If the Indian entity is paid at arm's length, does PE exposure still matter? (Morgan Stanley)

Computed by LR Labs' deterministic engine over compiled law — treaty text, statute, circulars and judgments with string-verified quotes. Not generated; not legal advice. Position as at 2026-08-02.

On the facts as they now stand, the agreed conditions are each made out — the Indian team habitually secures orders and itself accepts them, buyers are told its acceptance binds the parent, and the parent's own conduct has fostered that belief. The dependent-agent limb is engaged on its own terms; the realistic defence lies in attribution, not existence (Morgan Stanley).

On these stated facts

fact	as stated
agentType	dependent
concludesContracts	secures
agentExclusivity	yes
acceptsOrders	yes
holdsOutBinding	yes
principalFostersBelief	yes
armsLengthRemuneration	yes

Computed conclusions

limb	conclusion	risk	authority
Agency PE (Dependent Agent)	DAPE_TRIGGERED	high	Article 5(4)(c), read with the Exchange of Notes (12 Sep 1989)

Authorities

ADIT v. E-Funds IT Solution Inc, (2018) 13 SCC 294 (SC, 24.10.2017)	with no case that the Indian entity was authorised to or exercised authority to conclude contracts, and no factual foundation for any Article 5(4) clause, the agency limb fails at the threshold
DIT v. Morgan Stanley & Co Inc, (2007) 292 ITR 416 (SC)	a captive performing support functions without authority to conclude contracts is not a dependent-agent PE
Progress Rail Locomotive Inc v. Dy CIT (IT), (2024) 466 ITR 76 (Delhi HC, 28.05.2024)	limb (c) requires the Indian entity to be engaged or created solely — or concerned primarily — with securing orders for the enterprise, and habitually so; a finding to that effect is a precondition

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