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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 150 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 60 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 102 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


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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 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


Sec. 50B– Capital gain in slump sale- while calculating net worth of business, depreciation must be accounted

January 26, 2016 6743 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of CIT vs. Dharampal Satyapal that as per section 50B, the value of the net worth must be computed by decreasing from the actual cost of asset falling within the block, the depreciation actually allowed in respect of previous years relevant to the assessment year commencing before 1st day of April, 1988

Penalty U/S 271(1) (C) Not Maintainable In Absence Of Proper Notice

January 25, 2016 1744 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka High Court held In the case of M/s. Safina Hotels Private Limited vs. CIT & DCIT that it is clear that the notice is issued proposing to levy penalty under Section 271(1) (b) whereas the order is passed by the Assessing Officer under Section 271(1) (c), which clearly indicates that there was no application of mind by the Assessing Officer while issuing the notice under Section 274.

Penalty proceedings invalid if notice issued without mind application

January 25, 2016 3760 Views 0 comment Print

The notice is issued proposing to levy penalty under Section 271(1) (b) of the Act whereas the order is passed by the Assessing Officer under Section 271(1) (c) of the Act which clearly indicates that there was no application of mind by the Assessing Officer while issuing the notice under Section 274 of the Act.

Settlement Commission has no jurisdiction to direct special audit as no nexus with settlement proceedings

January 24, 2016 1024 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Agson Global Pvt. Ltd. & Ors vs. Income Tax Settlement Commission & Ors that the powers and functions of an income tax authority which are to be exclusively exercised by the settlement commission must be in the context of and have a nexus with the settlement proceedings.

Interest on idle funds mainly brought for capital expansion can be set off against pre-operative expenses

January 24, 2016 2114 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Principal CIT vs. Facor Power Ltd. that no substantial question of law arises for our consideration. This is so because, the Tribunal has correctly placed reliance on the decision of this Court in Indian Oil Panipat Power Consortium Limited [2009 315 ITR 255 (DEL).

Unascertained liability can be claimed as expense if estimated reasonably in mercantile system of accounting

January 24, 2016 13198 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of M/s. Aggarwal And Modi Enterprises (Cinema Project) Co. Pvt. Ltd Vs. CIT that whether a liability is ascertained or contingent is dependent on the facts of each case. Merely because a liability may be contractual or non-statutory would not make it incapable of being ascertained.

Purchase of software as a product being a transaction of sale, payment cannot be considered as royalty

January 24, 2016 5617 Views 6 comments Print

Delhi High Court held In the case of Principal CIT vs. M. Tech India Pvt. Ltd that in cases where the payments are made for purchase of software as a product, the consideration paid cannot be considered to be for use or the right to use the software.

HC restricts remedial action on audit objection – tones down rigour of Instruction No. 9/2006

January 22, 2016 2665 Views 0 comment Print

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. Vs. DCIT (Delhi High Court) Vide this judgment, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court was pleased to read down the effect of para 4 of Instruction No. 9 of 2006, which provided that the AO was compelled to initiate reassessment in case of an audit objection, even if the AO is not in agreement with the objections of the Audit party.

Adjustment entries being not in nature of loan or advances are outside the purview of deemed dividend u/s 2(22)(e)

January 22, 2016 1766 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat High Court held In the case of CIT (TDS) vs. Schutz Dishman Bio-Tech Pvt. Ltd. that there are large number of adjustment entries between the corporates. Unlike transactions of loans and advances, in this kind of adjustment entries, the movement of funds is both ways and the same is more in the nature of current account rather than a loan account.

Monetary limit for filing of appeals also applies to Pending References

January 21, 2016 1072 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court held In the case of CIT vs. M/s. Sunny Sounds P. Ltd. that however these references are undoubtedly made by the tribunal, they emanate from an application by one of the parties before it , giving rise to the question of law requiring the opinion of the court.

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