Allahabad High Court held that imposition of penalty under section 10(d) of the Central Sales Tax Act [CST Act] in absence of mens rea is untenable in law. Accordingly, order of penalty is liable to be quashed.
Madras High Court held that passing of attachment order and debit for amount of arrears inspite of pending appeal is not justified. Accordingly, departmental officer directed to refund the amount.
Bombay High Court held that disqualification of village panchayat member under section 41(1)(h) of the Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act merely because of non-payment of Grampanchayat taxes not justified.
Bombay HC upholds SVLDR Scheme eligibility for duty quantified before June 30, 2019, despite post-deadline notice issuance in Bramhanand Kanojia case.
Gujarat High Court held that service provided by the subsidiary company to its parent company in independent capacity doesn’t fall within the category of ‘intermediary service’ under section 2(13) of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [IGST Act].
Assessee was justified in objecting to jurisdiction of AO and transfer of his case, which obviously could not have been adjudicated upon without affording an opportunity of hearing and disclosing to him the reasons for not accepting his point of view.
Where assessee had produced ledger accounts, AO did not have any material to substantiate that deposits aggregating ₹66,44,134/- were made in assessee’s bank account to contradict the same.
Delhi High Court held that ITAT cannot address the ground which remained unaddressed by CIT(A). Accordingly, matter restored back to CIT(A) to decide on the grounds that were not decided.
Punjab and Haryana High Court held that ITAT rightly deleted addition towards contribution to unrecognized provident fund as assessee has duly discharged its onus. Accordingly, petition disposed of.
Madras High Court held that provision for leave salary is not allowable as deduction under section 43B(f) of the Income Tax Act since deduction of actual payment is allowable and not of provision. Accordingly, question of law answered in favour of revenue.
