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2022 (6) TMI 129 - HC - Income TaxTDS u/s 194J - Addition u/s 40(a)(ia) - whether payment of interconnect user charges as it could not be categorized as fee for technical services? - HELD THAT:- Admittedly, the Karnataka High Court in Commissioner of Income Tax, TDS, Bangalore vs. Vodafone South Ltd. [2016 (8) TMI 422 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT] and various Tax Tribunals have taken the view that there is no human intervention involved in providing the interconnect services whether it be for data link or roaming. The Supreme Court in Berger Paints India Ltd. vs. Commissioner of Income Tax, [2004 (2) TMI 4 - SUPREME COURT] has held that if the revenue has not challenged the correctness of the law laid down by the High Court and has accepted it in the case of one assessee, then it is not open to the revenue to challenge its correctness in the case of other assessee without just cause. Keeping in view the aforesaid mandate of law and the letter dated 21st April, 2022, this Court is of the view that the appellant-revenue has consciously elected not to challenge the aforesaid judgment of the Karnataka High Court, which hold that no TDS is required to be deducted by the assessee on payment of interconnect user charges as it cannot be categorized as fee for technical services. Consequently, this Court is of the view that it is not open to the revenue to challenge the correctness of the finding rendered by the Karnataka High Court in Vodafone South Ltd. (supra) in the case of other assessee without just cause.
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