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...
Explore the Supreme Courts verdict in the case of Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax, Bangalore vs Northern Operating Systems Private Limited regarding Service Tax on secondment services of overseas group company employees. Gain insights into the analysis, issues, and the court’s conclusion.
Stay informed about the Supreme Court of Indias recent decision unsettling the settled legal position on the mandatory or directory nature of submission requirements (Form 10B, Form 9, Form 10CCB, etc.) for claiming tax exemptions or deductions. Explore the impact of PCIT Vs Wipro Limiteds judgment, highlighting the need for strict compliance with exemption provisions. Learn about the principles of statutory interpretation and the evolving stance on filing audit reports for availing tax benefits.
Courts do not have the power to modify any award decided by the Arbitrator under Sections 34 and 37 of Arbitration and Reconciliation Act, 1996 – Supreme Court
Held that body corporate is not excluded from payment of service tax and covered within the definition of consulting engineer.
PDIT Vs Laljibhai Kanjibhai Mandalia (Supreme Court of India) Held that, in terms of the explanation inserted by the Finance Act, 2017 with retrospective effect from 1.4.1962, search conducted on the reason to believe is not required to be disclosed to any person or any authority or the appellate tribunal. Facts- The assessee provide loan […]
Supreme Court vide its order dated 12th July, 2022 held that section 7(5)(a) of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (the Code), confers discretionary power on the Adjudicating Authority (AA) to admit an application of a Financial Creditor (FC) under section 7 of the Code for initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP).
Held that as the issue in question is in the academic interest and as there is no revenue implication as there are no tax dues and therefore there is zero tax effect, we close the present proceedings keeping the larger question on the Common Parlance Test open
Held that time limits placed by the legislature intends to enforce discipline in governance and could therefore be compelling guidelines or even mandatory prescriptions. Matter referred to three judge bench.
Held that Revenue needs to adduce proper evidence to show that the goods are classifiable under a different heading than that claimed by the assessee. The onus is on the Revenue to establish that the item in question falls in taxing category as claimed by them.
The assessee can file a revised return in a case where there is an omission or a wrong statement. But a revised return of income, under Section 139(5) cannot be filed, to withdraw the claim and subsequently claiming the carried forward or setoff of any loss.
