THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, vs. M/S NADUVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD.,
What did the High Court hold?
The High Court of Kerala at Ernakulam considered the memo dated 14.01.2021 filed by the Revenue seeking to withdraw the appeal. The Court ordered that the memo be taken on record. Consequently, the appeal was dismissed as withdrawn. The Court also noted that refund of proportionate court fee had been granted in a similar prior case (ITA No.74 of 2016) and directed the Registry to make the refund of court fee to the extent admissible in law. No decision was made on the merits of the original dispute.
What were the facts?
The appeal was filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, Kozhikode (Revenue) against an order dated 03.09.2018 passed by the ITAT, Cochin Bench for the assessment year 2011-12. The respondent assessee is M/s Naduvil Service Co-operative Bank Ltd., Naduvil, Kannur. The appeal was admitted and listed for final hearing. A memo dated 14.01.2021 was filed by the Revenue seeking to withdraw the appeal.
What were the issues?
1. Whether the appeal filed by the Revenue should be dismissed as withdrawn, as per the memo filed by the appellant. Contentions: Assessee: No specific contentions recorded in the judgment regarding the withdrawal memo. Revenue: The Revenue, through its learned Senior Standing Counsel, filed a memo dated 14.01.2021 to withdraw the appeal. The Revenue also drew the Court's attention to a previous judgment in I.T.A. No.74 of 2016 dated 11.11.2019, stating that refund of proportionate court fee had been granted in that case.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.V.BHATTI & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BECHU KURIAN THOMAS TUESDAY, THE 09TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2021 / 20TH MAGHA,1942 ITA.No.59 OF 2019 AAGAINST THE ORDER DATED 03.09.2018 IN ITA 620/COCH/2017 OF I.T.A.TRIBUNAL,COCHIN BENCH FOR THE ASSESSMENT YEAR 2011-12 APPELLANT/ APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT/ REVENUE : THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, KOZHIKODE. BY ADV. SRI.CHRISTOPHER ABRAHAM RESPONDENT/ RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT/ ASSESSEE : M/S NADUVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD., NADUVIL, KANNUR. R1 BY ADVS. SRI.S.ARUN RAJ SMT.C.T.SUJA THIS INCOME TAX APPEAL HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 09.02.2021, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING :
ITA.No.59 OF 2019 2 JUDGMENT Dated this the 9th day of February 2021 S.V.Bhatti, J. Memo dated 14.01.2021 filed by Sri.Christopher Abraham, learned Senior Standing Counsel, Income Tax Department to withdraw the appeal is ordered. The appeal is accordingly dismissed as withdrawn.
Sri.Christopher Abraham draws our attention to the judgment of this Court in I.T.A. No.74 of 2016 dated 11.11.2019 and states that refund of proportionate court fee, taking into consideration the memo filed to withdraw the appeal etc., has been granted. Refund of proportionate court fee is ordered. Hence the Registry makes refund of court fee to the extent admissible in law.
Sd/- S.V.BHATTI, JUDGE
Sd/- BECHU KURIAN THOMAS, JUDGE RKM
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