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Money & Corp · Supreme Court of India

Sep 1, 2026 · CIVIL APPEAL NO. 1052 OF 2013

An airline representative and a government official discuss tax penalties in an airport office.AI illustration

Airline hit with huge fines over tax delays

The airline disputes penalties for delayed tax payments to the government.

TL;DR

  1. 1An airline delayed payments of collected from passengers.
  2. 2The government hit them with interest and penalties for these late payments.
  3. 3The airline claims these were not deliberate and challenges the penalties as excessive.

Did the court correctly sustain penalties for delayed tax payments by the airline?

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