Exclusive: The Authority for Advance Rulings (income tax) has pronounced an order in favour of former Tata-Quippo shareholder DBZ Mauritius, which is contrary to the Bombay High Court’s view in the Vodafone-Essar tax case.

The Supreme Court has demanded a one per cent commission on the Government’s withdrawal of the Rs 2,500 crore deposited earlier in the court by Vodafone as a prerequisite to hearing the appeals against the Bombay High Court’s verdict, reported the Times of India.

Vodafone has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging an apparent decision by the tax office to treat the company as the agent of the seller in the 2007 Hutchison acquisition, despite the Supreme Court still having to reach a decision on Vodafone’s appeal against the earlier ruling.