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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 174 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 231 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 243 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 1713 Views 0 comment Print

Gangsters Act Inapplicable in Ordinary Property Disputes Without Proof of Organized Crime

Corporate Law : The Allahabad High Court ruled that ordinary land disputes involving allegations of cheating cannot attract the Gangsters Act with...

June 15, 2026 168 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 402 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 5394 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 21228 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 8178 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Service Tax Appeal Rejection Set Aside as Limitation Was Computed from Wrong Date: Orissa HC

Service Tax : The High Court ruled that limitation under Section 85(3A) of the Finance Act begins on the day following receipt of the adjudicati...

June 22, 2026 72 Views 0 comment Print

GST Registration Cancellation Set Aside as Show Cause Notice Lacked Factual Reasons

Goods and Services Tax : The High Court ruled that merely reproducing statutory provisions without factual particulars deprives the taxpayer of an effectiv...

June 22, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeal Can’t Be Rejected If Delay Was Due to Pending Rectification Plea: Telangana HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court held that an appeal should not be dismissed as time-barred when the taxpayer was diligently pursuing a st...

June 22, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

Section 148 Notice Set Aside as AO Ignored Explanations & Supporting Materials

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court set aside the Section 148A(3) order and Section 148 notice after finding that the Assessing Officer failed...

June 22, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

Calcutta HC Quashes Section 148A Order for Failure to Consider Assessee’s Replies

Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court set aside the Section 148A(3) order and Section 148 notice after finding that the Assessing Officer failed...

June 22, 2026 153 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 2502 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 17613 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


Notional rent payable if assessee owns more than 1 property

July 28, 2016 5389 Views 0 comment Print

Annual value of properties like the ones in case in hand which are more than one, owned by assessee and which admittedly remained vacant throughout the previous year would not be assessed U/s. 23(1)(c) but under Section 23(1)(a). The annual value would, therefore, be determined notionally

Brief description of land mentioned and plan was made part of notification making it available for inspection; notification u/S 3A of NH Auth. Act fulfills requirement of law.

July 26, 2016 2223 Views 0 comment Print

Brief description of land mentioned and plan was made part of notification making it available for inspection; notification u/S 3A of NH Auth. Act fulfills requirement of law Since all the petitions involve common question of law and common facts, they are being disposed of by this common order. 2. Petitioners are land holders whose […]

Petition for return of Stridhan to be filed in form of plaint

July 22, 2016 34395 Views 0 comment Print

Petition for return of Stridhan to be filed in form of plaint; ad valorem court fee not payable on such petition, only fixed court fee of Rs. 40/- payable. 1. Present is an appeal under Section 19(1) of the Family Courts Act, 1984 assailing the legality and validity of the order passed by the Family […]

Compensation paid for damage to environment is allowable

July 19, 2016 7033 Views 0 comment Print

The compensation was paid because the assessee had failed to install the pollution control device within the time prescribed. Therefore, payment of the sum of Rs.12,50,000/- is not hit by Explanation-1 to Section 37 of the Act. The Hon’ble judges of the Kolkata High Court by setting aside the orders of ITAT held that payment was und

Scope of reassessment U/s. 147 in relation to doctrine of merger

July 15, 2016 24437 Views 1 comment Print

The Commissioner by an order dated 15.3.2000 allowed some of the grounds of appeal. Thus, the order of the Assessing Officer stood merged with the order of Commissioner (Appeals) and had no independent existence of its own and as such the assessment could not have been reopened in respect of the said items.

Scope of assessment U/s.153A in absence of incriminating material

July 14, 2016 22681 Views 0 comment Print

Under section 153A of the Act, an assessment has to be made in relation to the search or requisition, namely, in relation to material disclosed during the search or requisition. If in relation to any assessment year, no incriminating material is found, no addition or disallowance can be made

Reassessment when related question was examined but not the pointed question

July 14, 2016 22020 Views 0 comment Print

hen a claim was processed at length and after calling for detailed explanation from the assessee, the same was accepted, merely because a certain element or angle was not in the mind of the Assessing Officer while accepting such a claim, cannot be a ground for issuing notice for reassessment.

Tribunal cannot deal with merits of case in order passed in Miscellaneous Application

July 13, 2016 21208 Views 0 comment Print

When prejudice results from an order attributable to the Tribunal’s mistake, error or omission, then it is the duty of the Tribunal to set it right. Atonement to the wronged party by the Court or the Tribunal for the wrong committed by it has nothing to do with the concept of inherent power to review.

Property purchase agreement merely creates a right to seek specific performance

July 13, 2016 21750 Views 0 comment Print

In the present facts we find that consequent to the vendor not honouring the agreement dated 18th May, 1980, all that the appellant had was a right to seek specific performance which he sought to enforce by filing the suit. The appellant did not have possession of the said land. It is only on the Consent Terms being filed in Court that the appellant got ownership and possession.

Addition justified for Failure to prove genuineness of gifts received

July 13, 2016 1908 Views 0 comment Print

The assessee in order to draw benefit of the exemption under Proviso to section 56(2)(vi) of the Act was required to prove that the said gifts were received from any relative described there under or had been received on the occasion of marriage of the individual i.e., assessee.

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