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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...
Income Tax : Bombay High Court held that amount paid towards community services and social welfare under Memorandum of Settlement under the Ind...
Goods and Services Tax : Sri Avantika Contractors (I) Limited. Vs Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (GST) and others. (Telangana High Court) Telangana...
Custom Duty : Delhi HC reduces pre-deposit requirement for Shubh Impexs appeal in customs duty dispute over imported goods classification....
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...
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...
Dantara Jewellers Vs State of Kerala (Kerala High Court) The Kerala High Court while granting the refund to the taxpayer ruled that all the technical glitches that may occur in between, shall not stand in the way of ultimate relief of the grant of refund to the petitioner. The Petitioner, Dantara Jewellers assailed the order […]
Bright Star Plastic Industries Vs Additional Commissioner of Sales Tax (Orissa High Court at Cuttack) The Court finds merit in the contention of Mr. Harichandan that for the fraud committed by the selling dealer, which resulted in cancellation of a selling dealer’s registration, there cannot be an automatic cancellation of the registration of the purchasing […]
JRS Pharma and Gujarat Microwax Private Limited Vs DCIT (Gujarat High Court) Question of law: whether the revenue is justified in reopening the assessment for the year under consideration? Writ application filed before the Hon’ble HC of Gujrat challenging notice u/s 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 for reopening the assessment for AY 2013-14. […]
AO was justified to reopen the computation of surcharge for the periods 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03 as re-computing the tax payable to give effect to the judgment of the Supreme Court, which the authorities were bound to do, could not be termed illegal.
India Yamaha Motor Private Limited Vs PCIT (Delhi High Court) Writ of India Yamaha Motor (P) Ltd., Hon’ble Delhi High Court has admitted the Writ and has stayed the operation of letter of direction and order for special audit u/s 142(2A) of the Income Tax Act, 1961, as the same were issued in violation of […]
Vishal Gupta Vs Union Of India And Another (Allahabad High Court) Submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that although petitioner has been released on interim bail in compliance of directions issued by High Power Committee but he shall be deemed to be in constructive custody of the Court. The second submission of […]
High Court while extending the date for mandatory E-Seeding of Aadhar number with UAN was extended from 30/09/2021 till 30/11/2021 subject to the following of certain interim directions issued.
Preventive detention being drastic State action based only upon suspicion arising from a person’s past activity, can be allowed, as the settled legal position mandates, only if there is a live, causal link between a person’s past activities and the need for passing of a preventive detention order.
A careful perusal of Section 73 of the CG&ST Act in conjunction with Rule 142 makes it clear that non adherence to Rule 142 had caused prejudice to the writ petitioner qua impugned order and therefore it is a rule which necessarily needs to be adhered to,if prejudice is to be eliminated in the case on hand. In other words, it is not a mere procedural requirement but on the facts and circumstances of this case, it becomes clear that it tantamount to trampling the rights of writ petitioner.
Black and White Media India Vs Principal Secretary and Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (Madras High Court) It is stated that ‘amusement’ means any amusement, for which the persons are required to make payment for admission to any amusement arcade or amusement park or theme park or the like by whatever name called. Thus, whether it […]