New Delhi, Oct. 26 -- The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear global consulting firm EY's plea challenging a Delhi high court ruling that treated payments made by its Indian entities to its US arm for employees deputed to India as fees for technical services rather than salary reimbursements.

A bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran issued notice to the income tax department, seeking its response to EY's challenge to the high court's 18 June 2026 judgment. The matter will next be heard on 1 December.

The dispute centres on employee secondment arrangements, under which employees are temporarily transferred from an overseas company to work for its Indian group entity. The key question is whether payments made by ...