Tribunal’s order not dealing with finding of “sham” transaction is “perverse”
The AO disallowed payments made by the assessee to M/s Blue Chip
& Co towards “C&F handling charges” on the ground that the
transactions were a “sham” and intended to provide interest-free funds to Vijay Mallya & his wife Samira Mallya.
This was confirmed by the CIT (A) though the Tribunal allowed the claim
on the ground that a similar issue had been allowed in the earlier
years. On appeal by the department, HELD reversing the Tribunal:
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