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Rajasthan HC Dismisses Pleas Against Religious Site Demolition

Corporate Law : Rajasthan HC dismissed petitions against border-area eviction notices, held them not maintainable, and directed a committee to exa...

July 15, 2026 123 Views 0 comment Print

Apartment Association Cannot Arbitrarily Restrict Children’s Right to Play: Karnataka HC

Corporate Law : Karnataka HC allowed the appeal, set aside the Trial Court order, directed removal of stairway obstructions and reconsideration of...

July 15, 2026 303 Views 0 comment Print

Adult Woman Cannot Be Forced to Return Home or Marry: Bombay HC

Corporate Law : Bombay HC held that a 21-year-old woman cannot be compelled to return home or marry against her wishes, treating residence, marria...

July 8, 2026 456 Views 0 comment Print

MP HC Takes Suo Motu Cognizance Against Threats To Judge Tabassum Khan

Corporate Law : The Madhya Pradesh High Court held that judicial officers cannot be intimidated for delivering judgments since every judicial orde...

July 4, 2026 453 Views 0 comment Print

Ignoring Notices at AO and CIT(A) Stages Can Ruin Direct Tax Cases

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...

July 4, 2026 453 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 498 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 5556 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 21297 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 1065 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 8226 Views 1 comment Print


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Connectivity Services to Foreign Parent Qualify as Export, Service Tax Not Payable: Delhi HC

Service Tax : Delhi HC set aside service tax demand and refund rejection, holding telecommunication services qualified as export of service unde...

July 15, 2026 18 Views 0 comment Print

Reassessment Quashed as New Allegations Exceeded Section 148A Proceedings: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : Karnataka HC quashed the Section 147 assessment and penalty notices after fresh allegations were introduced without adequate oppor...

July 15, 2026 190 Views 0 comment Print

Faceless Assessment Quashed for Granting Only 2 Days to Reply: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : Karnataka HC quashed assessment and penalty notices after finding only two days were given to respond to a Section 144B show cause...

July 15, 2026 181 Views 0 comment Print

JAO Reassessment Notice Restored After Retrospective Section 147A Amendment: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : Karnataka HC remanded reassessment proceedings, allowed challenge to Section 147A, and followed the Supreme Court's directions on ...

July 15, 2026 169 Views 0 comment Print

JAO Reassessment Notices Restored After Section 147A Amendment: Karnataka HC

Income Tax : Karnataka HC remanded reassessment proceedings, allowed challenge to Section 147A, and followed the Supreme Court's directions on ...

July 15, 2026 149 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 2571 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 2160 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 18003 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 1788 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 13008 Views 2 comments Print


Section 54 – construction of house should necessarily be complete within two years

March 15, 1996 2698 Views 0 comment Print

In this case the assessee was denied exemption on the investments made with Delhi Development Authority. However, relief was granted by the Hon’ble High Court. It was held that section 54 of the Act of 1961 only says that within two years, the assessee should have constructed the house

There is no conflict between the provisions of sections 50 and 55(2) of the I-T Act, 1961

April 6, 1995 1047 Views 0 comment Print

There is no mention of ‘fair market value’ in section 50(1); besides that the adjustments stated there are with reference to the written down value only which has nothing to do with the fair market value, and therefore, where the capital asset purchased by the assessee is a depreciable or non-depreciable asset, the assessee will have the option for substituting for its actual cost of acquisition its fair market value as on 1-1-1954 but where it is a depreciable asset and the assessee has enjoyed depreciable allowance, its cost of acquisition shall have to be determined as provided in section 50 – Commonwealth Trust Ltd. v. CIT

Employee Joined as Trainee is Eligible for Gratuity

May 2, 1994 9000 Views 0 comment Print

The issue under consideration is whether the employee joined as a trainee is eligible for gratuity as per Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972?

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

January 20, 1994 11789 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 922 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 816 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 2155 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 1044 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 1221 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 4073 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

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