LINTAS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED ,MUMBAI vs. DCIT, CIRCLE 16(1), MUMBAI
The appeal of the assessee is partly allowed for statistical purposes
ITA 5889/MUM/2024[2021-22]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai19 Nov 2025AY 2021-22
Bench: Shri Narender Kumar Choudhry & Shri Prabhash Shankarassessment Year: 2021-22 M/S. Lintas India Private Assessment Unit, Limited, Income Tax Department Or A Wing, 16Th Floor, Deputy Commissioner Of Parinee Crescenzo, Income Tax, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Circle 16(1), Bandra (East), 1) National Faceless Mumbai – 400 051 Assessment Centre (Nafac), Vs. Pan: Aaacl0124F Delhi 2)Aayakar Bhawan, Maharshi Karve Road, New Marine Lines, Churchgate, Mumbai – 400020 (Appellant) (Respondent) Present For: Assessee By : Shri Ajit Jain, Ld. A.R. Shri Karnik Kansara, Ld. A.R Ms. Neha Rai, Ld. A.R. Ms. Sakshi Chimanani, Ld. A.R. Revenue By : Shri Kiran Unavekar, Ld. Sr. D.R. Date Of Hearing : 22.08.2025 Date Of Pronouncement : 19.11.2025 O R D E R Per : Narender Kumar Choudhry: This Appeal Has Been Preferred By The Assessee Against The Order Dated 15.05.2023, Impugned Herein, Passed By The Ld. Commissioner Of Income Tax (Dispute Resolution Panel-1) (In Short Ld. Commissioner) U/S 144C(5) Of The Income Tax Act, 1961 (In Short ‘The Act’) For The A.Y. 2021-22. 2 M/S. Lintas India Private Limited
For Appellant: Shri Ajit Jain, Ld. A.RFor Respondent: Shri Kiran Unavekar, Ld. Sr. D.R
Section 144Section 144CSection 144C(5)Section 92C
…view of not accepting the foreign/AE as tested party has been taken in umpteen number of cases, viz Mumbai Bench of Tribunal in Onward Technology Ltd. Vs. DCIT (2013) 36CCH46 (Mumbai) and Aurion Pro Solutions Ltd. Vs. ACIT (TS-75-ITAT-2013 Mumbai - TP)(2013) 27 ITR (Trib) 276 (Mumbai). In this regard, similarly in the case of Baekart Industries (P) Ltd., the Hon'ble ITAT in AY 2010-11, AY 2011-12 has also held that the assessee should be the tested party and not the AE's. (iii) Analysis of the Stand of the assessee The stand of the assessee is that the need and benefit is not required to be established. The asse…