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
…onsidered as incurred for business purposes. The assessee also placed reliance on the decision of the honourable Karnataka High Court reported in CIT V Margarine & Refined Oils Co. Ltd. 282 ITR 576 and coordinate bench in Knight Riders Sports (P.) Ltd. V ACIT 193 TTJ 313. 034. With respect to the legal expenditure of ₹ 22,938,409 paid to M/s Sandeep Puri and associates and similar legal fees amounting to ₹ 2,142,929 paid to other advocates, it was submitted that these legal costs were incurred in connection with labour matters and have a direct Nexus with the business of the assessee and thereby constitutes expen…