ITAT Mumbai held In the case of M/s. Golden Tobacco Limited (Formerly GTC Industries Limited) vs. The JCIT that the law does not give powers to the AO to reopen an assessment carried out u/s 143(3) after the expiry of four years unless the AO is able to demonstrate that there was failure on the part of the assessee in disclosure of material facts.
ITAT Chennai held In the case of The ACIT vs. Shri. B. Dhanasekaran that the enterprises carrying on development of the infrastructure facilities should be owned by a company or consortium of companies.
ITAT Ahmedabad held In the case of West Bengal Infrastructure Development Finance Corporation vs. ACIT that in the case of CIT vs Vasisth Chayt Vyapar Ltd. 330 ITR 440 (Delhi) , it was held that the real income theory was still relevant and recognition of income in terms of Prudential Norms of RBI did not deviate from the mercantile system of account u/s 145 of the Income Tax Act.
ITAT Mumbai held In the case of Mahindra & Mahindra Employees Stock Option Trust vs. ADCIT that the attributes available in the transaction of the assesee trust are unlike that of a trader and are more like that of an investor.
ITAT Bangalore held In the case of M.R Pattabhiram (HUF) vs. The Asst. Commissioner of Wealth tax that mere conversion of land from agriculture to non-agriculture could not be taken as the sole criteria to hold it as a capital asset under section 2(14) of the Income tax act.
ITAT Mumbai held In the case of The ACIT vs. Institute of Chemical Technology University of Mumbai that the consultancy work done by the assessee – University through its professors, in which part income is held by university and the rest lying with respective professors, is not in any way relatable to the aims and object for which the assessee was established.
The ITAT Bangalore in the case of Nanda Gokula vs. CIT held that denial of registration u/s 12AA by the CIT by considering only the ancillary objects is unfair, because it is the main objects of the trust which are required to be tested for their charitable nature.
The ITAT Bangalore in the case of Karnataka Food and Civil Supplies Ltd. held that the excess expenditure incurred in earlier previous years can be set off against the income of trust for the current year as an application of income because Section 11(1)(a) does not contain any words of limitation
NOTIFICATION No. 55/2015-Customs Seeks to further amend notification No. 52/2003-Customs dated 31-03-2003 so as to enable EOUs to become eligible for duty exemption on raw materials/parts consumed in manufacture of certain specified ships/vessels and cleared to DTA, even if such ships/vessels are exempt from basic customs duty and central excise/CV duty
NOTIFICATION No. 54/2015-Customs Seeks to further amend notification No. 12/2012-Customs dated 17.3.2012 so as to provide exemption from custom duties on all raw material and parts for use in manufacture of certain specified ships/vessels subject to actual user condition and also removing the requirement of manufacturing of ships/vessels in a custom bonded warehouse under the provisions of Section 65 of the Customs Act, 1962 for availing duty benefits
