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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...
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Corporate Law : Key IBC case law updates from Oct-Dec 2024, covering Supreme Court and High Court decisions on CoC powers, resolution plans, relat...
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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...
माननीय उच्च न्यायालय की न्यायमूर्ति संजय कौल और न्यायमूर्ति ऋषिकेश राय की पीठ ने 09/09/2021 को एक अहम फैसले में यह बात कही जो सरकार को सोचने पर विवश करती है कि कराधान प्रणाली में व्याप्त खामियों को दूर करना क्यों जरुरी है. सिविल अपील क्र 9606 आफ 2011 और इससे संबंधित 32761 आफ 2018 […]
The Hon’ble Supreme in the current matter observed that there was indeed a creation of a secured debt in favour of the State Bank of India which was later transferred to the Respondent. Noted, the Respondent cannot be prevented from exercising its rights as a secured creditor on the pretext that there was a debt to the Excise Government arising from a confiscation order.
South Indian Bank Ltd Vs Commissioner of Income Tax (Supreme Court of India) 1. For purposes of 14A, a presumption can be made that investments have been made out of interest free funds even when there are mixed funds and there is no bifurcation in books of accounts for interest expense. 2. It needs to […]
Bhupendra Ramdhan Pawar Vs Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (Supreme Court of India) 1. If the land value had been determined with reference to the sale statistics or compensation awarded for a nearby vacant land, then necessarily, the trees will have to be valued separately. 2. But if the value of the land has been determined […]
However, it clarified that the moratorium was only in relation to the Corporate Debtor (as highlighted above) and not in respect of the directors/management of the Corporate Debtor,
Supreme Court Ghanashyam Mishra and Sons Private Limited Vs. Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited & Ors. [CA No. 8129/2019] The Supreme Court (SC) held that the 2019 amendment to section 31 of the Code is clarificatory and declaratory in nature and is, therefore, effective from the date on which the Code came into effect. Even […]
Namrata Verma Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors (Supreme Court) Heard Mr. Parvez Bashista, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Sanjay Kumar Tyagi, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-State of U.P. It is not for the employee to insist to transfer him/her and/or not to transfer him/her at a particular place. It […]
Observed that the term Royalty has always been construed to be a compensation paid for rights and privileges paid to the grantee. In the current case, the charges paid for use of controlled release of water were for the privileges enjoyed by the Appellant and for such a privilege, the charges and royalty are perfectly justified.
Supreme Court on criminal law Mere harassment without positive and proximate action does not amount to abetment of suicide Finding that the allegations against the accused was that of harassment of the deceased and there was no other material on record indicating abetment, in Shabbir Hussain v. State of Madhya Pradesh the Supreme Court has […]
Assistant Commissioner of State Tax and Others Vs Commercial Steel Limited (Supreme Court) In this case respondent had a statutory remedy under section 107. Instead of availing of the remedy, the respondent instituted a petition under Article 226. The existence of an alternate remedy is not an absolute bar to the maintainability of a writ […]
