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...
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 […]
Supreme Court has stayed the Gujarat High Court decision in the case of Kushal Ltd. v. Union of India, wherein the High Court had set aside the provisional attachment of the bank account of the assessee observing that there was absence of pendency of any proceedings under Section 62, 63, 64, 67, 73 or 74 of the CGST Act, 2017.
Imperia Structures Ltd. Vs Anil Patni and Another (Supreme Court) Section 79 of the RERA Act bars jurisdiction of a Civil Court to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which the Authority or the adjudicating officer or the Appellate Tribunal is empowered under the RERA Act to determine. Section 88 specifies […]
C. Bright Vs District Collector & Ors. (Supreme Court) Whether the time limit of 30 days which is further extendable by a further period 30 days for a District Collector to secure the possession of a secured asset is mandatory or directory? The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the […]
The Supreme Court held that Maintenance Awarded Must Be Reasonable and Realistic The Supreme Court had stated that the main purpose of granting temporary/permanent alimony or maintenance is to make sure that the dependant partner is not reduced to destitution or homelessness because of the failure of the marriage, and not as a punishment to the other […]
Shanti Devi Alias Shanti Mishra Vs Union of India & Ors. (Supreme Court of India) A retired employee can prosecute his case at the place where he belonged to and was getting pension The deceased petitioner was continuously receiving pension for the last 08 years in his saving bank account in State Bank of India, […]
