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Corporate Law : Allahabad HC asserts that Section 498A IPC is often misused against entire families to exert pressure. Employment prospects should...
Corporate Law : The Orissa High Court ruled that voter ID alone is not reliable for determining age in insurance claims, directing LIC to reassess...
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 : 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...
Corporate Law : Bombay HC upholds priority of Janaseva Sahakari Bank's secured interest over Sales Tax Dept’s claims, setting aside the mutation...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court quashes reassessment notices for AYs 2013-14 and 2014-15, citing procedural lapses and lack of valid grounds unde...
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...
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...
HC set aside the show cause notices on the ground that writ court can interfere if the show cause notice is an order by itself and not a show cause notice and it is pre-meditated then the Courts are entitled to interfere with the said order.
Delhi High Court has held that issuance of notice under section 274 r.w.s. 271(1)(c) of the Act without specifying the limb under which the penalty proceeding has been initiated is bad in law.
Pawan Kumar Agrawala Vs Income Tax Officer (Orissa High Court) The Chief Justice bench of Orissa High Court, of late has not been entertaining writ petition against notice u/s 148 in view of the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Anshul Jain. This is notwithstanding the fact that on 1st February 2023, […]
HC set aside reassessment order against assessee, for non-supply of information/ material by Revenue Department for reopening of assessment.
Bal Mukund Vaishnav Vs State of Maharashtra (Bombay High Court) The allegation in the present case is not merely that the applicant has evaded payment of tax or falsified financial records or produce fake accounts or furnished any false information with an intention to evade payment of tax. The allegation is that the applicant has produced […]
Penalty for claiming input tax credit based on bogus tax invoices / debit notes – On a prima facie consideration, the show cause notice sent to the petitioner by the respondents is also bald and cryptic and the exact details of the violations committed by the petitioner have not been disclosed in the said show cause notice.
Karan Singh Vs State of West Bengal & Ors. (Calcutta High Court) In the instant case, the consignment (GSV) transported from Pune, Maharashtra to Malli Bazar, Darjeeling. There was delay of only 41 minutes in delivering the consignment. The petitioner has made out a ground that the destination, Malli Bazar in Darjeeling is situated at […]
Held that, stating specific charges in the SCN is part of due procedure and fair play in action which are essential requirements of rule of law and has its genesis in Article 14 of the Constitution of India and since the principles of natural justice is not complied with, the ground of alternative remedy is not acceptable. Remanded back the matter to pass a fresh order after following the due procedure of law from the stage of issuing fresh SCN.
Delhi High Court held that power of Enforcement Directorate (ED) stands confined to the offense of money laundering as defined in terms of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Ronak Soni Son of Hariram soni Vs Union of India (Rajasthan High Court) The accused person Mr. Ronak Soni while coming from Kolkata to Jaipur (via train) was intercepted by officials of DRI on 27.10.2022 and he was found carrying gold weighing 1872 grams of gold valued at Rs. approx 97 lacs. However, on the […]
