01 July 2015
Penalty, fines, etc paid by the assessee to State Electricity Board for violating power regulation (drawing extra load in peak hours) was allowable deduction u/s. 37(1) of the Act. The Court further observed that if penalty is not for deliberate violation of law the same should be allowed as deduction. Refer Hero Cycles Ltd. 17 DTR 281.
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