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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 111 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 258 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 237 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 369 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 8142 Views 1 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Kerala HC Quashes GST Notice as Composite SCN Covered Multiple Assessment Years

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that a composite show cause notice issued for multiple assessment years was legally unsustainable. The ...

June 15, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

Import Restriction Not Applicable to Goods Arrived Before Gazette Publication: Delhi HC

Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court held that import restrictions could not apply to consignments that had arrived before the relevant notificati...

June 15, 2026 147 Views 0 comment Print

Kerala HC Invalidates Composite GST SCN Due to Multi-Year Coverage

Goods and Services Tax : The Kerala High Court held that issuing one show cause notice for multiple financial years is not legally sustainable. While quash...

June 15, 2026 315 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Denies Bail due to Recovery of Commercial Quantity of 382 Heroin Capsules

Custom Duty : The High Court held that prolonged custody and anticipated delay in trial cannot independently justify bail in cases involving com...

June 15, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Discharges Contempt Notice After Accepting Apology for False Gold Release Petition

Custom Duty : The Delhi High Court discharged contempt proceedings after the petitioner tendered an unconditional apology and undertook not to r...

June 15, 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 2478 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 2007 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 17547 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 1752 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


Penalty u/s 45 (3A) of the Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969 is not mandatory.

January 23, 2014 9137 Views 0 comment Print

In this matter, the Hon ’ble Gujarat High Court has held that prima facie it is of the view that penalty u/s 45 (3A) of the Gujarat Sales Tax Act, 1969 is not mandatory. However, in the opinion of the court, the question as to whether once the authority decides to impose penalty

GVAT : Penalty without issuing show cause notice cannot sustain – HC

January 23, 2014 5627 Views 0 comment Print

In this matter, the Hon ’ble Gujarat High Court has remanded the issue of not allowing input tax credit on purchases affected through retail invoices to Tribunal for fresh adjudication. For penalty imposed u/s 34 (12) of The GVAT Act, 2003

Interest received on FDR made from grant received not taxable if forms part of grant

January 22, 2014 9481 Views 0 comment Print

What is important is whether the interest earned on the Central Government grant is to be treated as the income earned or not, and not what the assessee claimed. As stated hereinabove, in the letter of the Central Government releasing the grant, which provides a condition that the interest earned

Rajashthan HC remands back 81 appeals to ITAT for fresh decision

January 21, 2014 1243 Views 0 comment Print

Hon’ble Rajasthan HC has held in the case of CIT Vs. Ram Singh that the Judgment of ITAT in various cases passed by this case are stereo typed, non-speaking, unreasoned, arbitrary and whimsical andremand the matter back to the ITAT to re-visit the issue afresh de-novo

Employees’ PF/ ESI Contribution covered by S. 43B

January 17, 2014 2548 Views 0 comment Print

If the amount has been deposited on or before the due date of filing the return under Section 139 and admittedly it was deposited on or before the due date then the amount cannot be disallowed under Section 43B of the I.T. Act or under Section 36(1)(va) of the Act.

Allotment Letter date can be date of acquisition for Calculating Long Term Capital Gain

January 17, 2014 17434 Views 6 comments Print

Recently P&H High Court has held in the case of Mrs. Madhu Kaul Vs. CIT that identification of the flat or physical delivery of possession is irrelevant as right to hold properly stands crystalised upon allotment. The allotment of a particular flat and delivery of its possession would relate back to the allotment.

S. 272B Penalty is Rs. 10000 per deductor and not per wrong PAN

January 15, 2014 7843 Views 0 comment Print

The assessing officer had imposed penalty of Rs. 10,000/- in each case where PAN Number was not provided by the deductee. There were in all 30706 cases in which the PAN Number was missing or was incorrectly stated.

Recognition U/s. 80G(5) cannot be rejected for Mere non Commencement of one of the activities mentioned in object clause

January 15, 2014 1342 Views 0 comment Print

ALLAHABAD High Court Rejects Revenue’s denial of Sec 80G(5) recognition on the ground that the assessee-trust did not commence one of the activities mentioned in object clause- The fact that the assessee was still to commence the activity of establishing a hospital for imparting medical treatment would not by itself result in the rejection of the claim for recognition.

Employees’ PF/ ESI Contribution not covered by Section 43B

January 14, 2014 22137 Views 0 comment Print

Section 43B which permits a deduction for payments made upto the due date for filing the ROI applies only to the employer’s contribution to the provident fund etc. It does not apply to the employees’ contribution.

Method of accounting can be changed if such change is bona fide and permissible under law

January 13, 2014 14402 Views 0 comment Print

Change in method of accounting was bona fide and with the compliance of the Accounting Standard – AS 9 – Revenue Recognition issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and provisions of S.5 of the Act.

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