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Issues: Whether income from hiring drilling rigs for use in prospecting, extraction or production of mineral oil is taxable as royalty under section 9(1)(vi) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 44DA, or is assessable under section 44BB of the Income-tax Act, 1961.
Analysis: The rig-hire receipts arose from letting drilling equipment for use in offshore drilling operations connected with mineral oil exploration and extraction. The dispute was whether such receipts fell within the general royalty provisions or within the special scheme for services and facilities in connection with prospecting for, or extraction or production of, mineral oils. Relying on the binding Delhi High Court view, the exclusion in the royalty definition for amounts referable to section 44BB was applied, and the receipts were treated as covered by section 44BB rather than as royalty.
Conclusion: The issue is decided in favour of the assessee. The rig-hire income is assessable under section 44BB and cannot be brought to tax as royalty under section 9(1)(vi) or section 44DA.
Final Conclusion: The addition made on the premise of royalty taxation was deleted and the assessee's appeal succeeded.
Ratio Decidendi: Consideration for hiring drilling rigs for use in prospecting, extraction or production of mineral oil falls within section 44BB and is excluded from royalty treatment under section 9(1)(vi).
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