Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court upheld Section 69 GST arrest powers, requiring recorded reasons, CrPC safeguards, CBIC instructions and limiting arr...
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...
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...
Corporate Law : SC held a Ministers statement binds the Government only if it reflects the Governments view and declined to issue speech guideline...
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...
Bandhua Mukti Morcha Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) In a Suo Motu Writ Petition, Hon’ble Supreme Court observed that a direction need to be issued to the States/Union Territories to register all establishments and license all contractors under the Inter State Migrant Workers Act, 1979 and ensure that statutory duty […]
SC has imposed penalty of 25000/- INR on the Revenue Department for delay in filing the Special Leave Petition (“SLP”) for wastage of judicial time. Further, directed to recover the amount from officers responsible for the delay in filing the SLP.
When the settlement with regard to a dispute between the parties was not arrived at under Section 18 of MSMED Act, 2006, necessarily, the Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council should take up the dispute for arbitration under Section 18(3) of the 2006 Act or it might refer to institution or Centre to provide alternate dispute resolution services and provisions of Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 were made applicable as if there was an agreement between the parties under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the 1996 Act. Therefore, Limitation Act, 1963 was applicable to the arbitration proceedings under Section 18(3) of the 2006 Act.
“Section 194C(1) :Scope of any work , explanation as income tax on income comprised therein , and total value of the work contract,TDS on reimbursement part explained by the Hon’ble SC in Associated Cement Company Ltd vs Commissioner Of Income-Tax … on 23 March, 1993 ‘194C(1). Any person responsible for paying any sum to any […]
No immunity from tax to the right person if revenue taxed wrong person contrary to law. SC in the case of Income Tax Officer vs Ch. Atchaiah on 11 December, 1995 There are no words in the present Act (The Income Tax Act , 1961) which empower the Income Tax Officer or give him an […]
SEBI Vs Ajay Agarwal (Supreme Court of India) FACTS Securities and Exchange Board of India (Appellant) initiated investigations against Trident Steel (company) on receipt of a complaint by a BSE member relating to public issue of the company. The complaint alleged misstatement of facts by the Company in the prospectus issued in furtherance of the […]
The Court ordered the absolute Confiscation of Peas and Pulses but if the importer concerned opted for re-export, within another period of two weeks from today, such a prayer for re- export might be granted by the authorities after recovery of the necessary redemption fine and subject to the importer discharging other statutory obligations. If no such option was exercised within prescribed time, the goods should stand confiscated absolutely.
The Hon’ble Apex Court upheld the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code relating to insolvency of personal guarantors that were brought into force in 2019. Further the notification has been issued by MCA on 15.11.2019 which has notified the provision of IBC w.r.t. to personal guarantors. However, validity of the same has been challenged by IBBI on 20.11.2019 which is confined to impugned notification.
Revenue has to give due regard to the orders of the higher appellate authorities which are binding on them Utmost regard should be paid by the adjudicating authorities and the appellate authorities to the requirements of judicial discipline and the need for giving effect to the orders of the higher appellate authorities which are binding […]
SC allowed service of notices/summons/ document via WhatsApp, Telegram in addition to e-mail The Hon’ble Supreme Court in Re: Cognizance for Extension of Limitation [Suo Moto W.P. (C) No. 3/2020 dated on July 10, 2020] w.r.t. I.A. No. 48461/2020 observed that service of notices, summons and exchange of pleadings/documents, is a requirement of virtually every […]
