Allowing the petition the Court held that ,non-Executive Chairman is not involved In Day-To-Day affairs of company .Managing Director admitting Liability and entering into negotiations with revenue .Prosecution for Failure to pay to the credit tax deducted at source of Non-Executive Chairman is held to be not valid. It was contended that , as per S.276B, of the Act, a person who is in charge of and is responsible to the company for the conduct of the business of the company can be prosecuted .The test laid down by S.276B is entirely different and distinct from that laid down by S.2(35) of the Act. S 2(35) is relevant only for imposing a penalty on a person and is not relevant for deciding whether he should be prosecuted for an offence under the Act . ( FY. 2013-14 to 2014-15 )
Kalanithi Maran v. UOI (2018) 405 ITR 356/ 256 Taxman 260/ 304 CTR 17 / 168 DTR 385(Mad) (HC)
S. 276B : Offences and prosecutions – Failure to pay to the credit tax deducted at source -Non-Executive Chairman is not involved In Day-To-Day affairs of company — Managing Director admitting Liability and entering into negotiations with revenue — Prosecution of Non-Executive Chairman is held to be not valid . [ S.2(35) ,278AA]
[…] directors of Indian companies or Indian subsidiaries of Non-resident companies. Recently in Kalannithi v. UOI (2018) 256 Taxman 260 (Mad) (HC), the Hon’ble High Court of Madras has quashed the prosecution […]