Apex Court discus’s scope of ‘commercial expediency’ to allow deduction of interest to Hero Cycles

Once it is established that there is nexus between the expenditure and the purpose of business (which need not necessarily be the business of the assessee itself), the revenue cannot justifiably claim to put itself in the arm-chair of the businessman or in the position of the board of directors and to decide how much is reasonable expenditure having regard to the circumstances of the case.