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Corporate Law : Delhi High Court recent judgment highlights the alarming misuse of the POCSO Act, where cases are filed due to family objections t...
Corporate Law : J&K&L High Court quashes money laundering case against Farooq Abdullah, citing absence of a scheduled offence under the Prevention...
Corporate Law : Jharkhand HC directs the state to use its Special Branch to identify illegal immigrants allegedly from Bangladesh in six districts...
Corporate Law : Punjab & Haryana HC confirms that the Armed Forces Tribunal has jurisdiction to review the legality of a ‘displeasure award’ g...
Corporate Law : Bombay HC rules that relatives of a husband cannot be charged under Section 498A IPC solely for advising a wife to tolerate cruelt...
Corporate Law : SC rules on Special Court jurisdiction; NCLAT redefines financial debt; HC upholds IBBI regulations and addresses various insolven...
Goods and Services Tax : HIGH COURT OF CALCUTTA: Ramesh Kumar Patodia v. Citi Bank [WPO NO. 547 OF 2019 JUNE 24, 2022 ] Facts: ♦ Petitioner is a holder ...
Goods and Services Tax : CGST, Gurugram (Anti Evasion) Vs Gaurav Dhir (Chief Judicial Magistrate, District Courts, Gurugram) U/s 132(1)) r/w 132(1)(b)(C)(e...
Corporate Law : In order to dispense with the physical signatures on the daily orders (which are not important/final orders and judgments) of the ...
Custom Duty : Delhi High Court admits petition questioning Validity of provisions in Finance Act 2022 which overruled landmark Judgment of Supr...
Company Law : Delhi High Court held that timelines under Regulation 35A of the CIRP Regulations, 2016 for filing avoidance application are direc...
Income Tax : Delhi HC held that the settlement consideration as received was liable to be recognized as capital gains and the same couldn’t p...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court held that passing of order by the revenue under section 148A(d) of the Income Tax Act on the basis of fresh groun...
Income Tax : Telangana High Court held that notice issued u/s. 148 of the Income Tax Act must comply with the requirement of the Scheme whether...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that half-hearted approach on the part of AO to make additions on the issue of bogus purchase would not be ...
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...
Corporate Law : Delhi High Court has exempted the Lawyers from wearing Gowns practicing in the High Court with effect from March 2, 2022 till furt...
Corporate Law : Till further orders, all documents/ not summons/Daks through physical mode be dispensed with, except where there, is a specific or...
Income Tax : Hon’ble Judges to hear the matters physically at the Principal Seat at Bombay, on experimental basis with effect from 1st Decemb...
Bombay High Court held that order of Tribunal directed the designated authority to calculate the tax amount applying the ratio of Mohommad Haji Adam & Co case. Designated authority had only to calculate the disputed tax by giving effect to the orders of the Tribunal. Order of Tribunal was not directing fresh examination on any issue.
Delhi High Court held that extended service tax demand invoking proviso to Section 73(1) of the Act would be applicable on account of mis-statement or suppression of facts only if the same was deliberate and for the purposes of evading payment of duty.
Bombay High Court held that reopening of assessment in absence of failure on the part of the assessee to disclose fully and truly the material facts and also in absence of any tangible material is unjustifiable.
Allahabad High Court held that the disciplinary proceedings against an officer VAT Commissioner cannot take place on information which is vague and indefinite and suspicion has no role to play in such matters when the department has taken a conscious decision not to challenge the order passed by the appellant and has allowed the same to attain finality.
Orissa High Court held that transfer of jurisdiction from CIT (IT)-1 New Delhi to Bhubaneswar without passing of any order under section 127 of the Income Tax Act transferring jurisdiction is unsustainable and liable to be set aside.
Kramski Stamping and Molding Indis Private Ltd. Vs State Tax Officer (Int.) (Madras High Court) Madras High Court held that writ petition cannot be entertained as due procedure is followed by the department and there is no violation of principles of natural justice. Petitioner directed/ permitted to file a statutory appeal if aggrieved by the […]
Revenue Department could only re-open an assessment beyond four years, if there was a failure on the part of assessee to disclose material facts fully and truly and not on the basis of reason to believe without satisfying jurisdictional condition required under provisions of Section 147
HC held that reasons should be stated in seizure memo, order of provisional release and order of extension of time period under Customs Act.
GST Registration Cancellation order is not only non-speaking but also cryptic in nature, which entails penal and pecuniary consequences and Revenue Department ought to have referred to contents of SCN and have followed principles of natural justice.
Sharda Lunkar Vs Union of India (Guwahati High Court) Guwahati High Court held that order passed under section 147 of the Income Tax Act is an appealable order and accordingly the alternative remedy available by approaching the appellate authority should be availed. Facts- Petitioner has filed the writ petition against the notice issued under section […]
