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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...
Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. Vs Commissioner of Central Excise & Service Tax & Anr. (Uttarakhand High Court) The short question that arises for determination in this writ petition is ‘whether the amount paid by the petitioner, under protest, towards interest , prior to issuance of show cause shall be considered as pre-deposit while disposing his application […]
Since in matters of interception, seizure and detention, the GST Department did not recognise the concept of ‘working day’ and ‘holiday’, therefore, the order of detention was necessarily to be issued prior to the 7th day from date of detention/seizure of the conveyance/consignment in question, to validate both the interception and the SCN.
HC Held that already sanctioned GST refund not released due to technical glitches in the GST portal. Court directed the department to deal with the refund claim and, if eligible, pay back the refund claim with interest
S. Raheja Realty Pvt. Ltd. Vs Office of Income Tax Officer (Gujarat High Court) On perusal of the Explanation (1) of the Section 148, it is clear that that for the purpose of Section 148A, the information with the Assessing Officer which suggests that the income chargeable to tax has escaped assessment means any information […]
Touchstone Holdings Pvt. Ltd. Vs ITO (Delhi High Court) Delhi High Court allows reopening of AY 2013-14 (despite being beyond 6 years from 1st April 2021), basing on extension as per Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act, 2020 (TOLA). The time limit for issuing notice under unamended Section 149 which […]
HC held that accusations of clandestine removal cannot be confirmed merely based on statement of few transporters under Central Excise Act
It is by now well settled that the validity and legality of an order has to be tested in terms of reasons assigned in the order itself. The distinction that is now sought to be drawn has been taken only at the stage of filing a reply and counter to the writ petition.
Yukti Construction Pvt. Ltd Vs Asha Sharma (Uttarakhand High Court) An arbitration agreement does not require registration under the Registration Act. Even if it is found as one of the clauses in a contract or instrument, it is an independent agreement to refer the disputes to arbitration, which is independent of the main contract or […]
Total amount of duty in clause (d) of section 123 of the 2019 Act, for SVLDRS, could only mean the total amount of outstanding duty payable by a declarant making voluntary disclosure, as it could never have been intended by the legislature that the revenue would collect and/or recover tax liability which had already been discharged by the declarant.
Jai Matadi Enterprises Vs Commissioner of State Tax (Bombay High Court) In this case ITC was blocked in case of 10 suppliers, by Invoking GST Rule 86A. Bombay High Court vide interim order directed GST Department to unblock the Input Tax Credit Account. FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER OF BOMBAY HIGH COURT 1.Ms. Vyas seeks […]