Indorama Synthetics (India) Ltd. vs The Additional Commissioner Of ... on 25 July, 2016
23. For all the aforesaid reasons, the Court is of the view that the three
references made by the AO to the TPO on the question of determination of
ALP of the alleged international transactions involving the Petitioner and its
AE have been made without affording the Petitioner an opportunity of being
heard as was required by law. This, as explained by the Bombay High Court
in Vodafone India Services (P) Limited v. Union of India (supra), and
reaffirmed by the CBDT‟s Instruction No. 3 of 2016, is a procedural
requirement implicit in Section 92 CA (1) of the Act. Accordingly, the said
three references made by the AO to the TPO for determination of the said
question for the AYs 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14 are hereby set aside.