Weighted deduction u/s 35(2AB) on expenditure outside the R & D unit

DCIT  Vs  Aurobindo Pharma Limited (ITAT Hyderabad) We have considered the rival contentions and perused the case law placed on record. In the decision of Concept Pharmaceuticals Ltd (supra) the Coordinate Bench did not allow the expenditure spent outside the R & D unit but the Bench has not considered the explanation introduced with reference to ‘Clinical Trials’. By very nature, the Clinical Trials cannot alone be done within research facility as they require cooperation from the Medical Doctors, Hospitals, Volunteers and patients, therefore such expenditure has to be necessaril...