Receipts transferred to its constituents by Joint Venture cannot be taxed in hands of JV

Issue before Court: Whether a proportion of the project receipts, commensurate with the risks/performance obligations, should be attributed to the assessee JV to whom tender had been awarded for the project and undertook significant risks and responsibilities for the completion of the project and whether it is allowable for the assessee to divert the entire receipts to its JV partners by designing a sub-contract to that effect. Brief facts: The assessee joint venture (JV) between M/s Oriental Structural Engineers P. Ltd, New Delhi and M/s KMC Construction Ltd. Hyderabad, which was formed to u...