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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 330 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 237 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 234 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 252 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 1755 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 5409 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 8181 Views 1 comment Print


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GSTAT Appeals: Separate Condonation Application Not Mandatory

Goods and Services Tax : The Gauhati High Court held that sufficient cause for delay may be explained in the memorandum of appeal itself. It ruled that an ...

June 24, 2026 48 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Rejects ESOP Disallowance as Share Allotment Reflects Commercial Reality

Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that ESOP expenditure cannot be disallowed merely because shares were allotted instead of purchased from...

June 24, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Sets Aside GST Registration Suspension as SCN Was Cryptic

Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court held that a show cause notice merely reproducing Section 29(2)(e) of the CGST Act without disclosing fact...

June 24, 2026 60 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Grants PMLA Bail Due to Prolonged Incarceration Beyond Half of Maximum Sentence

Corporate Law : An accused could not be kept in jail indefinitely in a money laundering case when the trial was unlikely to conclude within a reas...

June 24, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

No service tax on maintenance of minimum balance as consideration for Banking Services

Service Tax : Non-maintenance of minimum balance by customers did not generate taxable consideration and, therefore, no service tax/GST, interes...

June 24, 2026 90 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 2046 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 17646 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


Levy not specified in SCN cannot be levied by Settlement Commission

March 2, 2017 1041 Views 0 comment Print

This is an appeal preferred against the judgement of the learned Single Judge, dated 12.09.2016. 2. By virtue of the said judgement, the learned Single Judge disposed of a batch of writ petitions, which included, the writ petition filed by the appellant, before us.

Deficit incurred in earlier years by a Trust can be treated as application of Income in Subsequent year

March 2, 2017 5922 Views 0 comment Print

Deficit incurred by a trust could not be treated in the same way as that of a loss sustained by an assessee under the head ‘profits and gains of business or profession‘ for such deficit to be furnished in a return and verified. The same was to be allowed to be set off against surplus […]

Mere receipt of information cannot be equated to reason to believe that income has escaped assessment

March 2, 2017 1953 Views 0 comment Print

Mere receipt of information from any source would not by itself tantamount to reason to believe that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment. In the present case the Assessing Officer prima facie has not done the bare necessary/rudimentary enquiry into the material received before he concludes that income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment.

CA guilty of professional misconduct for failure to report suspicious book entries

March 2, 2017 5631 Views 0 comment Print

Suffice it to highlight that in paras 26 and 27 of the report the Committee highlighted the modus operandi adopted by PCL and AIL to form a loop with no cash flow coming in, but sales, stocks and receivables increases. The obligation of the auditor concerning transactions which are merely book entries was highlighted i.e. […]

Even when mortgaged property belongs to guarantor, borrower would be a person aggrieved for filing appeal U/s. 17 of SARFAESI Act, 2002

March 2, 2017 4719 Views 0 comment Print

This petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India has been preferred for quashment of the recovery and auction proceedings initiated against the petitioner by the respondent UCO Bank (the Bank henceforth); for quashing the appellate order dated 9-11-2011 passed by the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal

Ballasts or boulders or chips are mineral for Sales Tax levy: Orissa HC

March 1, 2017 5361 Views 0 comment Print

Ballasts or boulders or chips being mineral as per Entry 117 of the taxable list are exigible to tax at the rate of 4% of taxable list. Moreover, the appeal has been purportedly filed before the Tribunal with proper perspective and there is no defect in raising any such plea before it.

No TDS on Long term Lease Rent / Interest / other Payments for Plot Lease paid to GNOIDA

March 1, 2017 17235 Views 4 comments Print

This common judgment will dispose of a batch of writ petitions. They were heard together as they involve identical questions of fact and law as to the correct interpretation of Section 194-I of the Income Tax Act [hereafter the Act].

Exemption U/s. 11 /12 cannot be denied by invoking Section 2(15) merely for profit from imparting of education

March 1, 2017 3345 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee was a recipient of research and training grant and other income to the tune of Rs. 1.36 crores. The AO determined that the latter were commercial receipts and guided by proviso to Section 2(15) and held that the assessee could not avail the benefit under section 11(23) of the Act. The ITAT relied […]

A person other than member or creditor can also challenge Company Name striking off

March 1, 2017 2172 Views 0 comment Print

Is a person, not being a member or a creditor or the company itself, entitled to challenge the striking off of the name of the company under Section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956? Does the petitioner have the locus standi to file and maintain the present writ petition?

Section 158BC Notice giving insufficient time to file return in invalid

March 1, 2017 4140 Views 0 comment Print

The words mentioned in the SECTION 158bc notice are `within fifteen days’ whereas the provision mandates the time of not less than fifteen days. As notice which was issued by the authority asking the assessee to file the return within fifteen days is not in accordance with the provisions of the Income-tax Act and therefore it is invalid.

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