THE ACIT - 14(2)(2), MUMBAI vs. M/S PFIZER LTD. , MUMBAI
In the result appeal of the ld AO for assessment year
ITA 1777/MUM/2020[2016-17]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai22 Sept 2023AY 2016-17
Bench: Shri Prashant Maharishi, Am & Shri Sandeep Singh Karhail, Jm
For Appellant: Shri Jeet Kamdar, AdvocateFor Respondent: Shri K. C. Selvamani CIT DR
Section 143Section 32
…e a direct Nexus with the business of the assessee and thereby constitutes expenditure incurred out of commercial expediency. The assessee placed reliance on the decision of the honourable Bombay High Court in case of CIT versus Airlines Hotel Private Limited 346 ITR 33 ( Bom) wherein it was held that legal payment incurred for settling on resolving dispute to be allowed as business expenditure. Accordingly ITA No. 3694 & 3736/Mum/2019 & ITA No. 1620 & 1777/Mum/2020 A.Y.2015-16 & 2016-17 M/S PFIZER LTD the claim of the assessee that the lower authorities have incorrectly disallowed the above expenditure. 035. Th…