Karnataka High Court: A Division Bench of Alok Aradhe and H.T. Narendra Prasad, JJ. set aside the decision of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal in favour of the assessee.
The present appeal was filed under Section 260-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) wherein an order passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) was challenged.
The substantial question under deliberation was:
If the ITAT was correct coming to the decision that deductions which fall under Section 10-B of IT Act the can be computed without setting off of brought forward business losses and unabsorbed depreciation?
The Court relied on the decision in CIT v. Yokogawa (India) Ltd., 2016 SCC OnLine SC 1491 and held that the decision of the Tribunal in the said matter was incorrect. Therefore, the above-mentioned question was answered in favour of the assessee.[Commissioner of Income Tax v. Mind Tree Consulting Ltd., I.T.A No. 50 of 2013, decided on 17-08-2020]