Union of India Vs Unicorn Industries (Supreme Court) 3 Judge Bench of Supreme Court has held that the inapplicability of doctrine of promissory estoppel is established when the larger public interest demands so. Observing that pan masala (with or without tobacco) was found to be one of the causes of oral cancer, the Court was […]
On perusal of the impugned order, we find it is unintelligible and we could not decipher what has been decided by the High Court. We, accordingly, set aside the order and remit the matter to the High Court. We request the High Court to pass an order which we can understand.
The entire disallowance in this case is based on third party information gathered by the Investigation Wing of the Department, which have not been independently subjected to further verification by the AO who has not provided the copy of such statements to the appellant, thus denying opportunity of cross examination to the appellant, who has prima facie discharged the initial burden of substantiating the purchases through various documentation including purchase bills, transportation bills, confirmed copy of accounts and the fact of payment through cheques, & VAT Registration of the sellers & their Income Tax Return.
Mere mentioning of the new address in the return of income without specifically intimating the Assessing Officer with respect to change of address and without getting the PAN database changed, is not enough and sufficient.
M/s Goodyear India Ltd. Vs CIT (Supreme Court) The High Court essentially placed reliance on two letters written by the assessee and assumed that it was in the form of admission of non-disclosure and an offer was given by the assessee to pay the tax and penalty, as the case may be. We have perused […]
Union of India and Ors. Vs Gautam Khaitan (Supreme Court) Scheme of the Black Money Act is to provide stringent measures for curbing the menace of black money. Various offences have been defined and stringent punishments have also been provided. However, the scheme of the Black Money Act also provided one time opportunity to make […]
S.P. Misra & Ors. Vs Mohd. Laiquddin Khan & Anr. (Supreme Court) It is true that as per the deed of partnership, the partners have agreed, in the event of death of either party, their respective legal representatives shall automatically become partners in the partnership firm and they shall continue to act as partners of […]
Hon’ble Supreme court, upheld the judgment or Ranchi club (Majorly Mutuality Concept). Explanation provided in the law doesn’t apply on incorporated bodies. Held that NEITHER SERVICE TAX NOR VAT can be levied on incorporated club/ Associations. I am sure going to impact taxability in GST era too.
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) proceedings would have an overriding effect over the Tea Act, 1953 and even without such consent of the Central Government, the insolvency proceedings under Section 7 or Section 9 of the IBC initiated by the operational creditor should be maintainable.
State of Arunachal Pradesh Vs Ramchandra Rabidas @ Ratan Rabidas & Anr. (Supreme Court) A prosecution, if otherwise maintainable, would lie both under the IPC and the MV Act, since both the statutes operate with full vigour, in their own independent spheres. Even assuming that some of the provisions of the MV Act and IPC […]