CIT vs. BHAVYA SOFTECH PVT LTD

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ITA/1067/2011HC DelhiDLHC01117763201109 September 2011Bench: CASES PERTAINING TO SPL.DIVISION BENCHES2 pages
AI SummaryRemanded

What did the High Court hold?

The Tribunal's dismissal of the appeal on low tax effect was questioned. The Supreme Court granted liberty to the Department to file a review petition before the Tribunal to reconsider the dismissal based on the spirit of the Supreme Court's order.

What were the facts?

The Revenue's appeal was dismissed by the Tribunal due to low tax effect, citing a CBDT instruction. The Revenue argued the instruction was prospective, but the Tribunal rejected this. The Supreme Court later granted liberty to the Department to move the High Court regarding the application of the circular.

What were the issues?

Whether a CBDT instruction on low tax effect applies prospectively and if the Tribunal correctly applied it without considering the spirit of Supreme Court's liberty granted to the Department.

Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?

Not specified

AI-generated summary — verify with the full judgment below

o 4 # f" 7o O9.O9.?OLL Present: None. + rTA t O67l201L The Tribunal dismissed the appeal of the Revenue/appellant herein on the ground of low tax effect applying CBDT instructions dated gthFebrua ry, 20LL. Submission of the Revenue was that this instruction applied : prospectively only, and therefore, would not be covered by the aforesaid instruction. However, this contention has been rejected by the Tribunal following the order of this court in clT v. Raian Ramanee dated lSthFebru ary, 2O]I passed in ITA No.230/Del/2011 . W" may point out that in similar manner many appeals of the ftevenue were dismissed by this CourL. The Revenue preferred Special L"uu" petition in one of these cases and in the said Special Leave Petition following order dated 29th August, 2011 has been passed by the Supreme Court. "Delay condoned. Liberty is given to the Department to move the . High Court'poinling out that the Circular dated 9th February, 2OL!, should not be applied ipso facto, particulirly, when the matter has a cascading effect. There are cases under the Income Tax Act, 1961, in , which a common principle may be involved in subsequent group of matters or large number of matters. In our view, in such cases if attention of the il Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. Signature Not Verified

High Court is drawn, the High Court will not apply the Circular ipso facto. For that purpose, liberty is granted to the Department to move the High Court in two weeks. The special leave petition is, accordingly, disposed of." In view of the aforesaid order, we give liberty to the Department to make a review petition before the Tribunal. Needless to clarify, the Tribunal would go by the spirit of the aforesaid order and would decide as to whether on the facts of this case appeal should have been dismissed or not on the ground of low tax ) effect. This appeal is disposed of in the aforesaid terms. INDERMEET KAUR,J. SEPTEMBER 09, 2OI.1 AK W.P.(C) No.7067/2077 page 2 of 2 t .t stKRt,J.

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