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Corporate Law : The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that judicial officers cannot be intimidated for delivering judgments since every judicial orde...
Corporate Law : The article argues that failure to comply before the AO or CIT(A) can lead to adverse assessments, as higher forums generally cann...
Corporate Law : The Bombay High Court held that merely organising protests or morchas against government decisions cannot justify externment. It r...
Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court held that an unnatural death in police custody attracts constitutional liability under Article 21, even if ca...
Income Tax : The Calcutta High Court quashed a Section 143(3) assessment after finding that the assessee was denied a meaningful opportunity of...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that CoC and RP can surrender financially burdensome assets voluntarily, clarifying moratorium under section 1...
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...
Income Tax : Rajasthan High Court granted a one-month extension for filing TARs under Section 44AB for AY 2025-26, citing delayed audit utility...
Income Tax : The Gujarat High Court is hearing a petition from the Chartered Accountants Association regarding persistent glitches on the new I...
Income Tax : The Court quashed criminal proceedings after finding that the petitioner had ceased to be a director before the due date for filin...
Income Tax : Having regard to the gravity of the allegations, the ongoing investigation, the requirement of further probe into digital and fina...
Income Tax : The Orissa High Court ruled that an ITAT appeal cannot be dismissed merely because the authorised representative violated the virt...
Goods and Services Tax : Karnataka HC directed the State to determine and reimburse differential GST arising from GST implementation on works contracts, su...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras HC held tobacco remains unmanufactured where no new product emerges, setting aside higher compensation cess demand and recl...
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...
Corporate Law : Bombay High Court implements "Rules for Video Conferencing 2022" for all courts in Maharashtra, Goa, and union territories, effect...
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, ...
Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court mandates new video conferencing protocols to enhance transparency and accessibility in court proceedings. Rea...
Income Tax : Income Tax Department Issues Instructions for Assessing Officers after Adverse Observations of Hon. Allahabad High Court in in Civ...
The Calcutta High Court held that an assessment cannot survive where the Assessing Officer having jurisdiction failed to issue a mandatory notice under Section 143(2). The Revenue’s appeal was dismissed.
The Calcutta High Court held that adjusting admitted refunds to recover more than 20% of disputed tax demand during the pendency of appeals was arbitrary and unsustainable. The excess amount was directed to be refunded.
The Calcutta High Court held that recovery exceeding 20% of the disputed tax demand during the pendency of an appeal before the CIT(A) was unsustainable in the absence of exceptional circumstances. It directed refund of the excess amount recovered.
The Calcutta High Court held that adjustment of a tax refund against a disputed demand could not be sustained while the stay application and appeal were pending. It directed release of the refund with statutory interest and restrained coercive recovery until the stay application is decided.
The High Court held that Rule 86A permits blocking only of input tax credit actually available in the Electronic Credit Ledger. Negative blocking beyond the available balance was declared unsustainable, while preserving the department’s statutory recovery powers.
The Kerala High Court held that banks are not required to obtain approval from the Local Level Committee under the National Trust Act before enforcing security interests under the SARFAESI Act. The Court also ruled that challenges to SARFAESI proceedings should ordinarily be pursued before the Debt Recovery Tribunal.
The Rajasthan High Court directed taxpayers to pursue the statutory appellate remedy under Section 107 of the CGST Act. Appeals filed within 30 days must be decided on merits without examining limitation.
The Calcutta High Court held that prepayment charges, commitment charges and processing fees formed part of the recoverable debt under the lending arrangement. The bank was therefore entitled to retain the pledged FDR until all contractual liabilities were discharged.
The Madras High Court upheld the blocking of ITC under Rule 86A after finding that the Revenue had recorded adequate material supporting its reasons to believe the transactions were fraudulent. The Court also directed the Department to complete the consequential proceedings expeditiously.
The High Court found that the appellate authority had failed to act on the Tribunal’s direction requiring a speaking order for Assessment Year 2015-16. Holding that prolonged administrative inaction cannot leave an assessee without a remedy, the Court ordered time-bound disposal of the appeal.
