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...
The Supreme Court has framed substantial questions on whether DDT under Section 115-O is a tax on shareholder dividend income or on company profits. The ruling may determine applicability of DTAA treaty rates on dividend distributions to foreign shareholders.
Supreme Court dismissed the challenge against reopening of assessment where the Gujarat High Court had upheld reassessment proceedings based on Investigation Wing material alleging accommodation entries. The case reaffirmed that prima facie material is sufficient at the reopening stage.
The Supreme Court expressed serious reservations about earlier rulings denying bail in UAPA cases, holding that smaller benches cannot dilute binding larger bench precedents. The Court reaffirmed that prolonged incarceration and delayed trials justify bail under Article 21.
Supreme Court upheld restoration of original Committee of Creditors and ruled that IRP could not independently reclassify financial creditors after constitution of CoC under IBC framework.
The Supreme Court dismissed the Revenue’s challenge to depreciation claims on leased assets after the Bombay High Court held that leasing constituted business use under Section 32. The ruling reaffirmed that physical use by the assessee is not necessary where assets are used in the leasing business.
The Supreme Court issued notice in a case concerning whether reimbursement paid to a municipal corporation for road restoration after electricity line work attracts GST under reverse charge mechanism.
SC dismissed Revenue’s challenge against Calcutta HC ruling that reassessment proceedings based only on suspicion and investigation reports were invalid under Section 147.
The Supreme Court upheld deletion of addition made on estimated production yield after finding no evidence of unaccounted sales. The ruling reiterates that suspicion and assumptions cannot replace material evidence in income tax assessments.
The Supreme Court upheld the High Court ruling that approval stating fit case for reopening satisfied Section 151 requirements. The reassessment proceedings linked to alleged accommodation entries were restored.
The article explains the Supreme Court’s landmark 2024 ruling that broken period interest on debt securities is capital in nature. The judgment rejects the Revenue’s attempt to tax such receipts as interest income.
