High Court quashed the order passed by Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) imposing royalty taxation for ‘Adwords program’ as the material on the basis of which the order had been passed by Tribunal was not furnished to the appellant at any point time, the order passed by the Tribunal was certainly violative of principles of natural justice and fair play as the appellant was not afforded an opportunity to rebut fresh evidence especially when such evidence was based on Google study.
Income Tax Department Vs Sri D K Shivakumar (Karnataka High Court) The gist of the offence under section 276C(1) is the wilfull attempt to evade any tax, penalty or interest chargeable or imposable or under reports of the income. What is made punishable is “attempt to evade tax, penalty or interest” and not the “actual […]
Union of India Vs AT And S India Pvt. Ltd (Karnataka High Court) The facts of the case reveal that respondent No.1 before this Court has challenged the order dated 31.01.2020 issued by the Principal Commissioner of Central GST and Central Excise whereby the request of the petitioner for availing TRAN-1 credit has been rejected […]
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (P) Ltd. Vs ITO (Karnataka High Court) The Supreme Court in SHOORJI VALLABH DAS supra has held that income tax is a levy on income and the Act takes into account two points of time at which the liability to tax is attracted i.e., accrual of income or its receipt but substance […]
The Commissioner of Central GST Vs Adhikari Engineering (Karnataka High Court) At the outset, learned counsel appearing for the respondent has argued before this Court that the monetary limit involved is less than Rs.1 crore and in the light of the circular issued by the Central Board of Direct Taxes dated 22.08.2019, the appeal itself […]
Southern Ferro Ltd. Vs State of Karnataka (Karnataka High Court) In respect of electricity supplied to the consumers by a non-licensee through a licensee, the electricity tax payable is on the units of the electricity supplied. Obviously, the unit of electricity supplied is the indicator of the quantum of electricity consumed and since the electricity […]
Virendra Khanna Vs State of Karnataka (Karnataka High Court) In this case Karnataka High COurt answered following Questions- 1. Can a direction be issued to an accused to furnish the password, passcode or Biometrics in order to open the smartphone and/or email account? 2. Can a Court issue a suo moto order to the accused […]
DHL Express India Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (Karnataka High Court) In the present case, duty of customs payable on the transaction in question under the statute is Rs.4,743/-, which has been admitted by the respondent and on account of erroneous calculation, the duty has been paid in excess to the tune of […]
Wellworth Software Pvt. Ltd. Vs CBI/ ACB (Karnataka High Court) FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT These two petitions are preferred against the orders passed by the LXXXI Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru, rejecting the applications filed by the petitioners under Sections 451 and 457 of Cr.P.C. 2. The undisputed […]
Service of notice through registered post was proper service of notice and there was no requirement to serve notice under certificate of posting as there was no rebuttal evidence to show that the complainant has deliberately and intentionally sent the legal notice to the wrong address and the accused was not working at the place and address shown in the registered envelope.
