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...
UPPTCL had no power and authority and or jurisdiction to realize labour cess under the Cess Act in respect of the first contract by withholding dues in respect of other contracts and/or invoking a performance guarantee. The finding of the High Court was sustainable as UPPTCL acted in excess of power by its acts impugned, when there was admittedly no assessment or levy of cess under the Cess Act.
A well accepted Principle of law On going through the judgement of the Hon,ble Supreme Court in CIT, West Bengal Vs. Calcutta Discount Co. Ltd. Decided on 10.04.1973, we find two very important aspects decided by this court . 1. No specific formula is necessary for seeking relief at the hand of any court or […]
In the Supreme Court’s judgment in Paramvir Singh Saini vs. Baljit Singh and Ors. [SLP (Criminal) No. 3543 of 2020 decided on 02-12-2020], the Union of India has been directed to install CCTV cameras and recording equipment in the offices of CBI; NIA; ED;NCB;DRI;SFIO; and any other agency which carries out interrogations and has power […]
In re Contagion of Covid 19 Virus in Prisons (Supreme Court) Hon’ble Supreme Court The authorities to ensure that proper medical facilities are provided to all prisoners who are imprisoned. The spread of Covid19 virus should be controlled in the prisons by regular testing being done of the prisoners but also the jail […]
Understanding the role of a tribunal as a fact-finding body and the circumstances under which its findings can be challenged.
Chief Election Commissioner of India Vs M.R Vijayabhaskar & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Courts must be open both in the physical and metaphorical sense. Save and except for in-camera proceedings in an exceptional category of cases, such as cases involving child sexual abuse or matrimonial proceedings bearing on matters of marital privacy, our legal […]
DIRECT TAXES UPDATES Recent circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications/News ♦ Government extends time for payment under VSV (Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme) to 30.06.2021 including timelines for assessment (Notification No. 39/2021-Income Tax/S.O. 1704(E)& Notification No. 38/2021-Income Tax/S.O. 1703(E) dated 27/04/2021) ♦ CBDT vide Notification No. 37/2021-Income Tax Dated: 26th April, 2021 amends rule 2DB which deals with […]
Union of India Vs Rakesh Malhotra & Anr. (Supreme Court) The rationale for constituting a Task Force at a national level is to facilitate a public health response to the pandemic based on scientific and specialised domain We expect that the leading experts in the country shall associate with the work of the Task Force […]
CASE ANALYSIS PILCOM v. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (C.I.T.) A.I.R. 2020 S.C. 204 Bench: Justice Uday Umesh Lalit and Justice Vineet Saran SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CASE: With an increase in various International Sporting events such as the Indian Premier League (IPL), Pro Kabaddi, Indian Super League (ISL), etc, which are been held in India, the […]
The provisions of the West Bengal (Regulation of Promotion of Construction and Transfer by Promoters) Act, 1993 (WB 1993) Act impliedly stood repealed upon the enactment of the RERA in 2016, in accordance with Sections 88 and 89 read with Article 254(1) of the Constitution. As a consequence of the declaration by this Court of the invalidity of the provisions of West Bengal Housing Industry Regulation Act, 2017 (WB-HIRA, 2017), there should be no revival of the provisions of the WB 1993 Act, since it would stand impliedly repealed upon the enactment of the RERA.
