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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...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court emphasized that Section 74 requires clear evidence of fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression and cannot ...
Corporate Law : The Jharkhand High Court held that a marriage marked by 36 years of separation had become a "dead wood marriage," justifying disso...
Corporate Law : The Jharkhand High Court ruled that filing of a challan or charge-sheet alone is not a valid ground to reject anticipatory bail. C...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that repeated summons under Section 70 cannot continue once the inquiry purpose is satisfied and sufficient materia...
Income Tax : The High Court held that the assessment was time-barred as it was not completed within the mandatory period under Section 144C....
Service Tax : The Court held that the availability of a statutory appeal barred interference in writ jurisdiction. It ruled that no exceptional ...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court declined to entertain the writ petition due to the availability of a statutory appeal before CESTAT. It held that n...
Income Tax : The Court held that the Section 148 notice was invalid as it was issued by an Assessing Officer who no longer had jurisdiction....
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...
Suresh Anuradha Vs CIT (Madras High Court) In the given case, the second respondent has demanded the petitioner to pay a sum equivalent to 20% of levied tax on or before 17.01.2020 for entertaining the appeal and stay petition under Section 220(6) of Income Tax Act 1961. Earlier, an assessment order was passed on 11.12.2009 […]
Madras High Court held in the case of M/s. V.N. Mehta & Company Vs Assistant Commissioner, that Recovery Proceedings under Section 79 cannot be initiated directly without determination of tax liability. Facts: 1. The present writ challenges the proceedings initiated against the petitioner directing recovery of certain amount from the account maintained by the petitioner. […]
Learned counsel appearing for Union of India has vehemently opposed the bail application. It is contended that petitioner has created fake firms and has fraudulently, transferred input tax to as many as 470 beneficiary parties. Out of which, fifty five parties took fraudulent input tax credit and have now reversed those entries. It is contended that total loss caused to the exchequer is to the tune of Rs. Thirty three crore, out of which, Rs. Thirteen crore has been recovered so far. It is also contended that petitioner avoided service of summons and was arrested from Ajmer.
Vimal Raj Vs State Tax Officer (Kerala High Court) Assessee was already dead as on the date of assessment order and therefore, the assessment orders is a nullity and no other issues are decided by this Court and such other issues are left open. GST Department will be at liberty to take fresh action in the said […]
Pitambra Books Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Delhi High Court) The present petition inter-alia impugns Circular No. 37/11/2018-GST dated 15.03. 2018 and Circular No. 125/44/19-GST dated 18.11.2019. Mr. Puneet Agrawal, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that owing to the restrictions imposed in the aforenoted circulars, Petitioner has been deprived of the […]
In the present case petitioner has approached the Court for allowing him to file a Tran-1 in the absence of any evidence of technical/system error but IT Grievances Redressal Committee are not allowing him to do so since the time limit for uploading of Tran-1 has been extended till 31.12.2019 but this benefit extends only to those registered persons who could not upload the form in time on account of technical difficulties on the common portal.
Sales Tax Bar Association (Regd.) & Anr Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) Learned counsel for the petitioner also submits that in respect of the financial year 2018-19, the GSTR 9, GSTR 9A and GSTR 9C Form have still not been uploaded and, consequently, even though the last date of filing of the same […]
Sant Prasad Seth Vs State of U.P. (Allahabad High Court) Withholding of post death dues for years together is not only illegal and arbitrary but a sin if not an offence since no law has declared so. The officials, who are still in service and are instrumental in such delay causing harassment must however feel […]
Paridhi Jain Vs State (Rajasthan High Court) HC held that Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and upon a consideration of the arguments advanced and the fact that the petitioner being a practising Chartered Accountant and a lady of 27 years is facing incarceration for last more than one month and […]
Writ Petition is disposed of, only by granting such liberty to the petitioner to approach the said Nodal Officer and make a representation within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. On receipt of such representation/request, the said Nodal Officer shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of three weeks thereafter. No costs.
