https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=203269 The Tribunal dismissed all four appeals filed by the revenue, upholding the exemption of reward amounts received by an informer from Customs under section 10(17A) of the Income-tax Act. The decision emphasized the importance of maintaining informer secrecy and treating rewards as payments for information in the national interest. The judgment highlighted the parallel treatment of rewards for informers and income-tax personnel under relevant sections of the Act, leading to the dismissal of the revenue's appeals. en-us Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:33:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=203269 The Tribunal dismissed all four appeals filed by the revenue, upholding the exemption of reward amounts received by an informer from Customs under section 10(17A) of the Income-tax Act. The decision emphasized the importance of maintaining informer secrecy and treating rewards as payments for information in the national interest. The judgment highlighted the parallel treatment of rewards for informers and income-tax personnel under relevant sections of the Act, leading to the dismissal of the revenue's appeals. Case-Laws Income Tax Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=203269