Tax deduction at source from compensation payable on compulsory land acquisition is treated as impermissible where it reduces compensation due to land losers. The legal point follows an earlier ruling barring income-tax/TDS withholding from such compensation. Any amount withheld as income tax/TDS is to be released to the affected land losers within three months.
Tax deduction at source from compensation payable on compulsory land acquisition is treated as impermissible where it reduces compensation due to land losers. The legal point follows an earlier ruling barring income-tax/TDS withholding from such compensation. Any amount withheld as income tax/TDS is to be released to the affected land losers within three months.
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