Goods and Services Tax : The Finance Act, 2025 retrospectively amended Section 17(5)(d) of the CGST Act after the Supreme Court allowed ITC on certain comm...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that liabilities arising from corporate guarantees qualify as financial debt under Section 5(8) of the Inso...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that a shortfall payment clause in a Deed of Hypothecation can qualify as a contract of guarantee under th...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court expressed serious reservations about earlier rulings denying bail in UAPA cases, holding that smaller benches ca...
Income Tax : The article explains the Supreme Court’s landmark 2024 ruling that broken period interest on debt securities is capital in natur...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that CoC and RP can surrender financially burdensome assets voluntarily, clarifying moratorium under section 1...
Corporate Law : SC clarifies limits of High Court's writ powers in IBC cases and recognises Indian CIRP as foreign main proceeding in cross-border...
Corporate Law : Justice BR Gavai sworn in as India's 52nd Chief Justice. Focus areas include addressing case pendency and improving court infrastr...
Corporate Law : Key IBC case law updates from Oct-Dec 2024, covering Supreme Court and High Court decisions on CoC powers, resolution plans, relat...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court stayed further proceedings arising from a Section 74 GST order while examining whether writ petitions can be ent...
Finance : The Supreme Court refused relief to borrowers who defaulted from the very first instalment after availing an ₹8.09 crore loan. T...
Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...
Income Tax : SC examined nature of amounts received from an AOP and upheld findings that receipts constituted profit share rather than revenue ...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge to a Delhi High Court ruling that quashed reassessment proceedings under Sections 148A(d...
Corporate Law : The Bill seeks to amend Articles 15 and 16 to allow reservation for backward classes proportionate to their population identified ...
Fema / RBI : RBI directs banks, NBFCs, and other entities to implement Supreme Court’s accessibility guidelines for digital KYC, ensuring inc...
Income Tax : CBDT raises monetary limits for tax appeals: Rs. 60 lakh for ITAT, Rs. 2 crore for High Court, and Rs. 5 crore for Supreme Court, ...
Corporate Law : No restrictions on joint bank accounts or nominations for the queer community, as clarified by the Supreme Court and RBI in August...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court of India introduces new procedures for case adjournments effective 14th February 2024, detailing strict guidelines a...
SAP Labs India Private Vs ITO (Supreme Court of India) Whether in every case where the Tribunal determines the arm’s length price, the same shall attain finality and the High Court is precluded from considering the determination of the arm’s length price determined by the Tribunal, in exercise of powers under Section 260A of the […]
Supreme Court held that conviction based on statement of single person without recovery of any incriminating documents/ articles during search is unjustified. Non-recovery during search obviously benefits the appellant.
Suneja Towers Private Limited & Anr. Vs Anita Merchant (Supreme Court) In these appeals by special leave, the appellants have essentially questioned a part of the common judgment and order dated 31.03.2022, as passed by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, New Delhi1 in Revision Petition Nos. 771 of 2020, 772 of 2020 and 773 […]
Supreme Court held that the annual increment to a government servant which he has earned for the services he has rendered over a specified period subject to his good behavior cannot be denied merely because of his retirement on the very next day.
State of Gujarat and Anr. Vs Saw Pipes Ltd. (Supreme Court) The highest court of the country in this case was considering the levy of penalty and interest under the provisions of Gujarat Sales tax Act 1969 when the high court gave relief by setting aside interest and penalty in relation to tax paid on […]
Supreme Court held that Mosquito Mats, Coils and Vaporizers and Mortein Insect Killers; Harpic Toilet Cleaner and Lizol Floor Cleaners are subject to 12.5% VAT and Dettol falling under entry 36(8)(h)(vi) of Schedule III of KVAT Act is subject to 4% VAT.
Supreme Court held that rule 3A(2) of the Tripura Sales Tax Rules, 1976 (TST Rules) are not ultra vires to Tripura Sales Tax Act, 1976 (TST Act). Accordingly, 4% tax deductible on transfer of right to use goods.
Meaning of commercial purpose under Consumer Protection Act for reimbursement of claim on account of fire at Godown of a commercial enterprise
CIT Vs Laxman Dass Khandelwal (Supreme Court of India) After filing a return of income u/s 139(1), 139(4), 139(5), 142(1) if income tax authority considers, it is necessary or expedient to ensure that assessee has not understated the income or has not computed excessive loss or has not under-paid the taxes in any manner, shall […]
Salil Gulati Vs ACIT (Supreme Court of India) Hon’ble Supreme Court today in SLP No. 7466/2023 in Salil Gulati v. Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax has dismissed the SLP. The SLP had challenged the fresh reassessment notices for AY 2014-15 under 148A(b) issued after the Hon’ble SC judgment in Ashish Aggarwal case, on the ground […]
