Those who had paid tax as per the provisions and classification existing prior to 1-6-2007 and those who opted for payment of tax under the provisions of rule 3 ibid and paid tax after exercising the option belonged to different classes and, therefore, the impugned circular or the provisions of rule 3(3) ibid were not discriminatory.
SCset aside verdict of GujaratHC which had held that criminal proceedings for dishonouring of cheque can be initiated only when the cheque is dishonoured because of lack of sufficient amount in the bank account and not in case where a cheque is returned due to mismatch of signature of account holder.
We are sharing with you FAQ on Works Contract Composition scheme w.e.f 1st July, 2012 and analysis of an important recent judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of M/s Nagarjuna Construction Company Ltd. Versus Government of India & ANR on the following issue:-
We have stated the role of the State as a model employer with the fond hope that in future a deliberate disregard is not taken recourse to and deviancy of such magnitude is not adopted to frustrate the claims of the employees. It should always be borne in mind that legitimate aspirations of the employees are not guillotined and a situation is not created where hopes end in despair.
Scheme of the Act provides that after the employer deducts from the salary of the employee the tax and pays the same to the Central Government, a Tax Deduction Certificate is furnished to the employee and it is for the employee to claim before the Assessing Officer in the assessment proceedings and get a determination done and in case he succeeds before the Assessing Officer, he will be entitled to refund out of the amount of tax deducted at source by the employer.
Corruption is not only a punishable offence but also undermines human rights, indirectly violating them, and systematic corruption, is a human rights’ violation in itself, as it leads to systematic economic crimes. Thus, in the aforesaid backdrop, the High Court should not have passed the said order of suspension of sentence in a case involving corruption.
In the present case, we find that the Assessment Order does not give effect to the amount seized in the calculation of tax payable at the end of the Assessment Year in question. Further, there is no Demand Notice and there is no basis for claiming interest on advance tax due on 15th September, 15th December and 15th March. On account of this vagueness, leaving the question of law open, the civil appeal filed by the Department is dismissed.
The expression, including the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 129A is by way of clarification and has been so said expressly to remove any doubt about the applicability of the provision relating to cross objections to the applications made under section 129D(4) or else it may be said that provisions relating to appeals to the Tribunal have been made applicable and not the cross objections.
The question, whether the above difference between the fair market price and the concessional price should or should not be added to the total income of the assessee(s) Society, needs to be re-looked by Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) [for short, ‘CIT(A)’]. Apart from the afore-stated question, CIT(A) would take into account, whether the above-mentioned practice of selling sugar at concessional rate has become the practice or custom in the Co-operative Sugar Industry?;
The judgement of the Bombay High Court in the case of CIT v. Indo Nippon Chemical Co. Ltd. [2000] 245 ITR 384 squarely applies to this case and the same has been affirmed by this Court, which is reported in CIT v. Indo Nippon Chemicals Co. Ltd. [2003] 261 ITR 275 . The assessee followed the net method of valuation of closing stock. The Authorities below are right in coming to the conclusion that MODVAT Credit is excise duty paid.
