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 granted bail in clandestine manufacture and supply of chewing tobacco without payment of leviable duties and tax as the petitioner has already undergone incarceration for more than four months. Further, there are no apprehension of tampering, intimidating or influencing.
Bar member challenges VP appointments at Income Tax Appellate Tribunal. High Court dismisses quo warranto petition. Legal eligibility affirmed.
Circular No. 643/34/2002-CX dated July 1, 2002, issued by CBEC clarifying the doubts regarding Valuation Rules with respect to goods when sold partly to related persons and partly to independent buyers, is not violative of Central Excise Act 1994 and Central Excise Valuation Rules 2000.
The Income Tax Act, 1961 deals essentially with the imposing of taxes, exemptions and procedure to be followed therewith. The income that is accrued or deemed to accrue on the tax payer is the tax income and the application and diversion of income are two fundamental yet confusing concepts in the Indian Tax law. Also, both of these are court made concepts.
Supreme Court held that advances paid for the purpose of purchase and/or acquisition of the assets would certainly amount to utilization of the capital gains for the purpose of purchasing and/or acquiring the aforesaid assets and accordingly capital gain exemption available.
Supreme Court held that the existence of an alternate remedy by itself cannot exclude the jurisdiction of the High Court under the Constitution.
Dive into the legal intricacies surrounding the eligibility of oxygen for concessional sales tax rates in the case of State of Jharkhand v. Linde India Limited. The Supreme Court clarified that for a product to qualify as raw material, it must go into and be found in the end product. Oxygen, used as a refining agent to reduce carbon content in steel manufacturing, was deemed ancillary and not a raw material.
In the course of litigations many times it has been seen that, particular matter under consideration has already been decided by the Hon`ble Supreme Court, and even after citing the same the lower authorities like adjudicating authorities or may be tribunal do not follow the same.
Article highlights the impact of recent judgment of Hon’ble SC in respect of taxability of surplus amount after revaluation of any assets, which is credited to the partners’ capital account.
State of Jharkhand Vs Linde India Limited (Supreme Court of India) Whether oxygen which is used in the production of steel can be said to be a raw material and thus eligible for concessional rate of tax @ 1% instead of normal rate of 3% under the Bihar Finance Act. An interesting issue arose in […]
