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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 : 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...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras HC held tobacco remains unmanufactured where no new product emerges, setting aside higher compensation cess demand and recl...
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...
The Court held that reassessment proceedings cannot be sustained merely on the basis of an unsigned and unauthenticated loose paper lacking any connection with the taxpayer. In the absence of corroborative evidence linking the petitioner to the alleged transaction, the reopening notice and reassessment order were set aside.
The Bombay High Court held that limitation under Section 35 of the Goa VAT Act must be computed after excluding the COVID period where the assessment order itself was served during that period. The matter was remanded for fresh consideration of delay condonation.
The Telangana High Court held that if a taxpayer files an appeal within the prescribed period along with the statutory pre-deposit, recovery proceedings should not be initiated. The ruling reinforces the protection available to assessees during the appeal process under the GST law.
The Telangana High Court held that if an appeal is filed within the prescribed period along with the statutory pre-deposit, recovery proceedings should not continue. The key takeaway is that taxpayers are protected from coercive recovery while availing their appellate remedy.
The Kerala High Court ruled that businesses could distribute common ITC through cross-charge without obtaining ISD registration before April 1, 2025. The decision quashed GST demand and penalty, emphasizing that mandatory ISD registration applies only prospectively.
The Court held that retention of seized cash beyond six months is illegal if the extension order under Section 110(2) of the Customs Act is not communicated to the affected person within the statutory period. The ruling reinforces that procedural safeguards protecting taxpayers cannot be ignored.
The Karnataka High Court held that projects obtaining partial occupancy certificates before RERA came into force are exempt from being treated as ongoing projects, thereby excluding RERA’s jurisdiction.
The Telangana High Court declined to examine the merits of the GST assessment order and allowed the taxpayer to pursue the statutory appellate remedy. The Court clarified that the appellate authority should consider the delay condonation plea based on the reasons explained by the assessee.
The Telangana High Court declined to examine the merits of the GST demand but permitted the taxpayer to file a statutory appeal with a delay condonation application. The ruling highlights that appellate remedies remain available even where notices are claimed to have been discovered belatedly through the GST portal.
The Telangana High Court held that an order rejecting delay condonation without assigning reasons suffers from lack of application of mind. The key takeaway is that authorities must pass speaking orders while deciding applications for revocation of GST registration cancellation.
