"loan or deposit" means loan or deposit of money.
Provisions of section 269SS and 269T are not applicable in case where there are journal entries and payment was ultimately paid through account payee cheque. Commissioner Of Income-Tax vs Noida Toll Bridge Co. Ltd. (2003) 184 CTR Del 266. Further acknowledgement of debt by the assessee company by passing a journal entry in the books of accounts would not come within the ambit of the words “loans or deposits of money” as mentioned in Section 269 SS.,Sunflower Builders Pvt. Ltd. 61 ITD 227, V.N. Parekh securities Pvt. Ltd. (ITA No.3316 & 3317/Mum/2004)