Refund payable to deductee cannot be set-off against TDS not deposited by deductor

Sanjay Sudan Vs ACIT (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court held that deductee/ assessee cannot be called upon to pay tax, which is already deducted from his income as TDS. TDS not deposited by deductor cannot be set-off against refund amount payable to deductee. Facts- The petitioner was an employee of Kingfisher. The employer had deducted TDS on salary of Rs. 13,98,901/-. The same was reflected in Form 16A. However, out of the said deducted TDS, employer didn’t deposited Rs. 11,62,580/-. Notably, refund payable to the petitioner was not paid to him and the same was set-off against the said de...