Commissioner Of Income Tax Delhi - I vs. Bharti Airtel Ltd. Through Managing Director

Civil Appeal No(s). 11128/2016 C.I.T.,DELHI Appellant(s) VERSUS BHARTI HEXACOM LTD. Respondent(s) ([ PART-HEARD BY : HON'BLE B.V. NAGARATHNA AND HON'BLE UJJAL BHUYAN, JJ. ][ GROUP MATTER ] IA No. 103440/2020 - APPLICATION FOR TAGGING/DETAGGING IA No. 110236/2020 - EARLY HEARING APPLICATION) WITH C.A. No. 4902/2022 (III) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R.) C.A. No. 162/2018 (XIV-A) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2015) C.A. No. 159/2021 (III) C.A. No. 4839/2017 (III) C.A. No. 153/2021 (XIV-A) ( FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 47279/2017 IA No. 47279/2017 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) C.A. No. 6897/2018 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.89542/2018-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) Diary No(s). 4178/2019 (IV-A) (FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 33118/2019 FOR AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE ON IA 29974/2021 IA No. 29974/2021 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE IA No. 33118/2019 - CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) SLP(C) No. 24740/2019 (XIV) ( FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 152380/2019 FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY ON IA 198176/2019 FOR AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE ON IA 198183/2019 IA No. 198183/2019 - AMENDMENT IN CAUSE TITLE IA No. 152380/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT IA No. 198176/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY) contd.. Digitally signed by Neetu Sachdeva Date: 2023.08.24 16:19:49 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

ITEM NO.101 COURT NO.12 SECTION XIV-A

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

(Part Heard)

SLP(C) No. 20863/2019 (XIV) ( FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY ON IA 198172/2019 IA No. 198172/2019 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY) C.A. No. 158/2021 (III) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.160823/2019-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) C.A. No. 302/2021 (XIV-A) (FOR EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT ON IA 105972/2020 IA No. 105972/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT) C.A. No. 303/2021 (XIV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.112465/2020-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) C.A. No. 11149/2016 (III) C.A. No. 11148/2016 (XIV-A) ( FOR [I/A FOR AMENDMENT OF CAUSE TITLE] ON IA 50659/2017 IA No. 50659/2017 - I/A FOR AMENDMENT OF CAUSE TITLE) C.A. No. 11130/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11131/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11134/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11132/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11136/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11133/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11135/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11137/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11140/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11141/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11139/2016 (XIV-A) ( FOR AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION ON IA 46956/2017 IA No. 46956/2017 - AMENDMENT OF THE PETITION) C.A. No. 11142/2016 (XIV-A)

C.A. No. 11143/2016 (XIV-A)

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- 3 - C.A. No. 11145/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11146/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 11147/2016 (XIV-A) C.A. No. 163/2018 (XIV-A) ( FOR CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING ON IA 1/2015) C.A. No. 11129/2016 (XIV-A) Diary No(s). 24728/2023 (IV-A) (FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.121784/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING) Date : 24-08-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today. CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE B.V. NAGARATHNA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN For Appellant(s) Mr. N Venkatraman, A.S.G. Mr. Arijit Prasad, Sr. Adv. Mr. V.C Bharati, Adv. Ms. Shruti ShivKumar, Adv. Mr. Rahul VijayaKumar, Adv. Ms. Amritha C. Mouli, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR Mr. Rupesh Kumar, Adv. Mrs. Gargi Khanna, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Singh, Adv. Mr. Vikrant Yadav, Adv. Mr. S A Haseeb, Adv. Mr. Manish Pushkarna, Adv. Mrs. Anil Katiyar, AOR For Respondent(s) Mr. Arvind P. Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ajay Vohra, Sr. Adv. Ms. Kavita Jha, AOR Mr. Vaibhav Kulkarni, Adv. Mr. Udit Naresh, Adv. Mr. Arvind Datar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv. Ms. Sayaree Basu Mallik, Adv. Mr. Abhinav Garg, Adv. Mr. Sachit Jolly, Adv. Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Adv. Ms. Disha Jham, Adv. Ms. Soumya Singh, Adv.

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Ms. B. Vijayalakshmi Menon, AOR Mr. Harpreet Singh Ajmani, AOR Mr. Aniket Deepak Agrawal, Adv. Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R We have heard learned Additional Solicitor General for the appellant(s)/petitioner(s) by way of reply arguments as well as further clarificatory arguments by learned senior counsel for the respondent(s).

Judgment reserved in all the matters as also for orders on pending application(s).

Learned counsel appearing for the respective parties to file their written submissions on or before 04.09.2023.

(NEETU SACHDEVA) (MALEKAR NAGARAJ) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS COURT MASTER (NSH)