India, Sept. 12 -- The Karnataka High Court (HC) has reportedly directed the state's commercial taxes department to refund INR 16.11 Cr to Flipkart India. The ecommerce giant had paid the amount as part of a INR 23 Cr pre-deposit while challenging certain tax assessment orders.

As per Economic Times, a bench comprising Justice SR Krishna Kumar, in its July ruling, also directed the department to pay Flipkart interest on the full deposit amount from the date of payment until the refund is made.

Notably, the dispute pertains to Karnataka tax authorities classifying mobile phone chargers as an unscheduled commodity. Subsequently, local officials raised a demand of INR 23.01 Cr for the tax period between 2011-12 and 2014-15 via four separat...