Sudipta Chakrobarty & ANR. Vs Ranaghat S.D. Hospital & ORS. (Supreme Court) It is Common knowledge that some Courts/ Tribunals/ Officers have a practice to pass operative part of the order but give a reasoned/detailed order stating reasons much later sometimes even months later. The Apex Court recently on February 15, 2021 in the case […]
C.C.E. And S.T. Vs Bilfinder Neo Structo Contruction Ltd. (Supreme Court) 1. There is a delay of 536 days in filing the appeal against the order of the Customs Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal. Repeatedly, it has come to the notice of this Court that appeals in revenue matters involving indirect taxation are being […]
M/s. Kalamani Tex & Anr Vs P. Balasubramanian (Supreme Court of India) Section 118 and Section 139 of Negotiable Instruments Act mandates that once the signature(s) of an accused on the cheque/negotiable instrument are established, then these ‘reverse onus’ clauses become operative. In such a situation, the obligation shifts upon the accused to discharge the […]
Section 10A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) barred filing of applications for the commencement of the CIRP in respect of a corporate debtor for a default occurring on or after 25 March 2020, even if such application was filed before the date on which the amendment came into force i.e. 5 June 2020.
Commercial Taxes Officer Vs Bhagat Singh (Supreme Court) In the case of a Casual Trader, the time limit for assessment is one year from the date of making the report, and if no report is made, within two years from the date of the transaction. The date of transaction in this case is 26.12.2009. The […]
Punishment of compulsory retirement imposed in the disciplinary proceedings on assessee was not disproportionate to the gravity of charges and therefore, no detailed reasons were required to be recorded in the order imposing punishment.
Phoenix Arc Pvt. Ltd. Vs Ketulbhai Ramubhai Patel (Supreme Court) This Court held that a person having only security interest over the assets of corporate debtor, even if falling within the description of ‘secured creditor’ by virtue of collateral security extended by the corporate debtor, would not be covered by the financial creditors as per […]
SC on finding that the Special Leave Petition had been filed with delay of 1288 days without any cogent or plausible ground; had imposed costs on the authorities for wastage of judicial time and adopting an approach that they could walk in to the Supreme Court as and when they please ignoring the period of limitation prescribed by the Statutes, as if the Limitation statute did not apply to them.
Madras Bar Association Vs Union of India & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court held that If it is not possible to provide housing to the members of the tribunal, the UOI was directed to pay an amount of Rs. 1.5 lakhs as HRA to the Chairman & Vice-Chairman and Rs. 1.25 lakhs […]
Since freezing of bank account due to initiation of proceedings under PMLA has been done without due compliance of law, it was necessary to direct to defreeze the respective accounts and clear the cheques issued by assessee, drawn in favour of the Competent Authority towards the ITDS, PF, ESI, Professional Tax, Gratuity and LIC employees’ deductions, subject to availability of the funds in the account concerned.
