{"id":7000,"date":"2025-08-21T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/foreign-wages-indian-bank-accounts-taxable-or-not-sc-to-examine\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:27:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:57:51","slug":"foreign-wages-indian-bank-accounts-taxable-or-not-sc-to-examine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawfultalks3.selfst.art\/?p=7000","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Wages, Indian Bank Accounts \u2014 Taxable or Not? SC to Examine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The Supreme Court recently agreed to examine whether income credited in an Indian bank account, while working with a foreign entity, is exempt from payment of income tax under the Income Tax Act, 1961.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The matter came up before a bench of Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Prasanna B. Varale in an appeal against the Punjab &amp; Haryana High Court&rsquo;s judgment upholding a 30% deduction towards tax liability while computing compensation in a motor accident claim.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Facts:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">The deceased in the case was employed with British Marine PLC, London, as a Merchant Navy Officer, earning USD 3,200 monthly. The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) deducted 30% of his income towards tax before awarding final compensation of \u00e2\u201a\u00b936,04,000 to his wife, the appellant. The High Court, while enhancing compensation to \u00e2\u201a\u00b91.01 crores by adding 40% for future prospects, upheld the deduction.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Challenging this, the appellant argued that salary earned abroad by a Merchant Navy officer&mdash;even if credited into an Indian account&mdash;was not taxable in India, and that the deduction applied by the Tribunal and High Court was therefore unwarranted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Granting leave, the Supreme Court framed the central issue as:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"margin-right:30pt\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><em>&ldquo;One of the legal issues arising in this matter is whether a person employed in merchant navy as an officer and drawing salary in the accounts maintained in India is exempt from payment of income tax. In the event, he is exempted from payment of tax, the Tribunal ought not to have applied any deduction on account of income tax<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">Noting that the question carries wider implications for compensation calculations as well as for tax liability of Indian seafarers, the Court has expedited the hearing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <hr \/>\n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>Case&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt; text-align:center\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>Title:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"text-align:center\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/api.sci.gov.in\/supremecourt\/2019\/1721\/1721_2019_11_51_63333_Order_18-Aug-2025.pdf\" style=\"text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#1155cc\"><em>Vandana &amp; Ors. v. Keshav &amp; Ors.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>For Petitioner<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\">: Mr. Aditya Hooda, Adv. Dr. Surender Singh Hooda, AOR Mr. Gagan Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. P Srinivasan, Adv.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n \n \n <p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><strong>For Respondent:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"> Mr. Gagan Gupta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Rajeev Maheshwaranand Roy, AOR Mr. Nilesh Kumar, Adv. 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