Commissioner Of Income Tax, Delhi v. Maruti Suzuki India Ltd

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI+ ITA No. 1027/2011 + Reserved on: 11[th] November 2017 Decided on: 7[th] December, 2017 + COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, DELHI ....Appellant Through: Mr. Mr. Rahul Chaudhary and Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocates. versus MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD. ..... Respondent Through : Mr. S. Ganesh, Senior Advocate with Ms. Kavita Jha, Mr. S. Sukumaran, Mr. Anand Sukumar, Mr. Bhuwan Dhoopar, Ms. Roopali Gupta and Mr. Bhupesh Pathak, Advocates. AND ITA No. 1028/2011 COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, DELHI Through: Sanjay Kumar, Advocates. ...Appellant Mr. Mr. Rahul Chaudhary and Mr. versus MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA LTD. ..... Respondent Through : Mr. S. Ganesh, Senior Advocate with Ms. Kavita Jha, Mr. S. Sukumaran, ITA Nos.1027 & 1028/2011 Mr. Anand Sukumar, Mr. Bhuwan Dhoopar, Ms. Roopali Gupta and Mr. Bhupesh Pathak, Advocates. % CORAM: JUSTICE S. MURALIDHAR JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUDGMENT 07.12.2017 Dr. S. Muralidhar, J. 1. These are appeals by the Revenue against the impugned order dated 29[th] October 2010 passed by the ITAT in ITA Nos. 4444/Del/2007 and 662/Del/2008 for the Assessment Years (AYs) 1995-96 and 1996-97. 2. On 1[st] September 2011, the following question of law was framed for consideration in ITA No. 1027 of 2011: “Whether the Tribunal is right in holding that Rs. 43,33,72,336/- on account of duty drawback had not accrued and become payable to the assessee and cannot be included in the taxable income of the assessee for the assessment year 1995-96?” 3. On 1[st] September 2011, the following question of law was framed for consideration in ITA No. 1028 of 2011: “Whether the Tribunal is right in holding that Rs. 24,10,01,489/- on account of duty drawback had not accrued and become payable to the assessee and cannot be included in the taxable income of the assessee for the assessment year 1996-97?” 4. In view of the decision of this Court today in ITA No. 250 of 2005, the above questions are answered in the affirmative, i.e. in favour of the Assessee and against the Revenue. ITA Nos.1027 & 1028/2011 5. The appeals are dismissed. DECEMBER 07, 2017 Rm ITA Nos.1027 & 1028/2011 S. MURALIDHAR, J. PRATHIBA M. SINGH, J.