Bench: Shri Inturi Rama Rao, Am & Shri Rahul Chaudhary, Jm Assessment Year: 2013-14 Apollo Tyres Ltd. .......... Appellant 3Rd Floor, Areekal Mansion, Panampilly Nagar, Kochi 682036 [Pan: Aaaca6990Q] Vs. Dcit, Corporate Circle-1(1), Kochi ......... Respondent Assessee By: Shri Abraham Joseph Markos, Adv. Revenue By: Shri Sanjit Kumar Das, Cit-Dr Date Of Hearing: 20.08.2025 Date Of Pronouncement: 01.09.2025

1 SCC 368. Provisions of section 40(a)(ia) are automatically attracts on failure of the assessee to deduct tax on the sum paid by him. In the light of the legal positions discussed supra, we are of the considered opinion that the AO had rightly made the addition u/s. 40(a)(i) following the Hon'ble Supreme Court rulings