24 December 2016
The answer to the query is NO. Link : https://indiankanoon.org/doc/1661034/ 2. During the previous year relevant to the year under consideration, the assesses earned income from prawn culture, and the same was claimed as agricultural income and therefore, exempt from tax. The Assessing Officer as well as the learned CIT(A) rejected the contention of the assessee, and thus, the assesses is in appeal Before the Tribunal. "The word 'agriculture' even in Its widest import, has received some sort; of definite and restricted meaning, and I find It difficult to bring fishery under the heading 'agriculture' even in its widest sense as ordinarily understood." 7. In the result assesses's appeal is dismissed.