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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...
Dispatch of the appeal by assessee on 02.12.2019 was within the extended period of limitation of one month and, therefore, without considering the prayer for condonation of delay of assessee, respondent No.1 ought not to have rejected the appeal as being time barred by taking the ground that he had no jurisdiction to condone the delay beyond the extended limitation period of one month.
Inox India Pvt Ltd Vs. Union of India (Gujarat High Court) Conclusion: Since on noticing that the declaration of intent on the shipping bill for claiming the benefit under the reward scheme was made mandatory w.e.f 01.06.2015 under the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 or the Handbook of Procedure, 2015-20, therefore, there could be no exclusion […]
ABSA Bank Limited Vs Commissioner, South African Revenue Service (High Court of South Africa) FULL TEXT OF THE JUDGMENT/ORDER of SOUTH AFRICA HIGH COURT Introduction [1] The applicants, Absa Bank Ltd and its wholly owned subsidiary Absa Towers (Pty) Ltd hereafter referred to, collectively, as Absa, seek to review two decisions of the respondent, the […]
The constituent temples function under the aegis of the HR&CE Act and the ‘body’ or ‘authority’ as referred to in Section 10(23BBA) would be the HR&CE department only. Moreover, the proviso to Section 10(23BBA) specifically excludes temples and other religious institutions functioning under the management of the ‘body’ or ‘authority’ from the scope of exemption, stating that they fell within the ambit of taxability.
Admittedly, personal hearing has not been granted to the petitioner prior to passing of the impugned orders and it is contrary to the provisions of Section 74(5) of the TNGST Act, which mandates that an opportunity of personal hearing shall be granted in all cases where a specific request is received or where the Officer contemplates adverse decision against the assessee.
Mohd. Farhan A. Shaikh Vs DCIT (Bombay High Court) Conclusion: In present facts of the case, the Larger Bench of the Hon’ble High Court was referred an issue ‘mere failure to tick mark the applicable grounds’ in the notice issued under Section 271 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) vitiate the entire penalty […]
Dharmesh Gandhi Vs Assistant Commissioner (Anti-Evasion) (Bombay High Court) After hearing the matter at some length, we find that out of the nine bank accounts that have been attached by respondent No.1, only the accounts at Sr. Nos.2, 3 and 4 belong to the petitioner whereas the other accounts belong to the family members, namely, […]
Pearson Drums & Barrels Pvt. Ltd. Vs The General Manager, Consumer Education & Protection Cell of Reserve Bank of India and others (Calcutta High Court) Upon considering the submissions of the parties, it is evident that the petitioner has not only claimed refund of full processing fees from respondent no.4, a private bank, but has […]
Sumit Bhasin Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Anr. (Delhi High Court) Negotiable Instruments Act, provides sufficient opportunity to a person who issues the cheque. Once a cheque is issued by a person, it must be honored and if it is not honoured, the person is given an opportunity to pay the cheque amount […]
Sanjay Soya Private Limited Vs Narayani Trading Company (Bombay High Court) Registration under the Copyright Act is optional and not compulsory. Registration is not necessary to claim a copyright. Registration under the Copyright Act merely raises a prima facie presumption in respect of the particulars entered in the Register of Copyright. The presumption is however […]
