The High Court allowed anticipatory bail to a petitioner in a scrap-related case, directing surrender within three weeks and compliance with BNSS conditions.
The High Court held that a second show cause notice issued under the CENVAT Rules was without jurisdiction and barred by limitation, as the dispute had already been settled under the MODVAT regime.
The Delhi High Court held that issuance of a Show Cause Notice before expiry of reply time violated natural justice and set it aside while upholding the audit report’s validity.
CESTAT Ahmedabad remanded a case to reconsider exemption on imported bioequivalence drugs for clinical trials after finding factual errors regarding Form 44 filing.
Reaffirming its earlier decision, the Orissa High Court ruled that iron ore Fe content should be assessed on WMT basis and found no substantial question of law in the Customs Department’s appeal.
Punjab & Haryana High Court held that interest on income tax demand arises only after expiry of 30 days from a valid notice under Section 156, not from an earlier notice that ceased to exist.
The Tribunal condoned an 86-day delay in filing the appeal, accepting the assessee’s unavoidable family issues as a reasonable cause. This confirms that genuine reasons can justify late appeals under tax law.
The Tribunal held that common area maintenance (CAM) charges are separate from rent and constitute contractual payments, making them liable for TDS under Section 194C. The AO is directed to recompute CAM charges accordingly.
Tribunal held that incremental cash deposits in bank accounts cannot be treated as unexplained under Section 68 without concrete evidence. Addition of Rs. 40.32 lakh was deleted.
The Tribunal held that the notice u/s 148 issued without prior approval of the specified authority under Section 151(ii) is invalid. The reassessment order for AY 2017-18 was quashed.
