Supreme Court Rules Software License Sales Not 'Royalty' u/s 9(1)(vi) and Article 12 of DTAA.

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....Reopening of assessment u/s 147 - There is no gainsaying that the Courts declare the law and do not legislate. With the advent of Engineering Analysis (SC) (supra), the law since inception has to be presumed as not treating the sale of software licenses as ‘Royalty’ in terms of section 9(1)(vi) read with Article 12 of the DTAA insofar as the year under consideration is concerned. Thus, the re-assessment pursuant to such reasons is hereby set-aside. - AT....