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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 : Since the prosecution failed to establish disproportionate assets after properly accounting for the accused's legitimate income, l...
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...
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...
Court held that taxpayers whose GST registration stands cancelled cannot be expected to access e-notices, setting aside an order issued without physical service.
Summary of Agrawal Soya Extracts (P.) Ltd. vs. Union of India where the MP High Court applied the Supreme Court’s Armour Security precedent, mandating GST authorities to decide on jurisdiction and prevent parallel investigations if a show cause notice is already issued on the same subject matter under Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST Act.
Bombay High Court held that interest under Section 56 of the CGST Act must be paid from 60 days after the original refund application, even if the refund is granted later following an appellate order. The Court relied on Lupin Ltd., Ranbaxy Laboratories, and other precedents to reject the Revenue’s stand.
The Allahabad High Court granted bail to Azharuddin, accused of over ₹20 crore (Rs.2.4 million) in GST evasion through Input Tax Credit (ITC) fraud, considering the completion of the investigation, the filing of the complaint, the maximum five-year sentence, and Supreme Court rulings on bail for economic offenses based on documentary evidence.
The Delhi High Court dismissed the Revenue’s appeal against Casio India for AY 2017-18, upholding the deletion of a Transfer Pricing adjustment for AMP expenses. The court ruled that the issue was covered by prior judgments, which rejected the Bright Line Test methodology.
Punjab and Haryana High Court rules the time spent on a GST rectification application under Section 161 must be excluded from the appeal limitation period under Section 107, setting aside an appeal’s dismissal based on delay.
Karnataka High Court rules that duty on capital goods imported by an EOU is not leviable if the goods are installed and used for manufacturing, even if the export obligation is unfulfilled. Penalties under Section 112(a) are also invalidated.
The petitioner challenging GST orders was directed to comply with Trade Circular 13 August 2024 for interim protection; constitutional claims on Section 16(2)(c) can be raised only after exhausting remedies before the future GST Tribunal.
Orders blocking GST input tax credit under Rule 86-A were set aside because the petitioner filed a reply within the timeline, but the department issued restrictive orders prematurely without hearing the petitioner.
A school challenged the MCD’s tax calculation under the SUNIYO Amnesty Scheme. The Delhi High Court, citing an SC restraint on similar interim orders, rejected the plea for a conditional deposit, reinforcing the policy-based nature of tax amnesty offers.
