In Brief
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision that dividend income received by the assessee from a foreign country was exempt from taxation under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) between India and the foreign country. The Court followed its earlier precedent in a similar matter and dismissed the tax department's appeal, confirming that DTAA provisions provide exemption from taxation on such cross-border dividend income.
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