Delhi High Court asks taxman to process Flipkart India’s ₹6.63 crore claim in three weeks

Criticising an officer of value-added tax (VAT) department for acting contrary to the clear mandate of refund within two months, the Delhi High Court on Monday asked the tax authorities to process Flipkart India’s claim of around ₹6.63 crore with interest within three weeks.

A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Dharmesh Sharma said “…we note that the respondents (VAT tax officer) clearly appear to have acted arbitrarily in making numerous adjustments post May 31, 2015 and, thus illegally depriving the petitioner (Flipkart) of the refund as claimed.”