The Tribunal ruled that both conditions for Section 263 revision must exist simultaneously. Since no exempt income was earned, the assessment order was neither erroneous nor prejudicial.
The Tribunal held that renting a building for operating a hotel falls within the statutory exclusion under Section 65(105)(zzzz) of the Finance Act, 1994. Therefore, the service tax demand on the leased hotel property was set aside.
Hriday Vs ITO (Exemption) (Delhi High Court) The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Delhi Bench, decided a batch of five appeals filed by a charitable society registered under Section 12A of the Income-tax Act, 1961 for Assessment Years (AYs) 2010–11 to 2014–15. The appeals challenged a common order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) […]
The court held that civil courts retain jurisdiction in partition disputes involving property under SARFAESI proceedings because the Debts Recovery Tribunal cannot grant partition relief.
The Tribunal ruled that a sale made after creation of an equitable mortgage cannot defeat the bank’s security interest, leading to dismissal of the borrower’s challenge.
The Kerala High Court held that employees originally from the DoT and later absorbed into the PSU must be treated as retiring from Central Government service. As a result, tax deduction on leave encashment based on an executive instruction was set aside.
The High Court ruled that sales tax exemption retained by an industrial unit was capital in nature because it was granted to encourage investment in backward areas. As a result, the subsidy could not be treated as taxable revenue.
The court issued notice on a challenge to Section 15(3)(b) of the CGST Act and granted interim protection subject to deposit of 10% of disputed tax.
The Tribunal held that once the Order-in-Original is set aside, the penalty imposed under that order cannot survive independently and must depend on the outcome of fresh adjudication.
The High Court set aside the rejection of a GST refund claim after noting that the Joint Procedure Order required reassessment of tax liability under pre-GST and post-GST regimes.
