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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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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' 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
_ " of iight energy '. The
eappenant gxabmmed detailed reply to tlw
.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
3-;I_;'teaI1i"1:1gvv of the term ' goods ' as used in A1-tick: 366(12)
% 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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44
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.,
Paragraph 27" 'Data Co:1su1tancy's
case V' A
I5ari..2?.tf1e term ' goods' a_§
of ghe Censfitufion .
as Eiefi1ied:_t_1_nder the said Act is veg;
' "v,%'§S;ie axfxd ififiggdes _a__1____l W968 of mevabicgf
whether those mam; be'
er ix1__t§_1r__;m'b1e. We are in eoznplete
with the observations made by
A tixié CourtinAssoc£atedCementCompames' e' %'
V' A software program may . consist of
various oommands. which eriable the "
computer to perform a. desimaated task.
The copyright in that prog'aIn
with the orignator of the Bi-it the '
r._(\"-'\Z'
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advocate for the appellant '
Roji Philip, Associate Professor,
fiaéter Physics Group, Ramon Research
and a copy of the said opinion
o {gf;:;exorc--s) had been furnished by the
aophooflant to the Assessing Authority along with his reply
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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
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light energy iii' of being ._ -
used, to
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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62
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
._____g--wr"'s..---~»
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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
company to its subscribers
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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V. by ghe sincere and honest
_ him. In the rwult, While answering
'vghe WC pass the following
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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
76. Before parting v%
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*