GE HYDRO FRANCE,DELHI vs. DCIT, CIRCLE INT.TAX. 1(3)(1), NEW DELHI
In the result, the appeal is partly allowed
ITA 1881/DEL/2023[2020-21]Status: DisposedITAT Delhi06 Nov 2024AY 2020-21
Bench: Shri Vikas Awasthy & Shri Brajesh Kumar Singh[Assessment Year: 2020-21] Ge Hydro France, Deputy Commissioner Of Income A-18, 1St Floor, Okhla Tax, Industrial, Phase-Ii, Vs Circle International Tax-1(3)(1), Tehkhand, South East Delhi, Civic Centre, Okhla Industrial Estate S.O. New Delhi-110002 New Delhi-110020 Pan-Aafca1688N Assessee Revenue Assessee By Shri Ajay Vohra, Sr. Adv. & Shri Aditya Vohra, Adv. & Shri Arpit Goyal, Ca Revenue By Shri Vijay B. Vasanta, Cit-Dr & Ms.Sabiha Rizvi, Sr. Dr Date Of Hearing 09.08.2024 Date Of Pronouncement 06.11.2024
Section 143(3)Section 144C(13)Section 144C(5)Section 44B
…ble Jurisdictional High Court in the case of DIT vs Mitsui & Co. Ltd reported in 399 ITR 505 (Del); ITA No.2085 & 2086/Del/2022 GE Hydro France decision of Hon‟ble Jurisdictional High Court in the case of National Petroleum Construction Co vs DCIT reported in 421 ITR 24 (Del). Hence we have no hesitation to hold that the assessee does not have a Fixed Place PE in India and accordingly no income earned by the assessee from operations and activities undertaken outside India could be brought to tax in India in terms of Article 7 of India- France DTAA. 9.10. The ld. AO had further alleged that there is a Construction…