Thursday, 18 October 2012

Judicial conflict whether Tribunal has power to extend stay beyond 365 days has to be resolved in favour of the assessee

Qualcomm Incorporated vs. ADIT (ITAT Delhi)



The Third Proviso to s. 254(2A), as amended w.e.f. 1.10.2008, provides that if the appeal filed by the assessee is not disposed off within the period of stay granted by the Tribunal (which cannot exceed 365 days), the order of stay shall stand vacated even if the delay in disposing of the appeal is not attributable to the assessee. In Tata Communications Ltd vs. ACIT 138 TTJ (Mum) 257, the Special Bench held, following Ronuk Industries 333 ITR 99 (Bom), that even after the amendment to the Third proviso to s. 254(2A) w.e.f. 1.10.2008, the Tribunal had jurisdiction to extend stay beyond 365 days. However, the Karnataka High Court took the view in CIT vs. Ecom Gill Coffee Trading Pvt. Ltd that after the aforesaid amendment, the Tribunal had no power to extend stay beyond 365 days even if the delay was not attributable to the assessee. The Tribunal had to now consider whether the view of the Bombay High Court & Special Bench had to be followed or that of the Karnataka High Court. HELD by the Tribunal:

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