DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, (EXEMPTIONS), CIRCLE-1, BENGALURU vs. RASHTROTTHANA PARISHAT, BENGALURU
In the result, the appeal filed by the Revenue is allowed
ITA 1666/BANG/2024[2017-18]Status: HeardITAT Bangalore30 Dec 2024AY 2017-18
Bench: Shri Prashant Maharishi & Shri Keshav Dubeyassessment Year: 2017=18
For Appellant: Ms. Neera Malhotra CIT-D.RFor Respondent: Sri Prakash Shridhar Hegde, CA
Section 11Section 11(6)Section 250Section 270ASection 274
…vations are reproduced below for ease of reference- “33. This Court in a catena of decisions has held that mens rea is not an essential element for imposing penalty for breach of civil obligations : (a) Director of Enforcement v. MCTM Corpn. (P.) Ltd. [1996] 2 SCC 471 (SCC pp. 478 & 480-81, paras 8 & 12-13) "8. It is thus the breach of a ‘civil obligation’ which attracts ‘penalty’ under section 23(1)(a), FERA, 1947 and a finding that the delinquent has contravened the provisions of section 10, FERA, 1947 that would immediately attract the levy of ‘penalty’ under section 23, irrespective of the fact whether the c…