Permanent Establishment and Business Connection: foreign consultancy receipts not attributable where no fixed base or corporate veil piercing establis...
Limitation period commencement and procedural inquiry rules: identity-based limitation upheld; complaints by authorised public servants need not attra...
Ex-post-facto approval by the competent authority regularized prior failure to obtain prior RBI approval for the share transfer, nullifying contraventions under the FEMA transfer/issue regulations as against the two appellants - penalties imposed on those appellants are set aside. Separately, on the distinct issue of alleged contravention of Section 3(c) of FEMA, the appellant failed to establish lawful source of funds; the ex-post-facto approval did not relieve compliance with other FEMA conditions, therefore the penalty for the Section 3(c) breach is sustained against that appellant. The pre-deposit previously directed shall be adjusted against the upheld penalty. - AT
Ex-post-facto approval by the competent authority regularized prior failure to obtain prior RBI approval for the share transfer, nullifying contraventions under the FEMA transfer/issue regulations as against the two appellants - penalties imposed on those appellants are set aside. Separately, on the distinct issue of alleged contravention of Section 3(c) of FEMA, the appellant failed to establish lawful source of funds; the ex-post-facto approval did not relieve compliance with other FEMA conditions, therefore the penalty for the Section 3(c) breach is sustained against that appellant. The pre-deposit previously directed shall be adjusted against the upheld penalty. - AT
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