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Justice Tejas Karia of Delhi HC Has Earned a Distinct Identity Through Landmark Judgments

Corporate Law : The article traces Justice Tejas Karia's journey from an arbitration specialist to a Delhi High Court judge while highlighting his...

June 23, 2026 519 Views 0 comment Print

P&H HC Quashed Unreasoned GST Order as Assessee’s Reply Was Not Considered

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...

June 22, 2026 258 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Restrains Church Construction Near 100-Year-Old Mariyamman Temple in Coimbatore

Corporate Law : The Madras High Court restrained the proposed church construction near a century-old temple after finding a prima facie case and n...

June 18, 2026 240 Views 0 comment Print

Madras HC Upholds Life Sentence for Murder of Woman Engineering Student

Corporate Law : The Madras High Court upheld a man's conviction for killing an engineering student who chose to end their relationship. The Court ...

June 17, 2026 273 Views 0 comment Print

No GST on Arbitral Damages: Tata Sons Ruling Clarifies ‘Toleration’

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that damages paid under an arbitral award do not qualify as consideration for a taxable service under GST. The ruli...

June 16, 2026 1761 Views 0 comment Print


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Latest Case Law Related to IBC 2016: January to March 2026

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...

May 21, 2026 414 Views 0 comment Print

Important Case Laws related to IBC 2016 – July – September 2025

Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that CoC and RP can surrender financially burdensome assets voluntarily, clarifying moratorium under section 1...

November 20, 2025 5412 Views 0 comment Print

BREAKING: Gujarat HC Orders CBDT to Ensure 1-Month Gap Between ITR & Tax Audit Dates

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...

October 13, 2025 21240 Views 1 comment Print

Rajasthan HC Extends Tax Audit Filing Deadline to 31 October 2025

Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...

September 25, 2025 1041 Views 0 comment Print

CAAS Files writ challenging persistent technical failures in Income Tax portal

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court is hearing a petition from the Chartered Accountants Association regarding persistent glitches on the new I...

September 25, 2025 8184 Views 1 comment Print


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Section 153C Assessment Upheld as Delay in Handing Over Seized Material Did Not Extend Limitation Illegally

Income Tax : Smt. Pavithra Sugichandran Vs Office of the DCIT (Madras High Court) The Madras High Court considered six writ petitions challengi...

June 25, 2026 54 Views 0 comment Print

Bogus Purchase Addition Restricted as Only Profit Element Was Taxable: Gujarat HC

Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court upheld the ITAT's decision restricting the addition on alleged bogus purchases to 6% instead of sustaining ...

June 25, 2026 117 Views 0 comment Print

Section 153C Notices Quashed as Assessment Proceedings Became Time-Barred: Bombay HC

Income Tax : The Bombay High Court held that proceedings under Section 153C were barred by limitation as the assessments were not completed wit...

June 25, 2026 99 Views 0 comment Print

Assessment Held Invalid as Jurisdictional Officer Failed to Issue Mandatory Section 143(2) Notice

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court held that an assessment cannot survive where the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction failed to issue a m...

June 25, 2026 102 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta HC Quashes Refund Adjustment as Recovery Exceeded 20% of Disputed Demand

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court held that adjusting admitted refunds to recover more than 20% of disputed tax demand during the pendency o...

June 25, 2026 75 Views 0 comment Print


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Co-op Society Can Deny Membership for ‘Refuge Area’ Flat: Bombay HC

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...

March 25, 2026 2505 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court Enforces Video Conferencing Rules

Corporate Law : Bombay High Court implements "Rules for Video Conferencing 2022" for all courts in Maharashtra, Goa, and union territories, effect...

December 19, 2024 2064 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Revises Monetary Limits for Tax Income Tax Appeals

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, ...

September 17, 2024 17655 Views 0 comment Print

New Video Conferencing Protocols Issued by Delhi High Court

Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court mandates new video conferencing protocols to enhance transparency and accessibility in court proceedings. Rea...

May 20, 2024 1758 Views 0 comment Print

Instructions for AO after Adverse observations of Allahabad HC

Income Tax : Income Tax Department Issues Instructions for Assessing Officers after Adverse Observations of Hon. Allahabad High Court in in Civ...

August 7, 2022 12984 Views 2 comments Print


Voluntary disclosure in all cases cannot absolve assessee from liability to pay penalty

December 18, 2017 1950 Views 0 comment Print

The Bombay High Court while allowing a reference application in favour of the Revenue, held that voluntary disclosure in all cases cannot absolve the assessee from penal liabilities under Section 271(1)(c) of the Income Tax Act.

Applicability of time-limit U/s. 153(2A) when ‘assessment’ is set aside and an ‘assessment order’ being set aside

December 17, 2017 27075 Views 0 comment Print

In other words, in all instances of an assessing officer having to pass a fresh assessment order upon remand where section 153(2A) would apply, the assessing officer would be bound to follow the time-limit imposed by sub-section (2A). Where the assessing officer was only giving effect to an appellate order, then section 153(3)(ii) of the Act would apply.

Section 263: Revisional order becomes legally fragile on failure to provide opportunity of hearing to assessee

December 17, 2017 1659 Views 0 comment Print

What is contemplated by Section 263, is an opportunity of hearing to be afforded to the assessee. Failure to give such an opportunity would render the revisional order legally fragile not on the ground of lack of jurisdiction but on the ground of violation of principles of natural justice.

TNGST Act, 1959: Matter covered by certificate of settlement shall cannot be re-opened

December 16, 2017 1506 Views 0 comment Print

Section 9 of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 is to the effect that a certificate of settlement issued under Section 8(1) of the Act shall be conclusive as to the dispute to which it relates to, and no matter covered by such certificate of settlement shall be re- opened in any proceedings of review or revision, or in any other proceeding, under the relevant Act.

TNVAT: Assessees entitled to avail benefit of input tax credit, once turnover exceeds Rs. 50,00,000/- limit from Beginning of year: HC

December 16, 2017 3294 Views 1 comment Print

M/s. Sri Murugan Agency Vs. Commercial Tax Officer (FAC) (Madras High Court) The petitioner herein opted to pay compounding tax as per section 3(4) of the Tamil Nadu Value Added Tax Act, 2006, as the assessee expected the turnover for the year 2007-08 as between Rs. 10 lakhs and Rs. 50 lakhs. The petitioner filed […]

HC dismisses Writ challenging a compounding order as Assessee has a Revisional Remedy

December 15, 2017 1560 Views 0 comment Print

Considering the fact that the petitioner has a revisional remedy as against the order dated 31.08.2015, this Court is inclined to grant one indulgence to the petitioner to pursue the revisional remedy within a time frame, failing which the respondent can take action for recovery including prosecution.

Mere instance of reduction in shares of profit of a partner resulting in increase in share of profit of another by itself will not constitute a ‘gift’

December 15, 2017 2313 Views 0 comment Print

A division bench of the Kerala High Court recently held that a mere reduction in the shares of one partner, resulting in proportionate increase of shares of another partner would constitute a gift for the purpose of taxation under Section 4 (1) (a) of the Income Tax Act.

Mere Non-Filing of C Form or Defects in its declaration would not Attract Penalty

December 15, 2017 2349 Views 0 comment Print

There is no allegation of any suppression of turnover. It is only with regard to non filing of Form C declaration or certain defects in Form C declaration. Thus, it is not a case where any penalty can be levied more so when there was no proposal in the revision notice dated 28.05.2007.

Notice for reopening U/s. 148 cannot be issued in absence of fresh material

December 15, 2017 3753 Views 0 comment Print

An issue which had been examined in detail during original assessment itself, could not be re-examined in exercise of powers of reassessment, therefore, notice under section 148 was set aside.

Terminal Excise Duty payment is not Valid reason to deny Refund

December 14, 2017 1563 Views 0 comment Print

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