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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 192 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 129 Views 0 comment Print

Section 122(1A), Penalty on Partners & Double Jeopardy Debate: Is Article 20(2) Really Irrelevant?

Goods and Services Tax : The debate examines why GST penalties under Section 122(1A) may survive a direct challenge under Article 20(2). The key takeaway i...

June 11, 2026 468 Views 1 comment Print

Jharkhand HC Directs Protection and Rehabilitation of Rape Survivors

Corporate Law : The Court directed trial courts to award just and reasonable compensation to survivors irrespective of conviction, acquittal, or a...

June 11, 2026 264 Views 0 comment Print

Noordeen Enterprises & Myth of a Complete Bar on Pre-Adjudication GST Recovery

Goods and Services Tax : The Court held that recovery from third parties cannot be initiated when only a proposed demand exists and no final tax liability ...

June 11, 2026 240 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 375 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 5361 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 21201 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 1011 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 8145 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Madras HC Upholds Section 80IA Deduction as Audit Report Filed Before Assessment Completion

Income Tax : The Court held that, for assessment year 2009-10, filing the audit report along with the return was directory and not mandatory. D...

June 16, 2026 84 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeal Can Be Filed Without 10% Pre-Deposit as Right of Appeal May Have Vested Earlier

Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that the issue requires consideration where the show cause notice preceded the amendment. It granted interim r...

June 16, 2026 105 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC quashes Non-Speaking Order Rejecting Delayed GST Registration Revocation Plea

Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved rejection of a delayed revocation application for cancelled GST registration. The Telangana High Court held tha...

June 16, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Orders GST Officer to Decide Rectification Plea in 2 Weeks

Goods and Services Tax : The issue involved delay in disposal of a rectification application filed against a GST order. The Telangana High Court directed t...

June 16, 2026 63 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Directs Taxpayer to File GST Appeal Against Assessment Order

Goods and Services Tax : The issue was whether a taxpayer could directly invoke writ jurisdiction claiming that a GST show cause notice and order were mere...

June 16, 2026 69 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 2484 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 2013 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 17553 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 12975 Views 2 comments Print


Disallowance of Advertisement expense merely because same were exorbitant

December 29, 2014 16311 Views 0 comment Print

Advertisement expenditure was incurred in terms of the license agreement granting the distribution rights to the assessee by the associated enterprise, Discovery Asia Inc. Under this agreement, the respondent­ assessee had procured right to distribute the signals of Discovery

Despite stay Special Bench Judgment in Merilyn Shipping binds smaller benches of Tribunal

December 28, 2014 984 Views 0 comment Print

We find that the learned Tribunal taking note of the pendency of the appeal in this Court, preferred by the Revenue against the decision of the Special Bench of the Tribunal in M/s. Merilyn Shipping & Transport in I.T.A. No.477/Viz/2008 dated 29-03-2012, directed the Assessing Officer to re-decide the issue after the disposal of the appeal by this Court.

Tax Audit Limit is arbitrary & Unconstitutional – HC

December 28, 2014 4381 Views 5 comments Print

All the auditors cannot be placed on an equal footing and an assumption cannot be made that an auditor would be able to fulfil his obligations only up to 30 tax audit assignments under section 44AB of the Income-tax Act, per financial year.

ITAT Should Not Dispose Appeals In light hearted or casual manner

December 28, 2014 1141 Views 0 comment Print

The Tribunal should pass a fresh order not only in relation to the objection raised by the Assessee to the exercise of powers under section 263 of the IT Act, but on the merits of the claim as well. Merely because such an opportunity is given by us does not mean that the Tribunal is obliged

Education cess on clearing of goods fully exempt from Customs duty

December 27, 2014 1807 Views 0 comment Print

DCW Limited(“the Assessee”)was covered by Notification No. 96/2004-Customs dated September 17,2004passed in exercise of powers under Section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 granting exemption of Basic Customs Duty subject to debit of the DEPB Licence.

Dyes and chemicals used in execution of works contract of dyeing exigible to Sale tax

December 27, 2014 2082 Views 0 comment Print

In the instant case, A. Vairavel (the Assessee) used dyes and chemicals in execution of works contract of dyeing. The Department argued thatthe said transaction involvestransfer of property involved in the use of dyes and chemicals used in works contract of dyeing and hence assessable

Corrigendum amending conditions for claiming exemption would apply from date of original Exemption Notification

December 27, 2014 1658 Views 0 comment Print

Corrigendum is issued for the correction of error or omissions in the original document, which relates back to the date of initial authoring for the reason that correction means whatever written was not correct or there was some mistake which need be corrected.

Three examples of needless litigation

December 26, 2014 1997 Views 0 comment Print

1. In the case of Commissioner of Income Tax-6, Mumbai vs Maersk Global Service Centre (I) Pvt. Ltd (TS-260-HC­2014 (BOM)-TP), the revenue was in appeal before the Bombay High Court, questioning the orders both of the Commissioner (Appeals) and the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. The burden of the revenue’s song was that, in view of […]

Delhi VAT : Sale of used cars not subject to VAT

December 26, 2014 24384 Views 8 comments Print

Recently, Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the matter of Anand Decors & Ors. v. CTT, New Delhi, has pronounced that the cars, even though fall within capital goods, but sale of used cars is not subject to VAT under Delhi VAT Act, by virtue of section 6(3) of ibid.

HC shows displeasure on appeal filing by dept. in matters covered by binding precedent of Apex Court

December 23, 2014 1448 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay High Court was annoyed for filing appeal in a matter covered by a binding precedent of the Apex Court. The Court sought an explanation from the counsel for the Income Tax Department why appeal u/s 260A of the Income Tax Act has been filed by him when there was an authoritative

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