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Corporate Law : Bombay HC criticizes Pune Police for copying FIR from private complaint, highlighting legal implications and citizen harassment is...
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 : 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...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta HC orders fresh adjudication in Swadhin Bose vs. CGST case due to improper consideration of the appellant’s response an...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta High Court overturns GST registration cancellation for non-filing of returns, setting conditions for restoration....
Income Tax : Rajasthan HC dismisses writ against Section 153C notice post-assessment, advising the petitioner to pursue statutory remedies inst...
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...
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...
Magma Industries Limited Vs Designated Committee Office of Commissioner CGST & 2 Ors. (Allahabad High Court) Clearly, a person against whom an enquiry, investigation or audit may be pending and whose ‘tax dues’ may not have been ‘quantified’, would remain ineligible to make a declaration on form SVLDRS-1. According to the revenue, for the purposes […]
The tax authorities must make a clear distinction between deliberate tax evasion and technical or minor defects which manifest no intention to evade tax. When the IGST liability has been fully discharged, no intention can be attributed on part of the petitioner to evade tax. In the present case, therefore, we would release the machinery upon the petitioner filing an undertaking before this Court that eventually subject to appeal and further right to challenge the order of assessment, if any tax or penalty liability is crystallized, the petitioner would discharge the same.
Supreme Court Ghanashyam Mishra and Sons Private Limited Vs. Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited & Ors. [CA No. 8129/2019] The Supreme Court (SC) held that the 2019 amendment to section 31 of the Code is clarificatory and declaratory in nature and is, therefore, effective from the date on which the Code came into effect. Even […]
Davis Raphel Vs Hendry Thomas (Kerala High Court) This Regular Second Appeal has been filed by the defendant in the civil suit challenging the judgment and decree dated 22.2.2019 in A.S.No.58/2016 of the Sub Court, Payyannur (hereinafter referred to as ‘the first appellate court’) by which judgment, the first appeal of the defendant was dismissed […]
The Petitioner was alleged of unjustly availing Input Tax Credit (ITC) on fake invoices and E-way bills alongside Mr. Amit Kumar (Co-accused). While seeking bail, the Petitioner contended that he has been in custody for a month, as on date, with effect from July 19, 2021 and therefore, his further custodial detention is absolutely not necessary in the interest of investigation of the case.
N. Raveendran Vs Shajahan (Kerala High Court) The absence of salutation Like Mr./M/s. while drawing the cheque by accused cannot be a ground for the accused to be acquitted from proceedings under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act. FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER OF KERALA HIGH COURT This appeal arises out of the judgment […]
The deferment of application of old provisions of section 148 was done by the CBDT, Ministry of Finance by way of conditional legislation in the peculiar circumstances which arose during the pandemic and lock down. Hence, there being no full delegation of powers in the scenario, the Central Government cannot be said to have encroached upon turf of Parliament.
Jaidayal Prannath Kapur Vs CIT (Madras High Court) The assessment for the Assessment Year under consideration, AY 2002-03, was reopened and notice under Section 148 of the Act was issued. From the findings recorded by the Assessing Officer in the Assessment Order, dated 19.12.2007, we find that, initially, the assessee did not extend full cooperation […]
The Music Academy Madras Vs DDIT (Exemptions) (Madras High Court) It is not in dispute that the substantial questions of law framed for consideration have been answered in favour of the assessee by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of CIT vs. Rajasthan and Gujarati Charitable Foundation Poona reported in (2018) 402 ITR 0441 […]
The decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Bajaj Tempo Ltd. (supra), was followed in CIT vs.Nayyars Minerals Export (P.) Ltd. reported in (1998) 231 ITR 864 (HP), wherein it was held that hiring of certain machineries from sister concern would not amount to transfer as provided under Section 80J(4)(ii) of the Act.
