Follow Us:

All High Courts

Reason to believe that Income has escaped Assessment applies even in case of non-filing of return

April 23, 2019 2415 Views 0 comment Print

Mohanlal Champalal Jain Vs ITO (Bombay High Court) Assessing Officer has proceeded on wrong premise that even when called upon to state why the petitioner had not filed return of income, he had not responded to the said query. The petitioner did communicate to the Department that he had no taxable income and therefore, there […]

HC struck down CBDT’s action plan granting incentives to CIT(A)

April 23, 2019 1995 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court in the writ filed by the Chamber of Tax Consultants has held that CBDT’s action plan for granting incentives to CIT(A) on account of enchantment of assessment, levy of penalty, strengthening the order of AO, has been struck down retrospectively.

Govt can retain excess auction sale proceeds of confiscated goods: SC

April 23, 2019 3219 Views 0 comment Print

Under Sections 125 read with Section 126 of the Customs Act, 1962 where the redemption fine in lieu of confiscation is not paid within the time stipulated, the Central Government is entitled to retain the excess auction sale proceeds of the confiscated goods, after adjustment of the duty, penalty, interest and other statutory dues.

GST Tran-1 directory not mandatory, Centre-State seeks time to counter: Calcutta HC

April 23, 2019 2133 Views 0 comment Print

Petitioner Rudra Autoparts Distributor filed writ petition praying to allow filing of form GST Tran 1 to enable it to claim transitional credit of eligible duties in respect of inputs held in stock on the appointed day in terms of  Section 140(3) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with Rule 117 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.

Notice for reopening of assessment against a dead person is invalid

April 21, 2019 2454 Views 0 comment Print

Impugned notice of reopening of assessment was issued on a dead person. There are several judgments of different High Courts holding that the notice or reopening of assessment is invalid in law. Suffice it to say, as per the settled law, notice for reopening of assessment against a dead person is invalid.

Section 50C cannot be avoided merely for sufficiency of exemption u/s 54EC

April 21, 2019 3186 Views 0 comment Print

While giving full effect to the deeming fiction contained under section 50C of the Act for the purpose of computation of the capital gain under section 48, for which section 50C is specifically enacted, the automatic fallout thereof would be that the computation of the assessee’s capital gain and consequently the computation of exemption under section 54EC, shall have to be worked out on the basis of substituted deemed sale consideration of transfer of capital asset in terms of section 50C of the Act.

Pre-GST Cases should be decided at the earliest : Allahabad HC

April 19, 2019 1218 Views 0 comment Print

M/s LG Electronics (India) Pvt Ltd Vs. State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court) The Sale Tax regime came to an end on 13th May, 1994. Thereafter, Trade Tax regime came into force by U.P. Act No. 31 of 1995 with effect from 14.5.1994 but, the scheme of the erstwhile that continued without any change in […]

TDS U/s. 194J deductible on Fees shared between hospital & doctors

April 18, 2019 14442 Views 1 comment Print

CIT Vs Asian Heart Institute and Research Centre Pvt. Ltd. (Bombay High Court) In the present case, it has been recorded that the doctors were entitled to admit, investigate and provide treatment to the patients and that the doctors would be responsible for their clinical care. The doctors were responsible for supervising the sub-ordinate staff […]

Reassessment when Assessee made AO left with little time to complete assessment

April 18, 2019 3039 Views 0 comment Print

Cenveo Publisher Services India Ltd Vs. UOI (Bombay High Court) In this case the petitioner raised objections promptly after withdrawing the petition from this Court, would not in any manner dilute the fact that it was on the ground of the petitioner’s conduct that the Assessing Officer was left with little time to dispose of […]

HC allows Interest on Gross amount without Allowing ITC

April 18, 2019 36099 Views 0 comment Print

M/s. Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd. Vs  Commissioner of Central Tax (Telangana High Court) No input tax credit if GST returns not filed, and Interest mandatorily payable on gross tax liability on delayed payment of GST- In the case of M/s. Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd. (Writ Petition Number 44517 of 2018), the High Court […]

Search Post by Date
July 2026
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031