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ITC Cannot Be Denied Automatically for Supplier Default: Gujarat HC

Goods and Services Tax :  The Gujarat High Court held that supplier tax payment remains mandatory for ITC claims under Section 16(2)(c). However, ITC cann...

May 14, 2026 411 Views 0 comment Print

“Guarantee Fee” Puzzle – Is it “Interest” or “Fees for Technical Services”?

Income Tax : The article explains how the High Court held that corporate guarantee fees do not qualify as Fees for Technical Services under the...

May 14, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

GST Act Silence on Interest Cannot Defeat Refund Rights in Unconstitutional Levy Cases: AP HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Andhra Pradesh High Court held that refund arising from an unconstitutional GST levy carries a constitutional right to interes...

May 12, 2026 210 Views 0 comment Print

State & Police To Blame For Tarikh Pe Tarikh, Not Just Judges: Allahabad HC

Corporate Law : The Allahabad High Court observed that criminal case delays are caused not only by judicial officers but also by inadequate infras...

May 12, 2026 171 Views 0 comment Print

Delhi HC Issues Guidelines on Quashing of Consensual POCSO Cases

Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court quashed a POCSO FIR after noting that the relationship was consensual and the parties were married with a chi...

May 11, 2026 390 Views 0 comment Print


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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 5190 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 21054 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 972 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 8043 Views 1 comment Print

Important Rulings on IBC – January to March 2025

Corporate Law : SC clarifies limits of High Court's writ powers in IBC cases and recognises Indian CIRP as foreign main proceeding in cross-border...

May 21, 2025 1851 Views 0 comment Print


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Telangana HC Grants Bail in ₹21.89 Cr Fake ITC Case Post Investigation Completion

Goods and Services Tax : Telangana High Court granted bail in a GST fake ITC case involving alleged wrongful availment of Rs.21.89 crore credit. The Court ...

May 15, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

Jharkhand HC Dismisses Writ Petition Due to Available GST Appellate Remedy

Goods and Services Tax : The Jharkhand High Court held that a taxpayer cannot bypass the statutory appellate mechanism merely by alleging non-service of no...

May 15, 2026 12 Views 0 comment Print

GST Appeal Beyond Limitation Allowed After Conditional Pre-Deposit by Madras HC

Goods and Services Tax : Relying on the Supreme Court ruling in Glaxo Smith Kline case, the High Court reiterated that GST appeal limitation cannot be exte...

May 15, 2026 21 Views 0 comment Print

Orissa HC Sets Aside GST Appellate Order Due to Doubt Over Service of Hearing Notices

Goods and Services Tax : The Orissa High Court remanded a GST appeal for fresh adjudication after finding uncertainty regarding service of hearing notices ...

May 15, 2026 30 Views 0 comment Print

Karnataka HC Transfers NI Act Acquittal Appeal to Sessions Court, Recognises Complainant’s Right as ‘Victim’ Under BNSS

Corporate Law : The Karnataka High Court held that a complainant under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act can pursue an appeal as a vic...

May 15, 2026 24 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 2370 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 1881 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 17133 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 1677 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 12900 Views 2 comments Print


S. 154 : A mistake can be regarded as apparent only when it is a glaring, obvious or self-evident

January 20, 1994 11642 Views 0 comment Print

IT authorities are empowered to amend any order passed by them under the Act with a view to rectifying any mistake apparent from the record. A mistake is an omission made not by design but by mischance. A mistake apparent is a mistake that is manifest. In other words, the mistake must be so plain or obvious that it could be realised without a debate or dissertation

Somaiya Orgeno Chemicals Ltd. Vs. CIT (1995) 216 ITR 291

December 3, 1993 883 Views 0 comment Print

Under the Ethyl Alcohol (Price Control) Amendment Order, 1971, issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals and Mines and Metals, dated January 30, 1971, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18G of the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, the Central Government prescribed certain maximum ex-distillery prices of ethyl alcohol as set out therein.

CIT vs Tarachand Kalyanji (Bombay High Court)

February 9, 1993 777 Views 0 comment Print

The question whether the charge was voluntary or involuntary will have to be decided with reference to the facts relating to the creation of such charge. If the charge is created voluntarily, it remains so, whether it is created before the amendment or after the amendment.

Addition for notional interest in absence of actual receipt not justified

November 13, 1992 2065 Views 0 comment Print

There is no finding of fact to the effect that actually the loan had been granted to the managing director or any other person on interest, or that interest had actually been collected and the collection of the interest was not reflected in the accounts.

Modi Cement Limited v. Union of India (Delhi High Court) (1992) 193 ITR 91

October 25, 1991 999 Views 0 comment Print

Enactment of new provisions in the Income-tax Act, 1961, instead of reducing more than not, increases litigation This is either because of the ambiguity or lack of clarity in the provision enacted or the manner in which the newly enacted provision is applied The present case falls in the second category as we shall presently see

CIT Vs. Pandavapura Sahakara Sakkare Kharkane Ltd. (1992) 198 ITR 690 

September 11, 1991 1164 Views 0 comment Print

Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal is right in law in upholding the orders of the Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals) deleting the addition of Rs. 1,08,644 made in the assessment for the assessment year 1980-81, being the amount transferred to the ‘molasses storage fund’ from the sale proceeds of the molasses ?

Depreciation can be allowed only if Assessee claimed & Furnished details in ROI

June 25, 1991 4019 Views 0 comment Print

Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal was right in law in holding that two courses were open to the assessee, one being to claim depreciation and the other being forgo the depreciation and any course which is beneficial to the assessee could be adopted and the incidence of tax can be legitimately reduced

CIT vs. Indramani Devi Singhania (Allahabad High Court)

January 10, 1991 1381 Views 0 comment Print

It is evident from a reading of these two clauses that clause (iii) which permitted any amount paid by way of interest on a mortgage or other capital charge was deleted and clause (iv) was amended in such a manner as to make only that annual charge which is not voluntary or which does not amount to a capital charge alone deductible.

Can assessee claim exemption U/s. 54 for acquisition of more than one house?

April 2, 1990 4395 Views 0 comment Print

The petitioner is in the service of the Bank of Baroda. He purchased a flat in Suvarnadeep Co-operative Housing Society Limited (for short “Surnadeep”), Santacruz, Bombay, on March 21, 1973, for a sum of Rs. 49,140 for the purpose of his residence. He was residing in that flat On October 24, 1979, he sold the flat for Rs. 1,25,000

Commissioner of Income Tax Vs. Sothia Mining and Manufacturing Corporation Ltd., (186 ITR 182)

March 13, 1989 1876 Views 0 comment Print

The decision in this case arose out of an order passed by the Tribunal which had condoned the delay in filing the appeal by the respondent. The Tribunal had condoned the delay on the ground that there was a decision of the Supreme Court on the controversy raised and because of the said decision the Assessee had found that it had good reason to prefer an appeal

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