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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...
Goods and Services Tax : The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that a GST order passed without considering the assessee's reply and without recording reas...
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...
Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that borrowing funds to repay an earlier loan falls within the assessee's commercial wisdom. It upheld t...
Income Tax : The High Court upheld the dismissal of a writ petition seeking action on an alleged tax evasion complaint, holding that no case fo...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court quashed a GST demand order after finding that notices were uploaded under the "Additional Notices and Ord...
Goods and Services Tax : The Allahabad High Court held that filing an appeal against an appellate order does not automatically stay its operation. It direc...
Income Tax : The Court rejected the challenge to the search conducted under Section 132 and upheld the legality of the search proceedings. It, ...
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...
UOI Vs Imtiaz Iqbal Pothiwala (Bombay High Court) We are of the view that in the absence of evidence in the form of regular Books of Account, Registration under the Income Tax and Sales Tax, etc., cannot ispofacto lead to the conclusion that the seized gold bars, are smuggled gold bars. These may lead to proceedings for […]
The HC held that if the records he seizes truly reflect the transaction and the assessee’s explanation accords with his past conduct, for example, the returns he has filed earlier, the detention is not the answer.
Jay Chemical Industries Limited Vs Union Of India (Gujarat High Court) While the entire tax structure within the country was thus being replaced by a new framework, it was necessary for the legislature to make transitional provisions. Section 140 of the CGST Act, which is a transitional provision, essentially preserves all taxes paid or suffered by a […]
Lucknow CA Tax Practitioners Association VS. UOI (Allahabad High Court) As far as prayer no.1 of the petitioner-association for issuance of a mandamus to the respondents to extend the “Due Date” of filing of Income Tax Return of Tax Audit Cases from 15.10.2018 to at least up to 31.10.2018 or such other date is concerned, […]
Appellant Foundation of Tax and Accounting Professionals (FTAPs) has withdrawn the writ in view of Further extension of Tax Audit Due Date by CBDT to 31.10.2018.
Gauhati High Court has instructed CBDT to Consider Representation filed by Tax Bar Association on or before 25.10.2018 by which they requested to extend the Tax Audit Due Date to 31.12.2018.
All Gujarat Federation of Tax Consultants Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) 11.10.2018– It is an agreed position that subsequent to filing of these petitions, CBDT has granted extension for filing returns and accompanying documents. In that view of the matter, learned counsel for the petitioners does not press these petitions. Disposed of as […]
PCIT v. M/S Broadway Shoe Co. (Jammu & Kashmir High Court) Admittedly in the instant case, the return was filed by the assessee after the time prescribed for filing return under Sections 139(1) and 139(4) had expired. Therefore, the return filed by the assessee has to be treated as non-est. The proceedings under Section 147 of […]
Teesta Distributors & Ors. Vs Union of India & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) The following issues have arisen for consideration:- i) Is lottery a ‘goods’ or an ‘actionable claim’? It has held that, a lottery is in essential a chance for a prize, the sale of a lottery ticket can only be a sale of […]
Rajesh Sharma Vs State of U.P. & Anr. (Allahabad High Court) In this case The petitioiner was aggreived by an order passed by the District Magistrate under the U.P. Entertainment and Betting Tax Act, 1979, which has been repealed by the GST Act on 1-7-2017. Hon’ble High Court directed peitioner to approach the appropriate authorty […]
