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...
When an order has been passed by SC, it has to be given effect in letter and spirit & it cannot be permitted to be treated as a paper order.
A drawer who signs a cheque and hands it over to the payee, is presumed to be liable unless the drawer adduces evidence to rebut the presumption that the cheque has been issued towards payment of a debt or in discharge of a liability. The presumption arises under Section 139.
Union of India Vs Citi Bank, N.A. (Supreme Court) It is a settled proposition of law that when the proceedings are required to be initiated within a particular period provided under the Statute, the same are required to be initiated within the said period. However, where no such period has been provided in the Statute, […]
Supreme Court allows 4 weeks extension to open common portal for Tran 1 & Tran 2 Hon’ble Supreme Court while hearing an application from GSTN, has allowed extension of 4 weeks time to comply with their order dated 22/07/2022 issued in the matter of UOI & Anr. V/s Filco Trade Centre Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. […]
Article analysed impact of SC judgment on DRT power to condone delay in filing an securitization application – Section 17(1) of SARFAESI Act
Held that once the Liquidator applies to NCLT, to adopt particular mode of sale of movable and immovable assets of the Corporate Debtor, which is approved by NCLT, there is no provision in the IBC that empowers NCLAT to suo motu conduct a judicial review of the said decision.
Held that Section 12A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 is mandatory and hold that any suit instituted violating the mandate of Section 12A must be visited with rejection of the plaint under Order VII Rule 11.
Learn about the Supreme Court’s decision regarding TRAN-1 and how it provides a one-time opportunity for claiming transitional credit under the GST framework.
SC held that IBC would prevail over Customs Act, and once moratorium is imposed in terms of sections 14 or 33(5) of Code, the customs authority only has a limited jurisdiction to assess/determine quantum of customs duty and other levies.
State Bank of India Vs Ajay Kumar Sood (Supreme Court of India) SC held that On the note of accessibility, the importance of making judgments accessible to persons from all sections of society, especially persons with disability needs emphasis. All judicial institutions must ensure that the judgments and orders being published by them do not […]
