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...
Union Bank of India Vs Rajasthan Real Estate Regulatory Authority (Supreme Court of India) The Supreme Court upheld Rajasthan High Court judgment and held that RERA would not apply in relation to the transaction between the borrower and the banks and financial institutions in cases where security interest has been created by mortgaging the property […]
K.L. Suneja Vs Dr. (Mrs.) Manjeet Kaur Monga (D) (Supreme Court of India) An interesting question arose in this case where an apartment buyer was returned the money paid by her by way of a Pay-order by the developer instead of giving the flat. This was disputed by the flat allottee as she was willing […]
Income Tax Act, 1961 defines charitable purpose as activities including providing relief to the poor promoting education and yoga, providing medical reliefs, preservation of environment and historical monuments and advancement of any other object of general public utility (GPU)
Supreme Court ruling: Disputes affecting only a fraction of a project should not halt the entire venture. Explore the legal perspective on Developer Group India Pvt. Ltd. vs. Surinder Singh Marwah. Learn about the principles guiding court orders in such matters.
SC set aside the condition imposed by Chhattisgarh HC, of depositing INR 70 Lakh for grant of bail in a matter of wrongful availment of ITC
CBDT directed that cases reopened u/s 147/148A in consonance with Judgement of SC in case of UoI vs. Ashish Agarwal & CBDT instruction No. 01/2022 dated 11.05.2022 shall be completed on or before 31.05.2023.
Supreme Court held that insertion of sub-section (6) to section 1 is effective from 20.10.1989. Hence, on and after 20.10.1989, irrespective of number of persons employed a factory or an establishment shall be governed by the ESI Act.
It is held that HC has erred in entertaining the writ petition against the SCN and quashing of notice is pre-mature and the merits of the case have to be considered by the original authority in an appropriate proceeding.
SC held that the activity of digital offset and offset printing amounts to manufacture and same is classifiable under heading chapter 4911 of Central Excise Tariff.
Adjudication in civil matters is based on preponderance of probabilities whereas adjudication in criminal cases is based on the principle that the accused is presumed to be innocent and the guilt of the accused should be proved to the hilt and the proof should be beyond all reasonable doubt.
