THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, KOZHIKODE vs. M/S. THE PAPPINISSERY SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD

ITA/181/2016HC KeralaKLHC01026980201606 January 2017Author: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU,HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC3 pages

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What were the facts?

The Revenue, represented by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Kozhikode, filed an appeal before the High Court of Kerala against an order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Cochin Bench, in ITA No. 705/13. The assessee is M/s The Pappinissery Service Co-operative Bank Ltd., Kannur. The appeal challenges the ITAT's decision. The procedural history includes an assessment order dated 24.12.2012, an appellate order by the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) dated 30.8.2013, and an ITAT order dated 31.7.2014. The High Court had previously passed an order on 15.2.2016. The current appeal is against a subsequent ITAT order dated 4.7.2016.

What did the High Court hold?

The High Court held that the question of law raised in the present appeal had already been considered and decided by the same court in the judgment in M/S Chirakkal Service Co-operative Bank v. Commissioner of Income Tax [2016] 384 ITR (Ker). The Court found that the issue raised in the current appeal was covered by this previous ruling, which was against the Revenue. Consequently, the High Court dismissed the appeal filed by the Revenue. The ratio decidendi is that if a legal issue has been definitively settled by a higher court in a similar case, subsequent appeals on the same issue will be decided in accordance with that precedent. No specific operative directions were issued other than the dismissal of the appeal.

What were the issues?

1. Whether the issue raised in the appeal has already been considered and decided by this Court in a previous judgment. The Revenue contends that the question of law raised in the present appeal has already been considered by the High Court in the judgment in M/S Chirakkal Service Co-operative Bank v. Commissioner of Income Tax [2016] 384 ITR (Ker). The Revenue argues that since the issue is covered by a prior decision of the High Court, the appeal should be dismissed. The judgment does not record any counter-arguments from the assessee.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE ANTONY DOMINIC & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU FRIDAY, THE 6TH DAY OF JANUARY 2017/16TH POUSHA, 1938 ITA.No. 181 of 2016 --------------------- AGAINST THE ORDER IN ITA 705/2013 of I.T.A.TRIBUNAL,COCHIN BENCH DATED 04-07-2016 APPELLANTS: ---------- THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, KOZHIKODE BY ADVS.SRI.CHRISTOPHER ABRAHAM, INCOME TAX DEP SRI.K.M.V.PANDALAI, INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT RESPONDENT/APPELLANT/ASSESSEE: ----------------------------- M/S THE PAPPINISSERY SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. KANNUR - 670 002 THIS INCOME TAX APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 06-01-2017, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: I.T.A.No.181 of 2016 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S ANNEXURES:

DATED 24.12.2012. ANNEXURE B:OF THE APPELLATE ORDER DATED 30.8.2013 PASSED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS). ANNEXURE C:OF THE ORDER DATED 31.7.2014 PASSED BY THE INCOME TAX APPELLATE TRIBUNAL. ANNEXURE D:OF THE ORDER DATED 15.2.2016 PASSED BY THE HIGH COURT. ANNEXURE E: TRU

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