Pr. Commissioner of Income-tax, Vadodara-3 v. Shree Pramukh Transport Co
[Citation -2017-LL-0418-8]

Citation 2017-LL-0418-8
Appellant Name Pr. Commissioner of Income-tax, Vadodara-3
Respondent Name Shree Pramukh Transport Co.
Court HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
Relevant Act Income-tax
Date of Order 18/04/2017
Judgment View Judgment
Keyword Tags question of law • oral order • non deduction of tds • retrospective amendment • retrospective applicability
Bot Summary: Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgement and order passed by the learned Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 12/9/2016 passed in ITA No.404/Ahd/2013 for A.Y. 2005-06, by which the learned tribunal has dismissed the said appeal preferred by the revenue and confirmed the order passed by the learned CIT(A) deleting disallowance made under section 40(a)(ia) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, revenue has preferred the present Tax Appeal with the following proposed question of law :-. 40(a)(ia) of the IT Act thereby overriding Board s Circular No.1/2011 F.No. 142/1/2011-SO(TPL), dated 6/4/2011, wherein it has been clarified that the said amendment to section 40(a)(ia) of the IT Act would be applicable to assessment year 10-11 and subsequent years 2.00. Having Heard the learned advocate appearing on behalf of the revenue we are of the opinion that the issue involved in the present appeal is squarely covered against the revenue and in favour of the assessee in light of the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad Versus Omprakash R. Chaudhary, rendered in Tax Appeal No.412 of 2013 and other allied Tax Appeals, by which the view has been taken that the amendment made in section 40(ia) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 by Finance Act 2010 is retrospective in operation and having effect from 1st April 2005 i.e. from the date of insertion of Section 40(ia) of the Act. In view of the above, no error has been committed by the learned tribunal in deleting the disallowance made by the A.O. of Rs.70,53,395/- made u/s. Under the circumstances, no substantial question of law arise in the present appeal and hence the present appeal deserves to be dismissed. In view of the above and for the reasons stated above, present petition stands dismissed.


O/TAXAP/247/2017 ORDER IN HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD TAX APPEAL NO. 247 of 2017 PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VADODARA-3 Appellant(s) Versus SHREE PRAMUKH TRANSPORT CO Opponent(s) Appearance: MR MAUNA BHATT, ADVOCATE for MR KM PARIKH, ADVOCATE for Appellant(s) No. 1 CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.R. SHAH and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.N. KARIA Date : 18/04/2017 ORAL ORDER (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.R. SHAH) 1.00. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with impugned judgement and order passed by learned Income Tax Appellate Tribunal dated 12/9/2016 passed in ITA No.404/Ahd/2013 for A.Y. 2005-06, by which learned tribunal has dismissed said appeal preferred by revenue and confirmed order passed by learned CIT(A) deleting disallowance made under section 40(a)(ia) of Income Tax Act, 1961, revenue has preferred present Tax Appeal with following proposed question of law :- (A).Whether, on facts and in circumstances of case and in law, ITAT was justified in deleting disallowance of Page 1 of 3 HC-NIC Page 1 of 3 Created On Thu Apr 20 09:49:58 IST 2017 O/TAXAP/247/2017 ORDER Rs.70,53,395/- made u/s. 40(a)(ia) of IT Act thereby overriding Board s Circular No.1/2011 [F.No.142/1/2011-SO(TPL)], dated 6/4/2011, wherein it has been clarified that said amendment to section 40(a)(ia) of IT Act would be applicable to assessment year 10-11 and subsequent years? 2.00. Having Heard learned advocate appearing on behalf of revenue we are of opinion that issue involved in present appeal is squarely covered against revenue and in favour of assessee in light of decision of Division Bench of this Court in case of Commissioner of Income Tax, Ahmedabad Versus Omprakash R. Chaudhary, rendered in Tax Appeal No.412 of 2013 and other allied Tax Appeals, by which view has been taken that amendment made in section 40 (a)(ia) of Income Tax Act, 1961 by Finance Act 2010 is retrospective in operation and having effect from 1st April 2005 i.e. from date of insertion of Section 40 (a)(ia) of Act. 3.00. It is reported that decision of Division Bench of this court in case of Omprakash R. Chaudhary (supra) has been approved by Hon'ble Supreme Court subsequently. 4.00. In view of above, no error has been committed by learned tribunal in deleting disallowance made by A.O. of Rs.70,53,395/- made u/s. 40(a)(ia) of Act. 5.00. As observed hereinabove, issue is concluded Page 2 of 3 HC-NIC Page 2 of 3 Created On Thu Apr 20 09:49:58 IST 2017 O/TAXAP/247/2017 ORDER against revenue. Under circumstances, no substantial question of law arise in present appeal and hence present appeal deserves to be dismissed. 6.00. In view of above and for reasons stated above, present petition stands dismissed. Sd/- (M.R. SHAH, J.) Sd/- (B.N. KARIA, J.) Rafik.. Page 3 of 3 HC-NIC Page 3 of 3 Created On Thu Apr 20 09:49:58 IST 2017 Pr. Commissioner of Income-tax, Vadodara-3 v. Shree Pramukh Transport Co
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