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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 Madhya Pradesh High Court closed the defamation proceedings after the applicant expressed regret for an erroneous statement an...
Corporate Law : The article traces Justice Tejas Karia's journey from an arbitration specialist to a Delhi High Court judge while highlighting his...
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...
DGFT : Allahabad High Court held that additional conditions for DFIA imports were contrary to binding judgments and dismissed the PIL....
DGFT : Bombay High Court held that SION Entry E75 permits import of maize without restricting its variety, allowing popcorn maize under t...
Income Tax : The High Court held that failure to pass the order giving effect within the time prescribed under Section 153 resulted in abatemen...
Income Tax : The Madras High Court held that unexplained trade credits falling under Section 68 cannot qualify for deduction under Section 80-I...
Goods and Services Tax : The Madras High Court held that GST proceedings under Section 74 were not time-barred after considering the COVID-19 limitation ex...
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...
Where employer had incurred genuine expenditure for the welfare and the benefit of the employees, contributions to unapproved and unrecognized funds had to be allowed as a deduction.
Employees’ contribution to EPF and ESIC deposited beyond the due date prescribed under section 36(1)(va) would not be eligible for deduction even if deposited before the due date of filing the return of income tax under section 139(1).
Since no incriminating material was unearthed by AO during the course of search operation under section 132, therefore no addition could be made during the relevant assessment year under section 153A by reopening the assessment on the matter, which was examined earlier during original assessment.
Pr. CIT Vs Goldman Sachs (India) Finance Pvt Ltd. (Bombay High Court) The amount in question was by way of reimbursement of costs. The Tribunal held that Assessee had paid such sums towards administrative costs such as the employee cost, rent, finance and legal corporate recharge etc. The Tribunal noted that, GSIPL had provided services […]
Section 174(2)(c) of CGST Act, 2017 prima facie seems to preserve the levy insofar as any liability to pay tax was incurred by the individual or concern. Court is of the opinion that the present writ petition cannot be maintained. It is open to the Writ petitioner to raise all contentions including levy and extent of levy of service tax before the adjudicating officer concerned. Writ petition is disposed of.
Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority Vs Commissioner of Central Excise (Patna High Court) The fact remains that the service tax for the period in question was deposited by the petitioner but after realizing it from its customers. This fact is not disputed. It is also not in dispute that no refund application was filed by […]
The activity of Dream11 Online fantasy Game is not illegal. It is not gambling or betting or wagering. The amount to be distributed to the winners is an Actionable Claim which is not Supply for the purpose of GST and hence, EXEMPT.
Veer Industries Ltd. Vs Commercial Tax Officer (Gujarat High Court) Section 48 clarifies that any amount payable by a dealer or any other person on account of tax, interest or penalty for which he is liable to pay to the Government shall be a first charge on the property of such dealer or as the […]
SARFAESI Act provides only secured creditors to initiate action against the borrower and a demand made by a person or legal entity who was not the secured creditor was definitely prejudicial to the interest of assessee.
Hon’ble Patna High Court held that ITC availed but not utilized for tax payment doesn’t invite penal consequences of Section 73 of CGST Act, 2017 and interest cannot be recovered on mere availment of ITC which was not utilized
