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Corporate Law : Karnataka High Court advocates for Uniform Civil Code to accelerate equality for all women, regardless of religion or caste. ...
Corporate Law : Delhi High Court quashes adultery case under Section 497 IPC, stressing women are not property and citing the example of Draupadi ...
Income Tax : Kerala HC rules no separate challenge needed for Sec 263 remand order before appealing revised assessment; restores Malabar Instit...
Corporate Law : Chhattisgarh HC rules pension can't be recovered without legal basis, quashing recovery order against ex-govt employee and orderin...
Goods and Services Tax : Bombay HC rules GST on developer rights under a development agreement does not fall under reverse charge as per Entry 5B of Notifi...
Corporate Law : Key IBC case law updates from Oct-Dec 2024, covering Supreme Court and High Court decisions on CoC powers, resolution plans, relat...
Corporate Law : SC rules on Special Court jurisdiction; NCLAT redefines financial debt; HC upholds IBBI regulations and addresses various insolven...
Goods and Services Tax : HIGH COURT OF CALCUTTA: Ramesh Kumar Patodia v. Citi Bank [WPO NO. 547 OF 2019 JUNE 24, 2022 ] Facts: ♦ Petitioner is a holder ...
Goods and Services Tax : CGST, Gurugram (Anti Evasion) Vs Gaurav Dhir (Chief Judicial Magistrate, District Courts, Gurugram) U/s 132(1)) r/w 132(1)(b)(C)(e...
Corporate Law : In order to dispense with the physical signatures on the daily orders (which are not important/final orders and judgments) of the ...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras High Court rules uploading GST notices to the common portal is sufficient but often ineffective service. Court urges tax of...
Goods and Services Tax : Andhra HC allows GST refund for zero-rated services despite service exclusion in registration; clarifies scope of CGST/IGST provis...
Goods and Services Tax : Dealers registered under Value Added Tax Act (VAT Act), 2008 were duty bound to reverse or debit the input tax credit as prescribe...
Excise Duty : Gujarat High Court held that imposed a token cost of Rs. 1,000 on department for disregarding the directions by Central Excise and...
Corporate Law : Kerala High Court directs CBI investigation into the allegations of amassment of wealth disproportionate to his known sources of i...
Corporate Law : Bombay High Court implements "Rules for Video Conferencing 2022" for all courts in Maharashtra, Goa, and union territories, effect...
Income Tax : CBDT raises monetary limits for tax appeals: Rs. 60 lakh for ITAT, Rs. 2 crore for High Court, and Rs. 5 crore for Supreme Court, ...
Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court mandates new video conferencing protocols to enhance transparency and accessibility in court proceedings. Rea...
Income Tax : Income Tax Department Issues Instructions for Assessing Officers after Adverse Observations of Hon. Allahabad High Court in in Civ...
Corporate Law : Delhi High Court has exempted the Lawyers from wearing Gowns practicing in the High Court with effect from March 2, 2022 till furt...
Prabhat Agarwal Vs DCIT (Delhi High Court) In this case revenue played a subterfuge, in trying to cover up its omission, and in ante dating the record, in the attempt to establish that such reasons existed, and this court’s interference was not called for. In these circumstances, this court hereby directs the Chief Commissioner concerned […]
In view of the GST regime and the IT platform being new, it may not be justifiable to expect the users to back up digital evidences. Even under the old taxation laws, it is a settled legal position that substantive input credits cannot be denied or altered on account of procedural grounds.
If the view taken by the AO was a plausible view and if it results in loss of revenue, it could not be treated as prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue for the purpose of invoking the power under section 263.
Janak Kanakbhai Trivedi Vs ITO (Gujarat High Court) It is the case of the appellant that the impugned ancestral property was actually acquired by the HUF of the appellant and that actually by mistake the appellant has given his individual PAN number at the time of execution of the sale deed. It has been argued […]
Sri Mathur has placed before us an order under Section 119 whereby the due date has already been extended by this order till 15th October, 2018. In view of the above, it appears that the matter has become infructuous as it has lost its efficacy.
In the case of Association Of Tax Practitioners & Hindu Economic Forum Vs. UOI filed with Kerala High Court it was argued that once an assessee is allowed to submit returns upto 15.10.2018, the department cannot demand interest under section 234A for the extended period. Hon’ble high court posted these writ petitions for further consideration on 11.10.2018.
M/s. Mckinsey Knowledge Centre India pvt. Ltd. Vs PCIT (Delhi High Court) The revenue urged that a stringent application of the comparability test was unnecessary as was also provisioned in Chapter-6 of United Nations Practical Manual on Transfer Pricing, Edition 2013, and some flexibility in conducting this comparison was urged to be allowed. However, from […]
Section 74(5) of the Act merely enables the petitioner to pay penalty at 15% on his own accord, in which event the assessing authority cannot thereafter issue a notice seeking recovery of the balance 85% penalty (i.e., penalty equivalent to the tax specified in the notice).
Sanmar Speciality Chemicals Ltd. Vs ITO (Madras High Court) Tribunal has no power under the Income Tax Act to enhance the assessment in an appeal. Equally, it cannot be done on an order of remand being passed by the Tribunal to the Assessing Officer. Therefore, we opine that it is sufficient to clarify the legal position as held by the Honble Supreme Court […]
PCIT Vs M/s. Chamundi Winery and Distillery (Karnataka High Court) It is clear that the Courts and the Tax Authorities can look into the real purpose of the commercial arrangements and transactions to reach the truth and the transactions having the sole purpose of tax avoidance may be held to be having no effect on […]
