SANDHVA DIHGE,DEWAS vs. DCIT CPC BENGALURU, BENGALURU
What did the Tribunal hold?
The Tribunal held that the disallowance of employee contributions to ESIC and PF was not justified as the Finance Act, 2021 amendments were not retrospective for the assessment year in question. The excise duty disallowance was to be verified by the AO.
What were the facts?
The assessee's return was processed by CPC, which disallowed employee contributions to ESIC and PF due to delayed payment and also disallowed excise duty. The CIT(A) partly allowed the assessee's appeal.
What were the issues?
Whether delayed deposit of employee's contribution to PF/ESI beyond statutory due date but before filing of return is disallowable, and whether disallowance of excise duty was justified.
Which sections of the Income-tax Act were involved?
Section 36(1)(va),Section 43B,Section 143(1),Section 37(7),Section 2(24)(x)
AI-generated summary — verify with the full judgment below
Cases cited in this judgment(8)Show listHide list
Detected automatically from the text. Citations are also linked where they appear in the judgment. The count shows how many other judgments on BharatTax rely on the same authority.
- CIT v. AIMIL Ltd.1,629 citing321 ITR 508 · 2010 · HC · Read judgment
- CIT v. Gujarat State Road Transport Corpn540 citing41 Taxmann.com 100 · 2014 · HC
- CIT v. Bharat Hotels Ltd.486 citing410 ITR 417 · 2019 · HC · Read judgment
- 82 ITR 192264 citing82 ITR 192 · SC
- SHREYA SINGHAL v. UNION OF INDIA147 citing5 SCC 1 · 2015
- Bombay in Bajaj Auto Finance Ltd. v. CIT53 citing93 Taxmann.com 63 · 2018 · HC
- Kamal Textiles v. ITO18 citing59 Taxmann 555 · 1991 · HC
- CIT v. Nagarjuna Fertilizers and Chemicals Limited15 citing232 Taxmann 349 · 2015 · HC
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, INDORE BENCH, INDORE
Before: MS. SUCHITRA KAMBLE & SHRI BHAGIRATH MAL BIYANI
PER SUCHITRA KAMBLE, JUDICIAL MEMBER :
This appeal is filed by the assessee against the order dated 30.10.2021 passed by the CIT(A), National Faceless Appeal Centre (NFAC), Delhi for the Assessment Year 2018-19. 2. The grounds of appeal raised by the assessee are as under :
“1. The CPC Bangalore has erred in disallowing Rs.5739486/- being employee contribution for ESIC and PF which is allowable expenditure.
The CPC Bangalore has erred in disallowing Rs.29079/- being Excise duty paid which in fact is not either paid or debited under the year under assessment.”
The assessee has filed its Income Tax Return
The order continues below.
Read the full judgment
A free account opens 10 full judgments a month. Re-reading one you have already opened does not count again.
The summary, the parties, the sections and the citations above are open to everyone and always will be. Only the text of the order and the PDF are metered.
More judgments on Section 36(1)(va)
- Vco Consulatatns and Sevices Private… vs ITO, Corporate Ward 3(3), ChennaiITA 2145/CHNY/2025[2019-20]Status: Disposed16 Oct 2026AY 2019-20
- R K Swamy Limited, Chennai vs DCIT Non Corporate Circle 10(1), ChennaiITA 504/CHNY/2026[2018-19]Status: Disposed14 Oct 2026AY 2018-19
- M/S. R.K. Swamy Ltd., Chennai vs DCIT, Ncc-10(1), ChennaiITA 2822/CHNY/2025[2020-21]Status: Disposed14 Oct 2026AY 2020-21
- Rajesh Maru, Mhow vs ITO-5(1), IndoreITA 839/IND/2025[2023-2024]Status: Disposed12 Oct 2026AY 2023-2024
- Rajesh Maru, Mhow vs ITO-5(1), IndoreITA 838/IND/2025[2022-2023]Status: Disposed12 Oct 2026AY 2022-2023
Recent GST High Court judgments
Search GST case law →- Sanjay Maheshwari vs. Union Of INDIA & Ors.Delhi · 14 Oct 2026
- Iyyanan Eswaran vs. The Appellate Deputy Commissioner (St) (GST)Madras · 14 Oct 2026
- M/S Dc Security Services vs. Commissioner Of Central Goods And Services TaxUttarakhand · 14 Oct 2026
- M/S Shreekanth Enterprises vs. Joint Commissioner AppealsUttarakhand · 14 Oct 2026
- Sharad Ashok Agarwal vs. State Of Maharashtra Through G.P. And OrsBombay · 14 Oct 2026