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TMI Blog2009 (12) TMI 35X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... UDGEMENT 1. Mr. Ajay Vohra, learned counsel, appears for the respondent-assessee. 2. Delay condoned in S.L.P.(C) No...CC 10437/2009. 3. Leave granted. 4. In income tax matters, it is well settled that if the question is not properly framed, then, at times, confusion arises resulting in wrong answers. The present batch of Civil Appeals is an illustration of the proposition mentioned herein-abov ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... had two components, viz., TDS + Tax paid after Original Assessment. The respondent was entitled to the refund of Rs.2,16,73,848/- (consisting of Rs.1,71,00,320/- and Rs.45,73,528/- which payment was made after 57 months and which is the only item in dispute). 7. The assessee claimed statutory interest for delayed refund of Rs.45,73,528/- for 57 months between 1.4.1993 and 31.12.1997 in terms of S ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... t. The interest component will partake of the character of the "amount due" under Section 244A. It becomes an integral part of Rs.45,73,528/- which is not paid for 57 months after the said amount became due and payable. As can be seen from the facts narrated above, this is the case of short payment by the Department and it is in this way that the assessee claims interest under Section 244A of the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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