Standard Chartered Bank, Mumbai vs. DDIT (It) 2(1), Mumbai
In the result, the assessee’s appeal is partly allowed and partly allowed for statistical purposes
ITA 834/MUM/2012[2003-04]Status: DisposedITAT Mumbai24 Jun 2016AY 2003-04
Bench: Shri Sanjay Arora, Am & Shri Pawan Singh, Jm आयकर अपील सं./I.T.A. No. 834/Mum/2012 ("नधा"रण वष" / Assessment Year: 2003-04) Standard Chartered Bank Ddit (It)-2(1), बनाम/ 1St Floor, Scindia House, Taxation Department, 23-25, M. G. Road, 3Rd Floor, N. M. Marg, Ballard Pier, Vs. Fort, Mumbai-400 001 Mumbai-400 038 "थायी लेखा सं./जीआइआर सं./Pan/Gir No. Aabcs 4681 D (अपीलाथ" /Appellant) (""यथ" / Respondent) : अपीलाथ" क" ओर से / Appellant By : Shri Ankit Mehta ""यथ" क" ओर से/Respondent By : Shri Vachaspati Tripathi
For Appellant: Shri Ankit MehtaFor Respondent: Shri Vachaspati Tripathi
Section 143(1)Section 143(3)Section 154Section 2Section 220(2)Section 234DSection 243DSection 245
…f interest is thus, in our view, barred on equitable grounds. When a demand is not raised, there is no question of the assessee being in default in respect thereof. Reference in this context may also be made to the decision in Vikrant Tyres Ltd. v. ITO [2001] 247 ITR 821 (SC). Interest u/s. 220(2), as levied, on this sum, is therefore not valid in law, and is accordingly deleted. We state this without prejudice to the fact that we have found the said charge and, thus, the said demand as not valid in law. That leaves us with the interest on the balance demand of Rs.2162.99 lacs, due for payment on 30.1.2009. We ma…