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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 : Bombay HC quashed Section 148 reopening for AY 2013-14, holding Section 43CA was inapplicable and stamp duty valuation alone could...
Income Tax : Madras HC held Section 153C action must be supported by incriminating material relatable to the relevant assessment year, distingu...
Income Tax : Delhi HC upheld Section 263 revision, holding an unreasoned assessment on subsidy was erroneous, and remanded the issue for fresh ...
Goods and Services Tax : Madras HC set aside a GST assessment passed against a deceased person, holding it non est in law, and permitted legal heirs to res...
Income Tax : Delhi HC held interest on borrowings for strategic shareholding may qualify under Section 36(1)(iii). Matter remanded to AO to ver...
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...
Significant to note that the assessment order was passed in the backdrop of information received from the French Government under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), indicating that assessee held bank accounts in HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), SA, Switzerland.
Gujarat High Court held that since provisions of DTAA would override the provisions of the Domestic Act where the provisions of the DTAA are more beneficial to the assessee. Thus, section 206AA of the Income Tax Act doesn’t override the provisions of 90(2) of the Income Tax Act.
Allahabad High Court held that filing of Form 10-IC prior to filing of return is not mandatory and if “genuine hardship” is shown then delay may be condoned. Accordingly, delay in filing Form 10-IC condoned and order quashed.
Bombay High Court held that offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [BNS] can be recognized as scheduled offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 [PMLA] without a specific amendment of the PMLA Schedule.
The Allahabad High Court ruled that misclassification of goods alone does not warrant a Section 129 penalty under U.P. GST Act, requiring refund of any deposited penalty.
Notices issued to a taxpayer on the ground that the Income Tax Department failed to issue them in compliance with the mandatory faceless assessment procedure, thus disregarding binding judicial precedents that have adjudicated on the matter was invalid.
Delhi High Court held that proper opportunity of being heard not got as petitioner was unaware about issuance of SCN which was uploaded on GST portal under ‘Additional Notices Tab’. Accordingly, matter remanded back and order set aside.
The court held that Revenue would be permitted to revive the show cause notices already issued and take further proceedings in accordance with law. It was also clarified that other connected legal issues not directly covered by this ruling remained open to be contested at the appropriate stage.
Karnataka High Court held that notices or communication issued by department sent to old email address of the petitioner instead of updated email address not justifiable. Accordingly, order not sustained in view of no proper notice and no proper opportunity of fair hearing.
A recent MP High Court judgment criticizes the “feudal” relationship between the High Court and district judiciary, citing “perpetual fear” impacting judicial independence.
