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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...
Income Tax : Calcutta High Court allows Truvolt Engineering time to file objections against a notice during ongoing credit blocking proceedings...
Goods and Services Tax : Calcutta HC condones delay in GST appeal filing, restoring the case for a small businessman who missed the deadline due to GST por...
Income Tax : Calcutta HC directs reassessment after invalidating CGST assessment order due to lack of opportunity for hearing....
Income Tax : Calcutta HC directs PCIT to reconsider reassessment as notice was not received by the assessee. The case is remanded for fresh con...
Corporate Law : Patna High Court denies anticipatory bail to Manoj Singh in a gold smuggling case, citing lack of evidence and differences from a ...
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...
The Hon’ble HC, Rajasthan in the matter of Ravindra Singh Chaudhary vs. Union of India [D. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 20779/2019 dated October 16, 2020] held that Dream11’s online fantasy sports games are not betting/gambling. Facts: Ravindra Singh Chaudhary (“the Petitioner”) filed a Public Interest Litigation alleging that Dream 11 Fantasy Private Limited (“Respondent”) […]
SEBI Vs Franklin Templeton Trustees Services Pvt. Ltd (Karnataka High Court) i) We hold that no interference is called for in the decision of the Trustees taken on 23rd April 2020 of winding up the said six Schemes; ii) We hold and declare that the decision of the Trustees (the Franklin Templeton Trustee Services private […]
Complex tax laws pose problems both in interpretation and implementation. Which is why tax legislation and treaties should be simple and understandable to the common man and those in trade, reasoned Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar of the Bombay High Court when speaking at the International Tax Conference, organised by IFA (International Fiscal Association) India and the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) , in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Parnika Commercial And Estates Private Ltd. Vs Union of India (Delhi High Court) Bu this writ Petitioner had sought a declaration that the liability to pay interest under Section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 is confined only to the net tax liability and no interest is payable on the available […]
Rajasthan Tax Consultants Association has filed a writ with Hon;ble Rajasthan High Court to direct the CBDT to decide the representation of the RTCA requesting extension due date of filing of Tax Audit Report and Income-tax Return for the assessment year 2020-2021 till December 31, 2020. Relevant Text of the Petition is as follows:- The […]
Income received on providing bandwidth services outside India was not taxable as ‘Royalty’ under India-Singapore Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) as mere receipt of service using equipment under the control, possession and operation of service provider would only be considered as transaction of a service and not to ‘use or right to use’ an equipment, and would not attract ‘Royalty’ under the Act or the Tax Treaty.
Bagmane Developers Vs Union of India (Karnataka High Court) The Hon’ble HC, Karnataka in Bagmane Developers v. Union of India [W.P. No. 9430/2020 dated October 22, 2020] stayed demand of Rs. 62 crore in a writ petition challenging credit restriction under Section 17(5)(c) and (d) of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (CGST Act) […]
Jaymatajee Enterprise (Seller) And Another Vs Commissioner of Customs (Preventive) & 2 Others (Allahabad High Court) It is clear from the statute that the power of seizure of goods under Section 110 of the Customs Act can be resorted to only when the Officer exercising the said power has ‘reasons to believe’ that the goods […]
The Chamber of Tax Consultants & Another Vs Union of India & Another (Bombay High Court) Hon. Bombay High Court admits Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, Petitioners have challenged the validity of various provisions of Sections 49, 50CA and 56 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 as well as provisions […]
The instant PIL is related to some of the mobile gaming apps, which allegedly facilitate online gambling, that have been referred to in the petition such as Adda52 Poker, PokerStars, Zynga Poker, Teen Patti Gold, Poker Rummy and Texas Hold’em Poker.