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Section 37(1) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, read with rule 8(2) of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 - Business expenditure - Allowability of - Assessee, a manufacturer of tea, incurred expenditure on maintenance of nursery within plantation area where plants became dead or useless - Plants raised in nursery were used for infilling, namely, replacement of useless or dead plants by replanting bushes within plantation area - Assessee's claim of deduction under rule 8(2) was disallowed by Assessing Officer on ground that expenditure on maintenance of nursery could not be allowed under said rule - However, on appeal, Tribunal allowed deduction - Whether rule 8(2) applies only in respect of replacement of useless or dead plants in an area, which is already under cultivation - Held, yes - Whether since Rule 8(2) cannot be stretched to a stage prior to replacement of useless or dead bushes and therefore, maintenance of nursery for purpose of raising bushes to be utilised for replantation of dead or useless bushes within plantation area does not come under rule 8(2) - Held, yes - Whether since maintenance of an area already under cultivation cannot be treated to be an expansion of plantation nor can it be treated to be an investment or expansion adding to capital already invested, expenditure incurred by assessee could be allowed to be deducted as a revenue expenditure - Held, yes FACTS The assessee, a manufacturer of tea, maintained a nursery within the plantation area where the plants became dead and useless. The plants raised in the nursery were used for infilling, namely, replacement of useless or dead plants by replanting the bushes within the plantation area. The assessee's claim for deduction of expenditure incurred for raising plants in the nursery under rule 8(2) was negatived by the Assessing Officer on the ground that expenditure for maintenance of nursery could not be allowed under said rule. On appeal, the Commissioner (Appeals) upheld the Assessing Officer's view. On further appeal, the Tribunal accepting the assessee's contention allowed deduction under rule 8(2). On reference : HELD Rule 8(2) applies only in respect of replacement of useless or dead plants in…

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