AS ALCATEL LUCENT INDIA LTD RAMTECH CONSULTING BID SERVICES DIVISION MAURITIUS LTD v. ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CENTRAL CIRCLE 30 DELHI & Ors.
Case at a glance
- Decided
- 28 Apr 2026
- Bench
- DINESH MEHTA
Outcome
Disposed of
The writ petitions stand disposed of alongwith all pending applications
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 99. In case, any petitioner is not in a position to file a fresh writ petition on account of unavoidable circumstances, it shall be free to move appropriate application seeking extension of the interim order(s) or appropriate order. 10. The writ petitions stand disposed of…
Judgment
Cause title
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versus
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CENTRAL CIRCLE 30 DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents
Counsel for the petitioner: Mr. Himanshu S. Sinha, Mr. Prashant Meharchandani, Ms. Kanika Jain & Mr. Jainender Singh Kataria, Advs.
Mr. Ajay Vohra, Sr. Adv. with
Mr. Aditya Vohra & Mr. Tanmay Dhakras, Advs. Counsel for the respondent: Mr. Abhishek Maratha, SSC with Mr. Apoorv Agarwal, JSC & Mr. Viplav Acharya, JSC. Mr. Shlok Chandra, SSC with Ms. Nancy Jain, JSC, Ms. Madhavi Shukla, JSC & Mr. Udit Dad, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Singha, SSC with Ms. Easha Gurung, JSC
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD KUMAR
O R D E R
% 28.04.2026
Learned counsel inform that the basic issue of limitation under This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/04/2026 at 13:25:25 W.P.(C) 2617/2026 & Other connected matters Page 4 of 5 Section 144C read with Section 153 is pending before Hon’ble the Supreme Court and further that because of a divergence of opinion, the matter has been referred to a Larger Bench.
They further inform that in the meanwhile the Income Tax Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act of 1961’) has been retrospectively amended by way of Finance Act, 2026 and it has been provided that the limitation under Section 144C of the Act of 1961 will apply even after the limitation provided Section 153 is over.
Learned counsel submitted that by virtue of this retrospective amendment the rights of the accrued rights of assessee have been adversely affected.
Under the changed circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioners pray for withdrawal of the writ petitions with a liberty to file fresh writ petitions incorporating the challenge to the retrospective amendment brought by Section 8 of the Finance Act, 2026, from other grounds which have already been raised.
Learned counsel for the petitioners, at this juncture, submitted that the filing of fresh petitions may take some time and therefore, the interim order which this Court has passed in each of the case be ordered to continue for a period of four weeks.
The request made by learned counsel for the petitioner appears to be reasonable, particularly when the petitioners are having interim order(s) in their favour; there is a divergence of opinion in two Hon’ble Judges of the Supreme Court and matter has been referred to a Larger Bench.
We, therefore, dispose of all the captioned writ petitions as withdrawn, while giving the petitioner(s) a liberty to file fresh writ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 30/04/2026 at 13:25:25 W.P.(C) 2617/2026 & Other connected matters Page 5 of 5 petition(s) on or before 24.05.2026.
The interim order(s) as has been granted in each of the petitioner’s case shall continue up to 31.05.2026.
Operative part
In case, any petitioner is not in a position to file a fresh writ petition on account of unavoidable circumstances, it shall be free to move appropriate application seeking extension of the interim order(s) or appropriate order. 10. The writ petitions stand disposed of along with all pending applications. DINESH MEHTA, J VINOD KUMAR, J APRIL 28, 2026/sr
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: The writ petitions stand disposed of alongwith all pending applications
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Income Tax Act, 1961; Finance Act, 2026 — s. 8.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Delhi High Court, on 28 Apr 2026. The bench was DINESH MEHTA.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.