https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=98352 ESOP expenditure was held allowable as a deduction under section 37(1) because the jurisdictional Karnataka High Court had already decided the issue in favour of the assessee and upheld deletion of the disallowance in the assessee's own case. Mere pendency of a similar issue before the Supreme Court in another matter did not dilute the binding effect of that High Court ruling. Applying the jurisdictional precedent, the Tribunal rejected the Revenue's challenge and sustained the deletion of the ESOP disallowance. en-us Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:50:44 +0530 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:50:46 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=98352 ESOP expenditure was held allowable as a deduction under section 37(1) because the jurisdictional Karnataka High Court had already decided the issue in favour of the assessee and upheld deletion of the disallowance in the assessee's own case. Mere pendency of a similar issue before the Supreme Court in another matter did not dilute the binding effect of that High Court ruling. Applying the jurisdictional precedent, the Tribunal rejected the Revenue's challenge and sustained the deletion of the ESOP disallowance. Highlights Income Tax Thu, 02 Apr 2026 08:50:44 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=98352