Ratio decidendi of a judgment prevails upo the contrary obiter dicta of another judgment

In the case of ACIT, Circle 4(2), Mumbai v. Rishti Stock and Shares Pvt. Ltd. in ITA No. 112/Mum/2012, Hon’ble ITAT, Mumbai in its order dated 02-08-2013 has examined the decision of the Hon’ble Allahabad High Court (supra) as regards to section 40(a)(ia) of the Act and concluded that the same was an ‘orbiter dicta’ while the decisions of the Hon’ble Gujarat and Calcutta High Court (supra) were ‘ratio decidendi’. The ITAT accordingly applied the view taken by the Hon’ble Gujarat and Calcutta High Court as ratio decidendi prevails over an orbiter ...