1993 (1) TMI 70

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..... following questions for opinion of this court : " 1. Whether, on the facts and circumstances of the case, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal was right in law in holding that the consideration received by the assessee for goodwill of Rs. 1,00,000 is liable to capital gains tax? 2. If the answer to the above question is in the affirmative, then whether the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal was right .....

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..... ction 12B of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1922), and the transfer of goodwill initially generated in a business does not give rise to a capital gain for the purposes of income-tax. The Tribunal had relied upon the judgment of this court in CIT v. Mohanbhai Pamabhai [1973] 91 ITR 393. The said decision of this court was disapproved by the Supreme Court in Srinivasa Setty's case [1981] 128 ITR 294. It .....

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