NCLAT held that the Corporate Debtor’s email offering payment subject to acceptance of a consequence sheet amounted to acknowledgment of operational debt. The Tribunal found that the dispute raised regarding quality and delays was not a genuine pre-existing dispute under Section 9 of the IBC.
The Chennai CESTAT held that imported electric scooter components could not be classified as complete CKD vehicles under Rule 2(a) because battery packs were never imported with the consignments.
ITAT Delhi held that the amendment excluding goodwill from depreciation under Section 32(1)(ii) applies prospectively from 01.04.2021. The Tribunal allowed depreciation on goodwill for earlier assessment years following judicial precedents.
Jammu & Kashmir High Court ruled that recovery from a retired employee’s dues was unlawful in the absence of fraud, connivance, or misrepresentation. Court, however, permitted authorities to revise pension calculations excluding a pending DPC placement.
The Chhattisgarh High Court held that TCS under Section 206C(1C) cannot be collected on compounding fees recovered from illegal miners. The Court ruled that the provision applies only to lawful lease holders, licence holders, or contractual mining rights holders.
The Chhattisgarh High Court ruled that TCS under Section 206C(1C) applies only to lease holders, licence holders, or persons granted mining rights. Compounding fees collected from illegal miners were held outside its scope.
The Court ruled that claimants could initiate execution proceedings and continue receiving interest if the agreed compensation was not disbursed within the stipulated period under the mediation agreement.
The Chennai ITAT held that deductions approved by DSIR under Section 35(2AB) cannot be disallowed merely on the basis of survey statements or AO findings. The Tribunal ruled that the AO and DRP exceeded their jurisdiction by questioning deductions already certified in Form 3CL.
Karnataka High Court directed that compensation paid under a mediated land acquisition settlement must be released without deduction of TDS. The ruling relied on an earlier High Court decision concerning compulsory acquisition compensation.
Supreme Court considered whether sales of natural gas transported from Andhra Pradesh to Uttar Pradesh constituted inter-State sales or intra-State transactions liable to VAT. The dispute arose after Uttar Pradesh treated the sale as completed within the State because gas became ascertainable only at buyers’ factories.
