Summarize the following court judgment. Appeal No. 755 of 1957. Appeal by special leave from the judgment and order dated March 23	 1955	 of the former Nagpur High Court in Misc. Civil Case No. 240 of 1953. 10 K. N. Rajagopal Sastri	 R. H. Dhebar and D. Gupta	 for the appellant. Veda Vyasa	 section N. Andley	 J. B. Dadachanji	_ Rameshwar Nath and P. L. Vohra	 for the respondent. October	 17. HIDAYATULLAH J. This appeal	 with special leave	 has been filed against the judgment of the Nagpur High Court in a reference under section 66(1) of the Indian Income tax Act	 1922	 by which the High Court answered the following question in the negative: " Whether the proportionate profits on the goods of the value of Rs. 4	10	785 were received or were deemed to be received in British India	 in the year of	 account	 by or on behalf of the assessee Company within the meaning of Section 4(1)(a) of the Indian Income tax Act	 1922 ". The Commissioner of Income tax	 Madhya Pradesh and Bhopal is the appellant	 and the Bhopal Textiles Ltd.	 Bhopal	 is the respondent. For the assessment year 1944 45	 the Company which was non resident was treated as ' resident and ordinarily resident ' under section 4(1)(c) of the Income tax Act. In the year of account	 it had supplied its manufactured articles either to the Government of India or its nominees at Agra	 Allahabad and Delhi. Under the orders of the Government	 the goods were sent direct to the persons nominated	 who made the payment against the goods. The goods were all sent for Bhopal	 and the railway freight and other charges were to be borne by the buyers to whom the railway receipts made out in the name of the consignees were sent by the Company through the Imperial Bank at Bhopal. The Bhopal Branch sent the railway receipts to branches of the Bank at Agra	 Allahabad and Delhi	 which collected the amounts due from the buyers	 and transmitted them to the Imperial Bank	 Bhopal	 to the credit of the Company. On these facts	 a total sum of Rs. 4	40	373 was held by the Department to have been received in British India. of that sum	 an amount of Rs. 29	588 which represented the receipts 11 for supplies direct to Government is no longer in dispute. The balance represents the sum	 which was the subject matter of the reference. The usual appeals followed	 and the contention of the Company that the money was not received in	 British India was not accepted by the Tribunal. The Tribunal did not decide about the place of accrual. A reference was then made by the Tribunal of the question quoted above. The High Court in deciding the reference went into the question of passing of property under the Indian 	 and came to the conclusion that since the property in the goods had passed to the buyers	 the Imperial Bank of India	 Bhopal	 must be " deemed to have received the railway receipts as agents of the buyers ". Continuing the reason	 the learned Judges observed: " So also the branches of the Bank at Agra	 Allahabad and Delhi acted as the agents of the buyers when they collected the money from them and transmitted it to the Bhopal branch. In this view	 the profits cannot be said to be received by the assessee Company in British India. ' It received the money only when it reached the Bhopal branch as a credit to its own account and that was not in British India at the material time ". The case was not decided by the Tribunal on the basis of accrual of the income	 profits or gains to the Company. It was decided on the fact of actual receipt	 whether it was in British India or in Bhopal	 which was then outside the taxable territories. We need not	 therefore	 concern ourselves with the problem whether property in the goods could be said to have passed absolutely to the buyers without any right of disposal being reserved by the Company. It is a matter of some doubt whether the goods were absolutely at the disposal of the buyers after the rail. way receipts were handed over to the Bank. It is in evidence and has been adverted to by the Incometax Officer that the Company	 when it handed over the railway receipt to the Imperial Bank at Bhopal	 did so along with a covering letter in which it asked the Bank to deliver the railway receipt and the bill to 12 the buyers against payment of the bill amount plus collection charges. In this view of the matter	 though we do not express any final opinion	 we doubt whether the right of disposal was parted with by the	 Company. A railway receipt is a document of title to goods	 and	 for all purposes	 represents the goods. When the railway receipt is handed over to the consignee on payment	 the property in the goods is transferred. In this case	 it is a matter of considerable doubt whether the property in the goods can be said to have passed to the buyers by the mere fact of the railway receipts being in the name of the consignees	 as has been held by the High Court. Since we are not deciding the question of accrual	 we do not elaborate the point. Coming now to the question as to where the amount was received	 we have no doubt that the view of the Tribunal was correct. This income was received at Agra	 Allahabad or Delhi from the buyers by the Imperial Bank acting as the agent of the Company. The Company had handed over the railway receipts to the Bank	 and asked the Bank not to hand over the railway receipts to the buyers	 unless payment was received. This was sufficient to make the Bank an agent of the Company. The buyers could not have countermanded the instructions given by the Company to the Bank	 which they would	 indubitably	 have been able to do	 if the Bank was their agent. This was laid down by this Court in The Commissioner of Income tax vs P. M. Rathod and Company (1). Mr. Veda Vyasa contends that the case is distinguishable on the ground that the railway receipts there were " to self ' whereas here the railway receipts	 were made out in the name of the consignee. Nothing turns upon this distinction. The document of title to goods was still the property of the Company till payment for it was received and it was handed over. In this view of the matter	 we are of opinion that the ruling in question app lies. Mr. Veda Vyasa finally contended that the agreement between the parties was that the goods were to (1) ; 13 be sent for Bhopal	 and that the price was also to be paid there. He contended that the handing over of the railway receipts to the Bank at Bhopal was in furtherance of the agreement	 that the money was ultimately obtained by the Bank and handed over at Bhopal also	 and that	 thus	 the money must be deemed to have been received there. This	 in our opinion	 does not truly represent the character of the transaction. No doubt	 under the agreement	 payment was to be made at Bhopal; but the circumstances show that that was departed from	 and the ordinary mercantile practice of handing over the railway receipts to one 's own bankers with a request to hand over the receipts against payment to the buyers was followed. The Bank	 as we have shown above	 was thus the agent of the sellers	 as was laid down in the ruling of this Court	 and the fact of payment to the agent determines the place where the money can be said to be received by the Company. That place was at Agra	 Allahabad or Delhi. In this view	 the income	 profits or gains must be deemed to have been received in the taxable territories	 and the answer to the question ought to have been in the affirmative. We accordingly allow the appeal	 and answer the question in the affirmative. The appellant will be entitled to his costs here and in the High Court. Appeal allowed.

Respondent	 a non resident company	 in the accounting year supplied goods which were sent F. O. R. Bhopal to the buyers in British India. The railway receipts were handed over to a Bank in Bhopal with instructions to hand over the railway receipts to the buyers	 who were named as consignees	 only on receipt of payment of the bill and collection charges. The branches of the Bank within the taxable territory collected the amounts due from the buyers and transmitted them to Bhopal to the credit of the respondent. The question was whether the profits in the goods were received or deemed to be received in British India. Held	 that the decision of this Court in Commissioner of Income tax vs P. M. Rathod & Co. applied to this case; and the income	 profits or gain must be deemed to have been received within the taxable territory. The fact of payment to the agent determines the place where the money can be said to be received by the seller. Since in the instant case the railway receipts were not to be handed over to the buyers by the Bank	 as per instructions of the seller	 unless payment for the value of the goods were received by the Bank which instructions the buyers could not countermand	 this was sufficient to make the Bank an agent of the seller. Held	 also	 that a railway receipt is a document of title to goods	 and	 for all purposes	 represents the goods. When the railway receipt is handed over to the consignee on payment	 the property in the goods is transferred. The Commissioner of Income tax vs P. M. Rathod and Co.	 ; 	 relied on.