PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX vs. M/S RAJASTHAN FINANCIAL CORPORATION

ITA/356/2018HC RajasthanRJHC02119210201805 March 2020Bench: SABINA,NARENDRA SINGH DHADDHA1 pages

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What did the High Court hold?

The High Court noted that the respondent-assessee had settled the matter under the Direct Tax Vivad-se-Vishwas Scheme, 2024, and discharged the tax liability. Consequently, the Court disposed of the appeal. The Court explicitly stated that the questions of law which were sought to be urged are kept open to be addressed in appropriate proceedings. This implies that the merits of the original dispute were not decided by the High Court. The operative direction was to dispose of the appeal based on the settlement. No specific findings were made on the substantive issues of the appeal, and no ratio decidendi for future cases on the merits of the dispute can be extracted from this order.

What were the facts?

This is an appeal filed by the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax-8 against an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The respondent assessee is Steel Authority of India Ltd. The specific assessment year(s) and the order or action under challenge are not explicitly detailed in this excerpt. The procedural history is limited to the present appeal being before the High Court. The amount in dispute is not stated. The key development is that the respondent-assessee has informed the Court that the matter has been settled under the Direct Tax Vivad-se-Vishwas Scheme, 2024, and the tax liability has been discharged.

What were the issues?

The judgment does not explicitly frame the questions of law that the Tribunal had to decide. However, the appeal before the High Court was to address these questions of law. The respondent-assessee informed the Court that the matter has been settled under the Direct Tax Vivad-se-Vishwas Scheme, 2024, and the tax liability has been discharged. The appellant (Revenue) has not recorded any arguments in this excerpt. The respondent-assessee's contention is that the settlement under the Vivad-se-Vishwas Scheme resolves the dispute, rendering the appeal infructuous. No specific provisions of the Income Tax Act are named in relation to the issues in this excerpt.

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$~60 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + ITA 356/2018

PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-8 .....Appellant

Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar, SSC.

versus

STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LTD. .....Respondent

Through: Ms. Monika Garg, Adv.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHWANT VARMA

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA

O R D E R %

13.12.2024

Learned counsel appearing for the respondent-assessee apprises the Court that the matter has been settled under the Direct Tax Vivad- se-Vishwas Scheme, 2024 and the tax liability duly discharged. In view of the aforesaid, this appeal shall stand disposed of. The questions of law which were sought to be urged are kept open to be addressed in appropriate proceedings.

YASHWANT VARMA, J.

DHARMESH SHARMA, J. DECEMBER 13, 2024/RW

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