whether the Government of Orissa in its Department of Excise can insist on furnishing Bank Guarantee, instead of Solvency certificate, for grant or renewal of Excise Licenses in respect of liquor?...

Amit Beriwal Vs State of Odisha (Orissa High Court) This Court is well aware of the complications thrown in by the new GST regime and the problems posed in its It seems a countrywide cartel specializing in defrauding the GST system is operating to bring the economy to its knees. These complications created by the […]...

High Court of Orissa held that The offence of Money Laundering is nothing but an act of financial terrorism that poses a serious threat not only to the financial system of the country but also to the integrity and sovereignty of a nation....

Serajuddin and Co. Vs Union of India (Orissa High Court) A perusal of sub-section 4 of the Section 75 of  CGST Act 2017 makes it clear that whenever an assessee, chargeable with tax and penalty makes a request in writing for opportunity of hearing, such an opportunity should be granted to him. Here, admittedly though […]...

Observing that the provisions in the Customs Act were silent about demurrage, the High Court held that it is beyond the legislative powers to include demurrage charges in the rules for Customs valuation. Supreme Court judgements in Wipro ltd, Essar Steel Ltd. and Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. were relied on....

Safari Retreats Private Limited Vs Chief Commissioner of Central Goods & Service tax (Orissa High Court) The case of the petitioners is that the petitioners are mainly carrying on business activity of constructing shopping malls for the purpose of letting out of the same to numerous tenants and lessees. Huge quantities of materials an...

Pramod Behera Construction Vs Commissioner of State Tax (Orissa High Court) We find that although under the GST regime all applications required to be done online. in the event any dealer faces any problem in uploading such data, the Commissioner ought to place alternative authority with the Sales Tax Officer or appropriate officer before...

Where properties attached by Tax Recovery Officer (TRO) had already been subjected to recovery proceedings by a secured creditor under SARFAESI Act, 2002, the attachment order was quashed in view of section 35 of SARFAESI Act which makes it clear that the Act would override other laws and would have effect notwithstanding anything inconsi...

Ballasts or boulders or chips being mineral as per Entry 117 of the taxable list are exigible to tax at the rate of 4% of taxable list. Moreover, the appeal has been purportedly filed before the Tribunal with proper perspective and there is no defect in raising any such plea before it. ...

The fact in the instant case is that the assessee has submitted its return, which was assessed, but subsequently it was found that there is some suppression in submission of return so far as it relates to gross turn-over of the assessee and as such, reassessment order has been directed to be initiated under the provisions of Section 12(8)...