JUDGEMENT
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(1.)Leave granted.
(2.)The issue that arise for our consideration and decision in this
batch of appeals is, whether the revenue is legally responsible under
Section 244A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for short, "the Act") for payment
of interest on the refund of tax made to the resident/deductor under
Section 240 of the Act.
(3.)At the outset, it is relevant to notice that the assessment
years in all these appeals are on and after 01.04.1989, that is after the
admittance of Section 244A of the Act by Direct Tax Laws (Amendment) Act,
1987 (4 of 1988) with effect from 01.04.1989, whereby provision for
interest on refunds on any amount due to the assessee under the Act was
introduced.
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