-company felt aggrieved by the decision of the Appellate Tribunal and moved for referring the question of law to his court and the Tribunal has consequently made the present reference.',
	(int) 19 => '<p>A reference to section 10(2) (xv) of the Act makes it clear that, in order to claim successfully a deduction the assessee must prove that the expenditure was laid out or expended 'wholly and exclusively' for the purpose of business, profession or vocation and that the expenditure was not in the nature of capital expenditure or personal expenses. It may be pointed out at the outset that before 1st April, 1939, in section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) the expression used was any expenditure not being in the nature of capital expenditure 'incurred solely for the purpose of earning such profits or gains', and that it was in the year 1939 that section 10(2) (xv) (10(2)(ix) ?) was amended and the words 'wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of business, etc.', were substituted to bring the Act in line with the corresponding United Kingdom statute. The clause as it existed before the amendment was considered by the Privy Council in Tata Hydro-Electric Agencies Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax and Lord Macmillan, speaking on behalf of the Privy Council, pointed out the difficulty in dealing with cases under the clause in the following words :',
	(int) 20 => '<p>'Their Lordships recognise and the decided cases show how difficult it is to discriminate between expenditure which is, and expenditure which is not, incurred solely for the purpose of earning profits or gains.'',
	(int) 21 => '<p>The words used in the amended clause appear no doubt wider than the words 'solely for the purpose of earning such profits' as it existed before 1939, yet the difficulty pointed out by the Privy Council still persists. What money can be said to be wholly and exclusively laid out and expended for the purpose of business, etc., has to be decided on consideration of commercial expediency which in the very nature of things cannot admit of the application of a rigid test. However, judges had formulated general and broad tests in this connection.',
	(int) 22 => '<p>We may in this connection refer to the following observations made by Viscount Cave L. C. in Atherton v. British Insulated & Helsby Cabled Ltd. :',
	(int) 23 => '<p>'..... a sum of money expended, not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade but voluntarily and on the grounds of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business, may yet be expended wholly and exclusively for the purposes of the trade.'',
	(int) 24 => '<p>This test was quoted with approval by the Supreme Court in Eastern Investment Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In Eastern Investments Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax the Supreme Court, while construing section 12(2) laid down the following principles as relevant :',
	(int) 25 => '<p>'(a) though the question must be decided on the facts of each case the final conclusion is one of law : .....',
	(int) 26 => '<p>(b) it is not necessary to show that the expenditure was profitable one or that in fact any profit was earned : .....',
	(int) 27 => '<p>(c) it is enough to show that the money was expended not of necessity and with a view to a direct and immediate benefit to the trade, but voluntarily and on the ground of commercial expediency, and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business : ......',
	(int) 28 => '<p>(d) beyond that no hard and fast rule can be laid down to explain what is meant by the word solely.'',
	(int) 29 => '<p>These principles are relevant while construing section 10(2) (xv). For the general principles governing the subject of the allowance or deduction under section 10(2) (xv) reference may also be made to the Supreme Court decisions in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Chandulal Keshavlal & Co., Commissioner of Income-tax v. Royal Calcutta Turf Club and Gordon Woodroffe Leather Mfg. Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 30 => '<p>The Supreme Court in Commissioner of Income-tax v. Malayalam Plantations Ltd., considering the proper scope of the expression 'for the purpose of the business' and after noticing a number of English and Indian decisions, summed up the position as follows :',
	(int) 31 => '<p>'The expression for the purpose of the business is wider in scope than the expression for the purpose of earning profits. Its range is wide : it may take in not only the day to day running of a business but also the rationalization of its administration and modernization of its machinery; it may include measures for the preservation of the business and for the protection of its assets and property from expropriation, coercive process or assertion of hostile title; it may also comprehend payment of statutory dues and taxes imposed as a pre-condition to commence or for carrying on of a business; it may comprehend may other acts incidental to the carrying on of a business. However wide the meaning of the expression may be, its limits re implicit in it.'',
	(int) 32 => '<p>These cases and others which were referred to us at the Bar and which we have not chosen to refer, make it clear that each case must turn upon its own facts and the decisions in other cases can be useful as illustrations of the general principles. We may say the same thing a little differently by observing that the principles may appear to be well settled and difficulty and the difference arise in connection with the application of the principles to the fats of the individual cases.',
	(int) 33 => '<p>The learned counsel for the respondent pointed out that the nearest case to the present controversy is the one that was decided by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax. In that case, the assessee mills cut down the salaries of all its employees and members of staff in 1933. The cut was restored in 1941 in the case of all its officers and staff except the managing director. Subsequently, dearness allowance and bonus payments were made to officers and members of staff once again with the exception of the managing director. In 1951, by a resolution of the board of directors, it was decided to restore the cut in the salary of the managing director with effect from 1933 and to pay him dearness allowance and bonus, etc. The resolution mentioned that the payment was made in consideration of the meritorious service of the managing director. The sum paid to the managing director amounting to Rs. 66,990 was claimed by the mills as business expenditure. On these facts the High Court held that :',
	(int) 34 => '<p>'... as no reason was given for not restoring the cut in the salary of the managing director earlier and then for restoring it in his case alone from 1933 and as the managing director was still in the service of the mills and there was no evidence of any claim made by him for the payment and the resolution of the board of directors also showed that the payment was made voluntarily in consideration of the meritorious service of the employee, the payment was not made in discharge of a liability or on grounds of commercial expediency. The amount was not allowable as business expenditure.'',
	(int) 35 => '<p>The counsel contended that in the present case also the assessee-company paid Rs. 60,000 to the managing agents only as reward for past services and that it was not the assessees case that the payment was made with a view to facilitate business in future and, consequently, the case should be decided on the principle laid down by the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax.',
	(int) 36 => '<p>In answer, the assessees counsel submitted that the Madhya Pradesh High Court relied upon the Supreme Court decision in Gordon Woodroffe Leather Manufacturing Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax but did not notice the distinguishing features of the case before the Supreme Court. The facts in that case were that one J. H. Philips, who was the director of the assessee-company and was also an employee in the managing agent company, resigned from his officer. The board of directors passed a resolution that his resignation be accepted and in appreciation of his long and valuable services to the company he be paid a gratuity of Rs. 50,000 out of which the appellant-company was to pay Rs. 40,000 and the managing agent company the balance of Rs. 10,000. The amount of Rs. 40,000 paid to J. H. Philips was claimed as deduction under section 10(2) (xv) of the Act. The matter went up to the Supreme Court and the claim for deduction was disallowed. In rejecting the claim, the Supreme Court observed as follows :',
	(int) 37 => '<p>'In our opinion the proper test to apply in this case is, was the payment made as a matter of practice which affected the quantum of salary or was there an expectation by the employee of getting a gratuity or was the sum of money expended on the ground of commercial expediency and in order indirectly to facilitate the carrying on of the business. But this has not been shown and therefore the amount claimed is not a deducible item under section 10(2) (xv).'',
	(int) 38 => '<p>The counsel for the assessee pointed out that, in the case before the Supreme Court, J. H. Philips had already resigned and there was no question of his continuing in service and facilitating the business of the assessee-company. In the case before the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax, the employee was still in service and the principle laid down by the Supreme Court should not have been applied. It was further submitted by him that in the present case also the managing agents continued as managing agents and that the reward for their past services was bound to secure goodwill and efficient working in future and that this should be taken as facilitating the business of the assessee-company.',
	(int) 39 => '<p>We have given our careful consideration to the submissions made on behalf of the assessee-company but have not felt persuaded to accept them. In our opinion, the decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Kalyanmal Mills Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income-tax does not disclose any wrong application of the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court. In our opinion, a reward for past services, without anything more, need not necessarily be construed differently in the cases of persons continuing in service and persons quitting service, although difference in other facts and circumstances may warrant different decisions in such cases. We have no hesitation in rejecting the contention of the assessee that the Madhya Pradesh High Court did not properly apply the principle enunciated by the Supreme Court.',
	(int) 40 => '<p>As for the case before us, we consider it proper to recall a few facts appearing in the decisions of the income-tax authorities. Before the Income-tax Officer the claim for deduction was made principally on the ground that the payment was to secure the goodwill of the managing agents. The assessee did not contend further that the goodwill was sought to be secured for the purpose of promoting the business of the assessee-company. The managing agents were entitled to commission on profits and had adequate incentive to facilitate the business of the assessee-company and there is no evidence that any special incentive was needed for the purpose. The Appellate Assistant Commissioner observed :',
	(int) 41 => '<p>'The assessee has not claimed that it is in settlement of old dues. It could not do so because no such liability existed in the balance-sheet.'',
	(int) 42 => '<p>Similarly, the Appellate Tribunal observed that :',
	(int) 43 => '<p>'It is not the case of the assessee before us that but for this payment the managing agents would have refused to continue as agents and that this was bait to persuade it to continue as an agent in the ultimate benefit of the company.'',
	(int) 44 => '<p>Throughout before the Income-tax Tribunals the assessee-company neither contended nor led evidence to show that the special payment was necessary to offer any special incentive to the managing agents and to facilitate the assessees business. It was before this court that the assess-company took this stand for the first time. The learned counsel for the assessee argued that the reward for the past services and incentives for future works are so integrally connected with each other that this court should liberally construe the entire transaction and hold that the special remuneration was paid to facilitate the business of the assessee-company. In the exercise of our advisory jurisdiction, we do not feel justified in permitting the counsel to develop the case on new lines.',
	(int) 45 => '<p>On the evidence and finding of the Tribunal below we see no reason to differ from the findings of the Appellate Tribunal that the expenditure was not wholly and exclusively laid out for the purpose of the business. Having regard to this finding, we consider it unnecessary to deal with the other two questions debated at the Bar, namely, (i) whether the expenditure is in the nature of capital expenditure, and (ii) whether the expenditure can be deemed to have been incurred in the accounting year. The expenditure thus does not fall within section 10(2) (xv) of the Act and the Tribunal was right in disallowing the claim.',
	(int) 46 => '<p>Our answer to the question is thus in the affirmative.<p>',
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