The company said it has "been notified by the Indian income tax department that it has sold part of Cairn's shareholding" in Vedanta
Scotland-based Cairn Energy Indian assets till 2006 held
New I-T notice also raises an interest demand of around Rs 1,400 crore
Govt in its submission has stated tribunal doesn't have jurisdiction over its tax recovery powers
Ravva field located in the shallow offshore area of Krishna Godavari Basin
India has stuck to its position that non-compliance with tax laws is not covered under international treaties, in its recent response to UK-based energy giant Cairn's arguments in an international arbitration.Besides, the government has argued, the tax department in its demand on Cairn had enforced the law as applicable on that date. The controversial retrospective amendments to the Income Tax (I-T) Act, it says, were only clarificatory in nature. Cairn Plc had initiated arbitration in 2015 at The Hague in Netherlands against India under our bilateral investment promotion and protection treaty with the UK government. This was on the Rs 28,000-odd crore tax demand (including interest) raised by Delhi over non-payment of capital gains tax on a transfer of assets within the group."We have taken a stand that an international tribunal is not the jurisdiction for tax matters, since non-compliance is not covered under international treaties," said a government official.India has also raised .
To consider imposing a penalty in the range of 100-300%
An international arbitration proceeding between Cairn and the government might continue
Cairn holds a 70% stake in the Rajasthan block, while ONGC owns the remaining 30%
In Feb this year, IT dept issued a final assessment order seeking over Rs 29,000 crore in tax from Cairn Energy including Rs 18,800 crore in interest