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...
Supreme Court of India in Devendra Dwivedi vs Union of India & ors. [Writ Petition(s) (Criminal) No(s). 272/2020, dated January 7, 2021] dismissed writ petition under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, challenging constitutional validity of certain provisions of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
DIRECT TAXES UPDATES Recent circulars/notifications/rules/clarifications/News – Government issues a circular clarifying the requirements for opening of Senior Citizen Savings Scheme Account (Circular no. File No. FS-10/17/2020-FS dated 07.12.2020) – CBDT releases answers to FAQs on Vivad-se-Vishwas scheme (Circular No. 21/2020-Income Tax dated 04.12.2020) – Govt further extends the dates for various compliances such Tax Audit, […]
Writ petition under Article 226/227 against an order under Sec 16(2) of an Arbitrator can be entertained only in exceptional cases, therefore, the High Court should not have used its inherent power to interject the arbitral process at this stage.
Kirti & Anr. Etc. Vs Oriental Insurance Company Ltd (Supreme Court of India) A very important issue recently came up before the Apex Court wherein the Court settled the controversy as to whether concession made by any counsel would bind the litigating party. The Apex Court in the case of Kirti vs. Oriental Insurance Company […]
Exercise of power by the Central Government under Section 11A(2) of the DDA Act, 1957 is just and proper and thus the modifications regarding change in land use of plot Nos. 2 to 8 in the Master Plan of Delhi, 2021/Zonal Development Plan for Zone-D and Zone-C vide impugned notification dated 20.3.2020 stands confirmed.
When the acceptor puts in a new condition while accepting the contract already signed by proposer, the contract was not complete until the proposer accepted that condition. Thus, earnest deposit of assessee was liable to be refunded on concluded contract and there could be no question of any breach on the part of assessee or of damages or any risk purchase at the cost of assessee.
On the ground that charge sheet was not filed within the prescribed period, an application for bail under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C. was filed by the appellant. The High Court ruled in his favour by holding that the appellant is entitled to bail under Section 167 as a complete charge sheet was not filed within the prescribed period. While granting bail, the High Court held that the appellant can be re-arrested after the charge sheet is filed.
1. Retaining by-products/scrap by job-worker – GST applicable? The High Court of Andhra Pradesh in the case of Shirdiri Sainath Industries Vs DCST 2020-TIOL-2052-HC-AP-GST has held including the value of by-products to the milling charges and assessing tax is legally unsustainable. Fact: Rice milling done on job work bases. milling charges was per quintal basis […]
The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Paramvir Singh Saini vs. Baljit Singh & Others [Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 3543 of 2020 dated December 2, 2020] directed installation of CCTV- Camera at investigation agencies offices and police stations. Facts: The Hon’ble SC vide Order dated April 3, 2018 in the case of Shafhi […]
Understanding the reasons behind why litigants are not afraid of Contempt of Court in our judicial system. Delve into the implications of leniency and lack of deterrent sentences.
