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11 CIT (IT) -3 Mumbai vs. M/s. Lucent Technologies GRL LLC
Income Tax Appeal (L) Nos. 3695 & 3693 of 2018
A.Ys.: 2006–07 & 2010–11 alongwith other companion appeals
Dated: 1st July, 2024 (Bom) (HC)
Section 9(1)(vi): Supply of software — “Royalty” — Article 12 under the Indo-US DTAA.
The Revenue has raised the following question of law:
“Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case and in law, the Tribunal has erred in not holding payments received by the assessee for supply of software to Reliance Infocomm Limited (now Reliance Communication Limited) to be in the nature of “royalty” under Section 9(1)(vi) of the Income Tax Act, 1961?”
In the connected Appeals, the question of law as raised is similar, which by consent of the parties was re-framed as under:
