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...
The doctrine of Corporate Criminal Liability is a very important part with respect to the relations between a corporation and a person. The doctrine states about the liability of the corporates for any acts which is done by agents or employees.
My summary of some key decisions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India has been provided below. Criminal law Quashing order under Section 482 CrPC may be set aside for failure to consider material collected during investigation/inquiry and statements recorded by IO In the case of Kaptan Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. […]
On 20th July 2021, the Supreme Court, in a huge boost to federalism, struck down portions of the 97th Constitutional Amendment, that restricted state’s exclusive control over cooperative organizations, which is a key contributor to the national economy.
In M.M. Aqua Technologies Ltd. Vs. CIT [CIVIL APPEAL NOS.4742-4743 OF 2021 dated August 11, 2021], the issue raised in the appeal is with respect to Section 43B Explanation 3C of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (IT Act) when a claim of deduction filed by M.M. Aqua Technologies Limited (Appellant) under Section 43B, which was […]
Krishna Gopal Tiwary & Anr. Vs Union of India (Supreme Court) What is exempt from the Income Tax Act is the amount of gratuity received under the Gratuity Act to the extent it does not exceed an amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 4 of the Gratuity […]
Union of India Vs Quarry Owners Association (Supreme Court of India) Rule 89(5) – Restriction on refund of ITC under inverted tax structure- SC reserves order Supreme Court reserved the order on constitutional validity and vires of Rule 89(5) of the CGST Rules which restrict the refund of taxes on input services under inverted tax […]
Superintendent Central Excise & Customs Vs Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. (Supreme Court) There is little doubt that the situation that emerges is a creation of a secured debt in favour of the State Bank of India on 24.06.1985 and thereafter the transfer of the debt to the respondent Bank. It is the original date of […]
M.M. Aqua Technologies Ltd. Vs CIT (Supreme Court of India) In the return filed by it, the Appellant claimed a deduction of Rs.2,84,71,384/- under Section 43B based on the issue of debentures in lieu of interest accrued and payable to financial institutions. By an order dated 29th October, 1998, the Assessing Officer rejected the Appellant’s […]
Understanding the new rules under the Motor Vehicles Act for awarding just and fair compensation in accident cases. Learn how these rules override earlier judgments.
Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) Learned amicus has drawn our attention to various instances across the country, wherein various State Governments have resorted to withdrawal of numerous criminal cases pending against M.P./M.L.A. by utilising the power vested under Section 321, Cr.P.C.It merits mentioning that the power under Section 321, […]
