high court judgments

  • Apr
  • 15

Centralisation of cases after giving Proper Opportunity to Assessee is valid

In the present case, we notice that that petitioners belonged to the same family or group. They were subjected to common search operation. Their assessments were therefore, under proposal for transfer. A show cause notice was issued to all of them in which the Commissioner called upon them to explain why the cases should not [...]

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  • Apr
  • 15

Excise duty on finished goods to be included in closing stock valuation

The assessee has not come out with the case that in the opening stock, the excise duty was not included. The explanation furnished by the assessee is that since in the subsequent assessment year, the turnover was less than one crore of rupees and as such, the goods were not liable to excise duty, therefore, [...]

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  • Apr
  • 15

TDS – Special Bench verdict on S. 40(a)(ia) in Merilyn Shipping is not good law

We already have delivered a judgment on 3rd April, 2013 in ITAT No. 20 of 2013, G.A. No. 190 of 2013 (CIT, Kolkata-XI Vs. Crescent Export Syndicates) holding that the views expressed in the case of Merilyn Shipping & Transports (ITA.477/Viz./2008 dated 20.3.2012) were not acceptable.

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  • Apr
  • 14

Rent disallowed as receiver was neither owner & nor having possession of property rented

It is true that as per the agreement dated 13.9.1991, the assessee company was obliged to make payment for godown space which the assessee committed to hire from M/s. Coastal Roadways Ltd irrespective of whether such godowns utilised by the assessee or not. However, it is a matter of considerable importance that M/s. Coastal Roadways [...]

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  • Apr
  • 13

Writ petition not maintainable if effective alternate remedy available

Law is well settled that in case of an order passed by an authority, who has no jurisdiction to pass such order, this Court can intervene and set right the things exercising the power conferred under Article 226. But, the case of the petitioner is that the respondent has wrongly calculated service tax based on [...]

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  • Apr
  • 13

Company to pay employee bonus who proved that he was employee of the company

The company’s defence is dishonest and its attempt at the final hearing to create a confusion does not only not impress, but it may be good grounds for the company to be wound up on the just and equitable count. Whatever may have been the circumstances in which the letterhead of the American principal was [...]

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  • Apr
  • 13

Winding up petition not admissible if petitioner fails to establish authenticity of its complaint

Regard being had to the statement of objections the answer to the question as to whether the bearings supplied by the petitioner to the respondent were, in fact, defective or not being a pure question of fact requires an adjudication after a trial. Hence the defence is not a moonshine defence. Since a triable issue [...]

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  • Apr
  • 13

Donation for scientific research is deductible even if payment on behalf of Assessee is been made by others

It is seen that the assessee requested the other two companies to make the expenditure on their behalf by way of scientific research as it was not having sufficient funds at that time. This fact is not disputed by the Revenue or disproved by them. Therefore, the payment was made by the other two companies [...]

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  • Apr
  • 13

Tribunal can rectify its order passed without giving sufficient opportunity of hearing

Tribunal proceeded to decide certain issues on merits without giving full opportunity to the aggrieved party to make submissions thereon, the order did certainly suffer from an error apparent on the record. Tribunal, therefore, committed no error in exercising power of rectification. We may, however, clarify that by recalling the said order, the Tribunal cannot [...]

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  • Apr
  • 13

Review Petition admitted as assessments u/s. 158BC & 158BD were completed by same officer

If the claim of the Revenue that both the assessments were completed by the same officer one under s. 158BC and the other under s. 158BD is correct, then certainly the review has to be allowed as Manish Maheshwari’s case (supra) has no application. We, therefore, allow the review petition by recalling the judgment and [...]

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