Telangana High Court held that income earned from production of hybrid seeds under supervision of company is in the nature of agricultural activity and income earned from such activity is exempt under section 10(1) of the Income Tax Act. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.
Gujarat High Court held that claim of exemption of Long Term Capital Gain under section 10(38) of the Income Tax Act cannot be held to be bogus on the basis of presumption in absence of any corroborative evidence. Accordingly, appeal of revenue dismissed.
ITAT Delhi held that since nature of expense i.e. purchase and source of expense not doubted and only genuineness of expense is doubted, the disallowance has to be made under section 37 of the Income Tax Act and not under section 69C. Accordingly, order of PCIT set aside.
Chhattisgarh High Court held that addition under section 68 of the Income Tax Act justifiable since the money trail establishes circulation of assessee’s own unaccounted funds through shell company. Accordingly, appeal of revenue allowed and order of ITAT set aside.
NCLAT Delhi held that application under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code [IBC] filed by the security Trustee is duly admissible since application was filed after obtaining valid authorisation from the lender. Accordingly, appeal dismissed.
CESTAT Chennai held that burden of showing that the goods are marketable is on department. Since department has not discharged its burden of showing that the goods i.e. sugar invert syrup is marketable no excise duty can be levied. Accordingly, appeal allowed.
Delhi High Court held that seized amount is prima facie proceeds of crime and not lawful income hence to treat such amounts as taxable income recoverable by the Income Tax Department, prior to the conclusion of the PMLA trial or adjudication, would be erroneous. Accordingly, petition dismissed.
ITAT Ahmedabad held that law doesn’t require brought forward additional depreciation from preceding year to be set off against opening WDV of the assets. Thus, revision u/s. 263 of the Income Tax Act not sustained as order of AO not erroneous.
Kerala High Court held that correction of Basic Tax Register from nilam to purayidam based on re-survey conducted prior to enactment of Act 28 of 2008 are valid. Accordingly, writ appeals of department are dismissed.
Patna High Court allowed bail application in illegal mining matter as twin conditions under section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [PMLA Act] satisfied and also petitioner already undergone nearly 12 months of incarceration. Accordingly, bail application allowed.