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S. 9(1)(v): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Interest-advanced External Commercial Borrowing (ECB)-Assessee could claim set-off of current year business loss of PE against interest income earned from Indian customers on ECB loans-Treaty itself provided for taxability of income in terms with domestic law provisions-Interest income would be covered under section 115A(1)(a)(iiaa), hence, subject to concessional rate of tax at 5 per cent with applicable cess and surcharge-DTAA-India-UAE [S. 9(1)(i),115A, Art. 11]

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC Wework India Management (P.) Ltd. v. DCIT (IT) (2025) 213 ITD 313 (Mum) (Trib)

S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Service fee-Service agreement of infrastructure services, Web EDI system maintenance agreement, etc.-DRP should revisit the issue upon examining documents which were not placed before it-Matter remanded-DTAA-India-Thailand.[Art. 7, 22]

Asian Honda Motor Co. Ltd. v. DCIT (2025) 213 ITD 484 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 9(1)(i): Income deemed to accrue or arise in India-Business connection-Capital gains-Shares/Units-Pass through entity-TRC-Entitled to benefits of DTAA-India-Cyprus.[S. 45, Art. 13]

Gagil FDI Ltd. v. ACIT, IT (2025) 213 ITD 106 (Delhi)(Trib.)

S.2(14)(iii): Capital asset-Agricultural land-Beyond 8 kms from municipal limits of Gurgaon and filed certificate from Nayab Tehsildar-Land could not be treated as a capital asset under section 2(14)-Accepted in co-owner-Not assessable as capital gains. [S. 2(14), 45]

Balbir Singh Saini. v. ITO (2025) 213 ITD 669 (Delhi) (Trib.)

S. 2(14)(iii) : Capital asset-Capital gains-Agricultural land-16 kms from municipality-Cultivation of groundnut-certificate from Village Administrative Officer-Exempt from taxation. [S. 45]

Parasmal Ravindra Kumar v. ITO (2025) 213 ITD 276 (Chennai) (Trib.)

S. 281B: Provisional attachment-Additions were set aside-Entire arrears were paid-The tax recovery officer was directed to release attached property.[S. 153A, 153C, 225, 226, Art. 226]

JSR Infra Developers (P.) Ltd. v. Tax Recovery Officer (2025) 307 Taxman 401 (Madras) (HC)

S. 220: Collection and recovery-Assessee deemed in default-No wilful disobedience of earlier court order-Contempt proceedings were dropped. [Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, S. 2(b)]

Court on its Own Motion v. Anuradha Misra (2025) 307 Taxman 411 (Delhi)(HC)

S. 153A : Assessment-Search or requisition-Unabated assessment-No incriminating material found-Order of Tribunal deleting the addition was affirmed. [S. 260A]

PCIT (Central) v. Sitaram Prints (P.) Ltd. (2025) 307 Taxman 227 (Guj.)(HC)

S. 151A: Faceless assessment scheme-Reassessment proceedings were initiated by the jurisdictional Assessing Officer-Reassessment notice and consequential proceedings were quashed. [S. 148, 148A(b) 148A(d), Art. 226]

Yashnu Yasasvi Polucherla v. ITO (2025) 307 Taxman 393 (Telangana)(HC)

S. 151A : Faceless assessment scheme-Interlocutory application seeking restoration of SLP was allowed and restored to its original number on file-Sanction to issue of notice-Reassessment was initiated after the expiry of three years-Interlocutory application seeking restoration of SLP was to be allowed and restored to its original number on file. [S. 148, 151, Art. 136]

ITO v. Prakash Pandurang Patil (2025) 307 Taxman 618 (SC) Editorial :SLP restored, ITO v. Prakash Pandurang Patil (2025) 306 Taxman 341 (SC)