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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...
Income Tax : Supreme Court modified compensation by reassessing a self-employed deceased’s annual income after considering ITRs and business ...
Corporate Law : SC allowed the appeal and granted NDPS bail after holding that a case for bail was made out, subject to Trial Court conditions....
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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...
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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...
Cancellation of registration of a Trust or Institution under section 12AA/AB of Income-tax Act 1961 – latest Supreme Court decision and legal ramifications Registration of trust or institution Income of a Trust created wholly for charitable or religious purposes or an institution established wholly for such purposes is exempt from income tax if granted registration […]
SC JUDGEMENT ON PERSONAL GUARANTORS OF CORPORATE DEBTOR UNDER THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE, 2016 The Supreme Court of India in its landmark judgment in the case of Lalit Kumar Jain v. Union of India and Others has validated the sections related to personal guarantors enforced via notification dated November 15, 2019 and the Insolvency […]
In Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions), Kolkata v. Batanagar Education and Research Trust [Civil Appeal No. 4451 of 2021], the Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions), Kolkata (the Appellants) and the Tribunal had directed for cancellation of the registration of Batanagar Education and Research Trust (the Respondents) under Section 12AA of the Income Tax Act, 1961 […]
No bar to amendment of petition u/s 7 of IBC until final order; judgment and/or decree for money in favour of the financial creditor would give rise to a fresh cause of action
DIRECT TAXES UPDATES Recent circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications/News ♦ CBDT Notified Income Tax Rule 8AC so as to provide for computation of short term capital gains and written down value u/s 50 where depreciation on goodwill is received. (Notification No. 77/2021-Income Tax [G.S.R. 472(E)]qvc) ♦ CBDT further extends the timeline for e-filing of Form 15CA/ […]
On August 2, 2021, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India ordered for Cancellation of Registration of Batanagar education and Research Trust (Trust) on the ground of misuse of status conferred under section 12AA and 80G of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Fact of the Case:- At the time of conducting a survey on an entity […]
CIT (Exemptions) Vs Batanagar Education And Research Trust (Supreme Court of India) Supreme Court Orders Cancellation of Registration in Case of Misuse of Status Conferred under Section 12AA and 80G In this case donations were received by way of cheques out of which substantial money was ploughed back or returned to the donors in cash. […]
G. D. Goenka World Institute Vs Union of India (Supreme Court of India) This appeal takes exception to the judgment and orders dated 06.12.2018 passed by the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Tribunal at Chandigarh vide Interim Order No. IO/60/2018 [DB] in Appeal bearing Diary No. 602532016, whereby the prayer to excuse the appellant from […]
Tek Chand & Others vs Bhakra Beas Management Board (B.B.M.S.) and others (Supreme Court) It is common knowledge that a number of litigations arise in matters of promotion in government/semi-government services. The Central Government, the various State Government and their various independent functionalities have their own regulations for promotion. One such matter came up before […]
Rajinder Goel Vs High Court Of Punjab And Haryana & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) It cannot be denied that there is rampant corruption in all the three pillars of our Constitution. No wonder India is ranked very high in World Corruption Perception Index. However, the number of cases of corruption which are booked under […]
