Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court upheld Section 69 GST arrest powers, requiring recorded reasons, CrPC safeguards, CBIC instructions and limiting arr...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court held excise duty paid by buyers formed part of turnover, discussed colourable devices, and distinguished legitim...
Corporate Law : A non-speaking dismissal of an SLP does not affirm the High Court's reasoning or constitute law under Article 141. The doctrine of...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court ruled that summoning hotel booking records and call detail records to prove adultery does not violate privacy, a...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court agreed to examine allegations that bank dues were settled at steep discounts through ARCs, while clarifying that...
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...
Corporate Law : SC held a Ministers statement binds the Government only if it reflects the Governments view and declined to issue speech guideline...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court granted bail under the PMLA, noting prolonged custody, documentary evidence, delayed trial, parity with co-accused, ...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court set aside the High Court's PMLA bail order for failure to apply Section 45 twin conditions and remanded the matter f...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court declined to refer the Article 370 challenge to a larger Bench, holding there was no conflict between earlier Constit...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court upheld termination of a slum redevelopment developer for prolonged delay and reaffirmed the statutory duty and accou...
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...
Supreme Court reaffirmed that Section 66 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code cannot be invoked against third parties and that civil remedies available under the law must be pursued for recovery of dues from such parties.
Delve into the Supreme Court judgment on procedural defects and substantive rights in the case of Ramnath Exports Pvt Ltd Vs Vinita Mehta. Learn about the implications of procedural irregularities on litigants’ rights.
Explore the impact of the Vidya Drolia judgment on the jurisdiction of arbitration tribunals in deciding the existence and validity of arbitration agreements. Understand the evolving landscape post the 2015 amendment and conflicting decisions shaping the scope of judicial intervention in pre-arbitral disputes.
In a judgment issued on May 12, SC highlighted serious lapses and uncertainty in implementation of Protection of Women from Sexual Harassment (PoSH) Act, which has forced many working women to leave their jobs.
Conclusion: Arrears of property tax and water tax until the date of confirmation of sale, i.e., 04.07.2003, would qualify as the expenses for “preserving, realising or getting in” the assets of the company and thus, should have to be paid in priority by the appellant OL.
Supreme Court held that amended notification no. 164 of 2003 dated 11th November 2003 shifting the concessional benefit from “High Speed Cold-Set Web Offset Rotary Printing Machine with minimum speed of 70,000 copies per hour” to “High Speed Cold-set Web Offset Rotary Double Width Four Plate Wide Printing Machine with a minimum speed of 70,000 copies per hour” is in line with provision of section 25(1) of the Customs Act, 1962.
SC held that assessee was not the owner of bitumen for Section 69A, and bitumen could not be classified as an ‘other valuable article’ under section 69A.
SC held that neither is there any compulsion to levy development fee nor is collection conditional upon its deposit in government treasury.
Supreme Court held that as appellant company and accused are two separate entities and appellant company is not connected to the alleged crime, the freeze order against the appellant company’s property is not legally tenable.
Supreme Court held that ‘User Development Fee’ collected by Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd, Delhi International Airpirt Pvt Ltd and Hyderabad International Airport Pvt Ltd were not subject to Service Tax.
