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Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court held that an unnatural death in police custody attracts constitutional liability under Article 21, even if ca...
Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court quashed a Section 143(3) assessment after finding that the assessee was denied a meaningful opportunity of...
Corporate Law : Madras HC held morphed obscene images are a serious attack on a woman's privacy and dignity. It directed prompt police action and ...
Corporate Law : The Chhattisgarh High Court upheld the acquittal after finding the relationship was consensual. A later refusal to marry did not e...
Corporate Law : The Patna High Court held that media must avoid labels implying guilt before a trial concludes. It directed news platforms to rest...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that CoC and RP can surrender financially burdensome assets voluntarily, clarifying moratorium under section 1...
Income Tax : Gujarat HC has directed CBDT to ensure that there is a mandatory one-month gap between date for furnishing tax audit reports (unde...
Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court is hearing a petition from the Chartered Accountants Association regarding persistent glitches on the new I...
Corporate Law : Bombay HC held that where TDR is used across all buildings, proportionate land conveyance based on built-up area is permissible de...
Corporate Law : Bombay HC upheld five-year disqualification after finding failure to supply committee meeting minutes within the statutory period ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court quashed a GST assessment order issued nearly four years after the assessee's death. It held that proceedings...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that non-compliance with Section 144B raised a jurisdictional issue requiring ITAT adjudication and set asi...
Income Tax : Gujarat High Court ruled that CBDT's expert assessment of informant rewards is not open to judicial recalculation absent arbitrari...
Income Tax : The Court held that membership cannot be granted where the underlying flats do not exist and are merely refuge areas. It ruled tha...
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...
Demand notice demanding duty to the tune of Rs.25,03,414/- on the basis of bill of entries filed for imported second hand equipment on the ground that assessee had contravened the provisions of DFSECC Scheme benefit of exemption under the Notification No. 54/2003 was not sustainable as after issuance of demand notice, no steps had been taken by Authorities in furtherance of the aforesaid notice and almost after 11 years, assessee would be justified in forming a bonafide belief that the demand notice must have been dropped.
DMR Constructions Vs. Assistant Commissioner, Commercial Tax Department (Madras High Court) Issue Involved: 1. There was Accumulated credit of TDS under TNVAT Act and the same has also been permitted to carry forward the same from year to year. 2. The petitioners sought transition of the accumulated TDS into their respective accounts for set off […]
Goods and Services Tax Practitioners’ Association Vs. Union of India (Bombay High Court) On due consideration, we are not inclined to accede to the prayer made by the petitioners that too at this eleventh hour. It is not that the time-limit has not been extended. The initial due date of 31.12.2020 has been extended to […]
Legal analysis of Aparna Purohit’s anticipatory bail rejection in ‘Tandav’ case. Allahabad High Court decision on OTT content and fundamental rights.
Asiatic Clinical Research Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Karnataka High Court) HC held that Taking note that an opportunity of personal hearing was not availed, in the interest of justice, it would be appropriate if the petitioner is afforded an opportunity of personal hearing to substantiate the detailed replies made, as per the acknowledgements […]
Madras HC in D.Y.Beathel Enterprises Vs State Tax Officer quashes GST orders due to non-examination of sellers and non-initiation of recovery action. Fresh enquiry ordered, emphasizing the seller’s accountability under Section 16 of CGST Act, 2017.
Based on the above, the Hon’ble Court held that the assessee is entitled to set-off the brought forward business loss against income which has the attributes of business income even though the same is assessable to tax under a head other than profits and gains from business.
Karan Singh Vs Designated Committee Sabka Vishwas Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme and Another (Delhi High Court ) Since quantification has co-relation and is interlinked with tax relief under the scheme, and the Petitioner has not made a voluntary disclosure, but has rather approached for settlement in respect of case under investigation, we find merit in […]
Macrotech Developers Ltd. Vs State of Maharashtra (Bombay High Court) a. It is declared that the Petitioners are entitled to the benefits of Order bearing No. Mudrank-2020/ C.R.No.136/ M-1(Policy) dated 29.08.2020 issued by the State of Maharashtra under the Maharashtra Stamp Act and subsequent orders granting concession in payment of stamp duty on the instrument […]
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Vs Joint Director (GST Intelligence) (Madras High Court) The University is renting the property to other institutions and collecting rent from them. Therefore, the second respondent was justified in raising demand for the said service. However, there is no justification in levying penalty. The assessee is not a private entity. The respondents […]
