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...
The non-rejection of the explanation in the Assessment Order would amount to the Assessing Officer accepting the view of the assessee, thus taking a view/forming an opinion.
Harsh Nitin Gokhale Vs Reserve Bank of India & Ors (Supreme Court) In the present case, writ petition file seeking relief to exclude the time period of lockdown for calculating the limitation for presentation of cheque/demand draft within 3 months as per policy decision of RBI. Supreme Court states that they cannot issue any direction […]
DIRECT TAXES UPDATES Recent circulars/ notifications/ rules/ clarifications/News ♦ CBDT notifies new form for 26AS which shall also include information relating to assessee’s specified financial transaction (Information of property and share transactions etc.), payment of taxes, demand/ refund and pending / completed proceedings (Notification No. 30/2020-Income Tax/G.S.R. 329(E) dated 28.05.2020) ♦ CBDT amended Guidelines for […]
Supreme Court dismisses PIL seeking exclusion of lockdown period for limitation purposes of bank instruments. Stay up to date with the latest legal developments.
Supreme court held that there is a clear distinction between ‘retirement of a partner’ and ‘dissolution of a partnership firm’. On retirement of the partner, the reconstituted firm continues and the retiring partner is to be paid his dues in terms of Section 37 of the Partnership Act.
he claim of the contractor company for reimbursement of the amount of sales tax levied on the taxable turnover of the works contracts executed by it, i.e., with reference to the expression ‘completed item of work’ in the said Clause 45.2 and with reference to the stipulations contained in Clauses 13.3 of ITB and 45.1 of GCC, were wholly untenable and appellant and its contracting offices were under obligation to honour the claim so made by the contractor company.
Quippo Construction Equipment Limited Vs Janardan Nirman Pvt. Limited (Supreme Court); Civil Appeal No. 2378 of 2020; Dated: 29/04/2020 FACTS The Respondent, a business of infrastructure development activities approached the Claimant who is engaged in a business of providing equipment for infrastructure activities. The Claimant gave certain equipment on rent to the Respondent in lieu […]
CHOGORI INDIA RETAIL LTD Vs UOI-SLP Before Supreme Court on GST Transitional Credit issue : With a view to challenge the above order passed by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, revenue filled a Special Leave Petition (SLP) against the same before the apex court.
The Court herein has settled that when the party has been given enough opportunity accorded to them and has failed to take advantage of the same during the arbitral proceedings, it cannot later go on to say that fair hearing was not given to the party.
Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited & Anr. Vs. Srigdhaa Beverages (Supreme Court) 1. M/s. SB Beverages, owner of a piece of land, failed to repay a loan to Syndicate Bank (creditor). 2. To this measure, on 25.05.2017 the Bank (secured creditor) brought the property to auction under the SARFAESI Act. 3. The land […]
