The Supreme Court has issued notice to the British Airways on a petition filed by the income tax department alleging that the airline has failed to deduct TDS on various allowances paid to its employees.

A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia sought reply from the airline on the department's petition challenging the Delhi High Court judgement which dismissed the I-T Department's pleas on the ground that the proceedings were initiated against the assessee (British Airways) beyond a reasonable time period of four years.