Case Details

Citation(s)
2011 SLG 2464 2011 SLD 2464 (2011) 332 ITR 276
Bombay High Court

F.I. REBELLO AND D.G. KARNIK, JJ.

Grasim Industries Ltd.v.S.M. Mishra, Commissioner of Income Tax

Law:

Section:

Section 9 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Income - Deemed to accrue or arise in India - Assessment years 1990-91 and 1991-92 - Whether expression 'by such person' appearing in section 9(1)(vii)(b) refer to recipient of income and not to person making payment - Held, yes - Whether an income received by non-resident (such person) by way of a payment from a resident Indian for technical services rendered to him would be subject to Indian income-tax only if it satisfies twin test, namely, that income was received in respect of services (i) rendered in India, and (ii) utilized in India or has such a live link with India that it can be treated as accrued or arisen in India - Held, yes - Petitioner No. 1, an Indian company, entered into technical assistance agreement with petitioner No. 2, an American company under which petitioner No. 2 agreed to render petitioner No. 1 outside India certain engineering and other related services in relation to its sponge iron plant in India - In accordance with agreement, petitioner No. 2 delivered total basic engineering package to representative of petitioner No. 1 in USA between November 1989 and August 1990 and also imparted training to 22 keys personnel of petitioner No. 1 in Mexico - As a consideration, petitioner No. 1 paid certain amount to petitioner No. 2 - Whether income received by petitioner No. 2 could not be deemed to have arisen or accrued in India because services under agreement were not rendered within India though drawings, designs received from petitioner No. 2 might have been utilized by petitioner No. 1 in India - Held, yes Words and Phrases : Expression 'by such person' as occurring in section 9(1)(vii)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 FACTS Petitioner No. 1, which was an Indian company, being desirous of setting up a sponge iron plant in India entered into a technical assistance agreement with petitioner No. 2, an American company. Under that agreement, petitioner No. 2 agreed to render to petitioner No. 1 outside India certain engineering and other related services in relation to the sponge iron plant. By the agreement petitioner No. 2 was to prepare basic engineering drawings specifications, calculation and…
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