Leave fare concession payments for travel involving a foreign...

Leave fare concession payments for travel involving a foreign leg, made while an interim High Court order restrained tax deduction at source, did not attract assessee-in-default consequences under section 201(1). The Tribunal's approach followed a coordinate bench view that an employer-bank could not be treated as in default for failing to deduct tax during the restraint's operation. The employer-bank's appeal was allowed.