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...
Madras Bar Association Vs Union of India & Anr. (Supreme Court of India) (i) The Union of India shall constitute a National Tribunals Commission which shall act as an independent body to supervise the appointments and functioning of Tribunals, as well as to conduct disciplinary proceedings against members of Tribunals and to take care of […]
Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd. Vs Union of India And Others (Supreme Court of India) When the vires of Section 40(a)(iib) of the Income Tax Act were challenged, which can be decided by the High Court alone in exercise of powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the High Court ought to […]
Summary of Orders related to IBC 2016 passed by IBBI, NCLT, NCLAT, HC & SC during July to September 2020 Orders by Supreme Court M/s Marathe Hospitality Vs. Mahesh Surekha & Ors. [SLP (C) No. 8139/2020] The petitioner filed an appeal before the NCLAT. However, the NCLAT closed its functioning as one of its employees […]
Parveen V. State of Haryana (Supreme Court) The Apex Court in a in a recent decision has ruled that it the appeal/revision/writ of a litigant cannot be dismissed if the lawyer of the litigant it is not present in the court due to any reason whatsoever. The Court ruled on 16th November 2020 in the […]
Case Commentary on Vodafone International Holdings B.V. vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. (20.01.2012 – SC) and Formula One World Championship V CIT. TAX OPINION PAPER- CASE SUMMARY FOR VODAFONE AND FORMULA ONE CASE Vodafone International Holdings B.V. vs. Union of India (UOI) and Ors. (20.01.2012 – SC): MANU/SC/0051/2012 Vodafone International Holdings, a copany […]
Kirpa Ram (Deceased) Through Legal Representatives & Ors. Vs Surendra Deo Gaur & Ors. (Supreme Court) Sub-section (1) of Section 100 of the Code contemplates that an appeal shall lie to the High Court if it is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law. The substantial question of law is required to […]
Kaledonia Jute And Fibres Pvt. Ltd Vs Axis Nirman And Industries Ltd. & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) Section 278 of the 2013 Act shows that any petition by a single creditor or contributory is actually treated as a joint petition of creditors and contributories, so that the order of winding up operates in favour […]
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. & Ors. Vs Shyam Kishore Singh (Supreme Court of India) This Court has consistently held that the request for change of the date of birth in the service records at the fag end of service is not sustainable. In the instant case, as on the date of joining and as also […]
Union of India Vs Famina Knit Fabs (Supreme Court) Drawback Limitation for SCN under Drawback Rules, 1995 and saving of SCNs, for earlier period, issued after Drawback Rules, 2017 The Supreme Court has stayed the operation of the Punjab & Haryana High Court’s 2019 decision wherein the High Court had held that any notice issued […]
Union of India Vs Prabir Kumar Shaw & Anr. (Supreme Court) Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that merely because the penalty and tax have been paid, the prosecution under Sections 276C, 277 and 278B of the Income Tax Act could not have been quashed. He further submits that similar issues are already under consideration […]
