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Karnataka High Court

Bharti Airtel Ltd vs State Of Karnataka on 16 January, 2009

Equivalent citations: 2009 (3) AIR KAR R 235

 

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'  its Principal Secretary

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V  High Court Act praying to set aside the ()I'df::{'

2 The Cammissioner of    
Wanijya Thexige Kaxyaiayef; .. 
Bangalore 560 009 _V

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This Writ aw filed under Section 4 of the

passed in thc Writ Petition N0.1537/2007 dated
16/03/2007. ~

This Writ Appeal having heard and reserved
coming on for pxrmmunocmcnt this day, Arali Naguag, J.
delivered the following 

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_   fespondent ---- Assessing Authority passed
 ' K  impugned order of re»-assesment

W.P.No. 1 1723/05 befare this   _
the said W1' me to be  .  
dated 19. 10.2006 and the '_s.a.id_;  tof ire; 
assessment was qliaasheé   
was remanded' TV __the'' 2'-hseessixjfi  -  'V *
for fresh    '    
(g) After   mspépdent -
Assessing  isstied 12
mt§cés  %{ Annexure -3)
  i'o;_r   moxjgms  April 2005 tn
1   .. ':'proj':een1g- to treat the
%%%% M  oreeeepmidsng _ broadband
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.Vsa..t_d"x11otis::es on 30.12.2005 (Annexure- c).
  the appellant, _ the 3m

 {Annexure-A3 and thereby confirmed the
entire demand proposed in the said
notices and imposed pajalties and also
levied interest on the tax said to be '
payable and due by the appellant.

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Section 12 of the said Act which provides for 

Customs duty on the goods imported into  ' ff:    .

28. Further, in the caseiof    A'

National Thermal Power  

503], Supreme Court, followxvits  

1969(2) sex 939 [emf    ' 'Eie«:..-Evlzricity

Board, Jabalpur], 'wha:ei!1':h*§§lé¢fléi¢i£§'.  held to be
gocds,  as found
under  C0r§sfitufion of India to
include : "~ a2l4'  property '. Further, in

the case (if  services Vs. state of

  "3'O8.!...Sup1*eme Court, agreeing with its

 the case of Associated Cement

 {zoom sec 593, interpreted the

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%    tlfié'~«_Consfitufion of India that the said definition is

V'   wide and includw all types ofpropenies whether

  gmngtbze or intangrlbie. While interpreting so, it held in

the said case [Tata Consultancfs case] that transaction
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of ' sale of computer software is clearly a sale of V'

inasmuch as the term ' all m.atenals' ,   

commodities ' used in Article 36a6{1_;2)..of'   V

of India includes both tangibIeV;":.ar;»:§1 ~ 351?.

 

incormreai property which __ ef   

consumption and use and   "trans:E1itted,

transferred,  H :    K  etc.,
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V'   A software program may . consist of
various oommands. which eriable the "
computer to perform a. desimaated task.
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genuineness of which is net in dispute, it is     ~

the ' eiectro magnetic wavw '     

mobile phones and the ' mumazzy  tight 

though it is ' electro    

frequency', both are    
dgtrerent charactens' tics    czgezent

purposes. It is    created

light energy iii'  of being ._ -

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some  Stofed: ' :1 ~ . ~  .  " 

37 .. In   name Communications

 un'é§§a annxna aad"xsthe:; reported in (ms; 126 am

  While m  the dcfin g' ion

  of * goods   sefction 29:11; of Kerala Gem-a1 Sales Act

' "  is anaiegous to the definition. nf " goods " in

@art_ioz3:52(15) of KVAT Act 2003, has held that " goods

  _' 'intangible property' also'.

38. In the case of state of U.P. Vs. Bnion of Infia

reportw in (20033 sec 239 (at Para No.18) while

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simultaneously with the supply. _Ther,e    
hiatus in its operation. Sitnultaneymisiyi  i   

sale also takes place. '

These pmperties of clmtricify.  Of?'  

immense relevance, .._we V' wQ'u1d_'*, 
hereafter. ' ' i

40. In the case of  sale; Tux,-

Madhyn   ~   -Board,',~- :
Jahbalpur  which is referred

to by  it has observed on
page No.§45 as   %

V V ="VI_:'1*1:=-._t}erA1'11 '*"'Movabkc Pmpe1'ty'."whcn
"  génsidexiéfi  reference  "good?! as
_   for the purposes of sazés tax %
V    takenlin a nmnw sense and
  because electric energy is not
V ~~@1@5b1e or cannot be mowed or toixched
A'  like, for instance, a piece of wood or a
 book it cannot cease to be movable
property when it hasall the attributes of -
such propérty. It is needless to repeat 'T
that it is capabie of abstxactioxi; 

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for levying VAT on the activitzim of the    _

company.

47. re: contra, art. rte. 

1''

Sr. counsel for respondent'   .3: 

contended that the 'ACLE'   been
used by the   transmitting
the data of its  to another
through om     essay is the

'cwrrier'  "hum one place to

another  ' v:srV1'i'i'c-ijA1.. 'abscrbed by the 'photo'

detector' at tlagenti'   destination and therefore

~.1:t1e  Vaf V"t1*a3tr1§t3;1ission of the data cannot be

 the transportation of goods by the

   a carrier like lorry by using the _

_   / *~  as fuel. He further submfitted that there

'    ofany daa'to'the appellant-company}

   subscribers for the purpose of its transmissien

   its OFC network, the carrier in this case

namely 'ACLE gets extinguished an its reaching the end
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point inasmuch as it is fully absorbed by  o 

detector there and thereby data is V' 3   

but the lorry which carries the   _ 

another does not get   ,  

submitted that make the  the
txansportcr for  can be re-
used by the   goods, the
'ACLE' which'    can not be re-used
for      to the same
subscxibor-.;ior for tmnsmitting the data

belonging to  other  and therefore, What is

    company is towards the

 not towards the service rendered

:   by    its infrastructure of OFC network to

' " .i__f::;  for transmitting their data as claimed by

 V.  43. Sri. Raflavaa, the learned flmcounoel also

   oontonded that Whatever amounts that are oollectw by

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business, for ascertained sum of money {consi.dc:t'_a1?.i <;z '.:},'V" 

payable to it by its subscribers, and it    H  

mm" ' 3 of right. by the appe11%éntj%¢mpafiykL%%A 

subscribers, to use the; OFCT' I§_g=:tWér_k "and   V.

and consume ALCE. Thus,  '(if 
company thong) has   under the
provisions of " the
definition    V  2(29)(d) of
KVA1'   by us supra ths
crcatiorgj  inovement and deitvery of

the   case takes place almost

 *  gum: same. moment. ' Further, ACLE

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gcts,__'«éxfi:1g'ux(i§3lied in the activity of transmission of the

  data / "m_f£:1*mation of its subscribers.

H *   Therefore, foilowing the observtafions of

   Szfprcme Court at pm N.o.24 of its judgment in state

 A 7»: up. and Anathar vs. u.o.:.(wy. 3 sec 239 which are

extracted supra, we are at the considu-ed view

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  'vghe  WC pass the following

105

impugned order of the Assessing Authority insofar ae 'E'

relates to the imposing of penalty and interest Gr_fl.eu

appellant -- assessee. , we have not if
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record our appreciation. pf    A.K.
Chitaguppi, the  -  of
Commercial      by him in
making   by seeking
the opixlions ii1':e.he"§field and in pmperbf.

undersienfiifig  the technicalities involved

in this  is  t general  ee. We

Pdir{'t"NoV. 1.'.§::_1V.9iiic amine' and  t Nos.2 and 3 in

ORDER

This writ Appeal is hereby allowed in part and the impugned ordm' dated W 106 16.03.2007 passed by the learned Single & Judge of this Court W.P.No.1537/O7('l'--RES) % k f on the gound that; "

assesses company diCi!:"x*3ot "ai=g'iiu- alternative of *~ Karnataka Value %.«;;1aea% ;x'4"11!V§:fl:'2{_){)3 is hereby set aside. writ appeal asfit of the (1*;R§«3s;* is hcreby the said writ and the order of 1.2007 passed by __tl;1e 3&1 Assessing Authority f «aypcflant commny impugnod ' A hereby confirmed. No order as sa/~ Judge Sd/3 Juééfi ImHING*lB8V]SIl'L*