Tax withholding liability - liability to deduct tax at source...

Tax withholding liability - liability to deduct tax at source u/s 196C r.w.s. 115AC on the interest payable on FCCBs - since income in question is squarely falling under the exclusion clause of income deemed to accrue or arise in India u/s 9(l)(v)(b) of the Act, it cannot fall within the ambit of income accrued and arisen in India, and hence, the same cannot be said to be covered u/s 5(2) - AT