Supreme Court of India

Ramnath & Co. v. The Commissioner of Income Tax

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Reported as [2020] 6 S.C.R. 719
Bench A. M. Khanwilkar and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 5 June 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, we are of the considered opinion that in the present facts and circumstances of the case, the services of managing agent, i.e., the appellant, rendered to a foreign company, are not technical services within the meaning of section 80-O of the Income-tax Act.

Judgment, page 69

From the headnote

Income Tax Act, 1961 – s. 80-O – The appellants-asses sees were engaged in providing services to certain forei gn buyers of frozen seafood and/ or marine products – Appellants c laimed that income received by them for services provided to forei gn enterprises qualifies for deduction u/s. 80-O of the Income Tax Act, as a pplicable during the respective assessment years from 1993-94 to 1997-98 – Appellants contended that they provided technical g uidance or advice or information to the foreign enterprises – Held: All the clauses of the agreements read together make it abs olutely clear that the

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