Any Other Information for Disclosure of Updates to Ongoing Tax Litigations or Disputes | |
Sr.No. | Name of the opposing party | Date of initiation of the litigation / dispute | Status of the litigation / dispute as per last disclosure | Current status of the litigation / dispute |
1 | Commissioner of Service Tax | 15-06-2009 | The Company has received a Show Cause Notice (SCN) from the Service Tax Department for the period April 2006 to March 2008, amounting to ? 6,348 Lacs, related to exports made to one of its customers.The Service Tax Department adjudicated in the Company's favor and dropped the demand of ? 6,348 Lacs. The Department filed an appeal against this decision with the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), which was dismissed by the Hon'ble CESTAT in their order dated March 9, 2016. Subsequently, the Department filed an appeal against this order with the High Court on October 19, 2016, which is currently pending adjudication | Pending with High Court of Judicature at Bombay |
2 | Commissioner of Service Tax | 16-07-2010 | The Company had received demand notices from the Office of the Commissioner of Service Tax, for the period April 2008 to March 2010 on exports made to one of the customers of the Company.
The company had recived similar notice from the Office of the Commissioner of Service Tax, for the period April 2006 to March,2008. On appeal to the Commissioner of Service Tax, the matter pertaining to the period April 2006 to March 2008 was adjudicated in favor of the Company
The department had further filed an appeal against the said order with the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) which was dismissed by the Hon'ble CESTAT vide their order dated March 9, 2016.
On the same matter as aforesaid, the Company had received a Show Cause Notice (SCN) for the period April 2008 to March 2010 amounting to Rs. 28,97 lacs. The Company, in earlier years, with respect to the SCN's, submitted the replies to the Commissioner of Service tax on the same lines of the matter which was adjudicated in the Company's favor. The copy of the favorable CESTAT order has been submitted with Commissioner and SCN's are pending for adjudication. | Pending with Commissioner of Service Tax |
3 | Commissioner of Service Tax | 20-10-2014 | The Company had received demand notices from the Office of the Commissioner of Service Tax, for the period April 2010 to March 2011 on exports made to one of the customers of the Company.
The company had recived similar notice from the Office of the Commissioner of Service Tax, for the period April 2006 to March,2008. On appeal to the Commissioner of Service Tax, the matter pertaining to the period April 2006 to March 2008 was adjudicated in favor of the Company
The department had further filed an appeal against the said order with the Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) which was dismissed by the Hon'ble CESTAT vide their order dated March 9, 2016.
On the same matter as aforesaid, the Company had received a Show Cause Notice (SCN) for the period April 2010 to April 2011 amounting to Rs. 46 lacs. The Company, in earlier years, with respect to the SCN's, submitted the replies to the Commissioner of Service tax on the same lines of the matter which was adjudicated in the Company's favor. The copy of the favorable CESTAT order has been submitted with Commissioner and SCN's are pending for adjudication. | Pending with Commissioner of Service Tax |
4 | Income Tax Department | 19-05-2015 | With respect to Income Tax matters, a search was conducted on the Company's premises on 30 April 2013. Following this search, block assessments under section 153A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act) were conducted for the Assessment Years 2007-08 to 2012-13. The Company did not appeal against the additions made in the assessment orders for these years. However, penalties were levied for these assessment years, which the Company challenged before the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal-Mumbai (ITAT). The Company accounted for the penalty amount as an exceptional item in the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2018.
Subsequently, the ITAT deleted the penalties levied, and the Income Tax Department refunded the penalties amounting to ?1,044.44 Lacs along with interest of ?138.33 Lacs under the Act to the Company. This was disclosed as an exceptional item in the financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2021
Following this, the Income Tax Department preferred an appeal before the Hon'ble High Court (HC) Bombay challenging the deletion of the penalties by the ITAT. This appeal is still in the pre-admission stage | Pending for pre-admission at High Court of Judicature at Bombay |