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Issues: Whether disallowance under section 14A read with Rule 8D could be sustained where no exempt income was earned during the relevant previous year, and whether the Explanation inserted to section 14A by the Finance Act, 2022 applied retrospectively.
Analysis: The jurisdictional High Court decisions relied upon held that in the absence of any exempt income during the year, invocation of section 14A read with Rule 8D is not permissible. The same decisions also held that the Explanation inserted by the Finance Act, 2022 to section 14A is prospective and not retrospective. Applying that binding legal position to the facts of the case, the disallowance made under section 14A could not be maintained.
Conclusion: The disallowance under section 14A read with Rule 8D was deleted and the issue was decided in favour of the assessee.