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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 144 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 240 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 1707 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 396 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 5388 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 8160 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 60 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 57 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 63 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 99 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 84 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


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 2040 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


Reopening on Share capital issue verified during original assessment not valid

May 18, 2016 1657 Views 0 comment Print

The reasons supplied to the assessee for re­opening of the case relates mainly to Share capital, which is already been investigated by Assessing officer in detail during Original Assessment. Therefore, The present exercise of issuing the notice under Section 148 of the Act would amount to nothing but a change of opinion, which is not permissible.

Agent without authority to conclude contracts cannot be termed PE

May 18, 2016 3517 Views 0 comment Print

One of the necessary conditions for holding that an agent constitutes a PE of an enterprise is that the agent must have an authority to conclude contracts or should have been found to be habitually entering into or concluding contracts on behalf of the enterprise.

HC directs Chief CIT to streamline appeal filing procedure

May 16, 2016 2173 Views 0 comment Print

This appeal filed by the Revenue raises questions with regard to whether transfer pricing adjustment consequent to arriving at Arms Length Price(ALP) is required to be done only in respect of the international transactions or this adjustment is to be done in respect of all the business transactions of the assessee i.e. at the entity level.

Congress not eligible to claim exemption u/s 13A

May 15, 2016 2773 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC helkd that, All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Indian National Congres (INC) Delhi are not eligible to claim exemption u/s 13A of Income Tax Act for AY 1994-95 & 1995-96. The Court further holds that voluntary contributions received by political parties cannot be equated with corpus donation or capital receipts.

Sec. 40 (a)(i) is discriminatory & not applicable to Indo-US DTAA

May 14, 2016 6547 Views 0 comment Print

Section 40 (a) (i), in providing for disallowance of a payment made to a non-resident if TDS is not deducted, is no doubt meant to be a deterrent in order to compel the resident payer to deduct TDS while making the payment.

Section 94-A(1) is Constitutional Valid : Madras High Court

May 14, 2016 2332 Views 0 comment Print

The Hon’ble Madras High court in the above cited case held that central govt can notify a country as notified jurisdictional area u/s 94A inspite of the fact that there exist a Double Tax Avoidance Agreement provided the DTAA is not serving the intended purpose for which it was entered into.

Prosecuting agency should be circumspect in initiating prosecution U/s. 21(2) of the POSCO Act against In-charge/Head of Institution and should allow them sufficient/reasonable time to enquire and report matter

May 12, 2016 1707 Views 0 comment Print

Invoking extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner herein has filed the instant writ petition seeking quashment of charge-sheet filed against him by jurisdictional police in the criminal court alleging the commission of offence under Section 21 (2) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter called as “P0SCO Act”).

Primary Agricultural Credit Society can claim deduction u/s 80P

May 11, 2016 3973 Views 0 comment Print

It is held that deduction u/s 80P is allowable to a primary agricultural credit society. In the instant case , assessee being a registered society classified in bye-laws as primary agricultural credit society is entitled to claim exemption u/s 80P.

Registration u/s 12AA cannot be denied questioning profit motive

May 8, 2016 3022 Views 2 comments Print

HC held that while disposing off an application for registration u/s 12AA , the CIT is required only to verify the geniuses of the trust’s activity so as to ensure that the same matches with the objects stated in the trust deed.

Disallowance U/s. 40(a)(ia) not justified for Freight charges paid but not claimed as expense

May 6, 2016 4479 Views 0 comment Print

Where assessee was earning booking charges for facilitating transport of goods and was merely a conduit in passing the freight to the truck owners, who were actually plying trucks, disallowance under section 40(a)(ia) was not justified because freight payment was not even claimed by assessee as an expense in its profit and loss account.

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