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...
Income Tax : Supreme Court modified compensation by reassessing a self-employed deceased’s annual income after considering ITRs and business ...
Corporate Law : SC allowed the appeal and granted NDPS bail after holding that a case for bail was made out, subject to Trial Court conditions....
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 : 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...
SC against misuse of frivolous Public Interest Litigation (PIL) without any supportive technical data- slaps exemplary cost Public interest litigation(PIL) is a highly effective weapon in the armory of law for imparting justice to the common man. It is a unique and unparalleled phenomenon in the Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence. It is a litigation on behalf […]
The law with regards to the DTAA and the powers of Income Tax and other administrative authorities in its implementation have evolved with the development of various judicial trends ranging from the case of McDowell, Azadi Bachao Andolan to Vodafone-Hatchison Case, to name a few.
Ficus Pax Private Limited Vs Union Of India & Ors. (Supreme Court) Hon’ble Supreme Court in an interim order passed today in the case of FICUS PAX PRIVATE LIMITED & ORS. P VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. has stated that Employers and Employees Should Try to negotiate and settle between themselves issues relating to […]
Payment to labour during lockdown: SC on June 12 asks states to facilitate negotiations between employers & employees – no coercive action till end of July A number of writs were filed in the apex court questioning the orders issued under Disaster Management Act, 2005 and consequential orders issued by different States that all industries […]
It is common knowledge that the rich & the powerful abuse the process of law by litigating settled issues repeatedly with the aid of leading advocates, knocking the doors of higher courts over trivial issues and against interlocutory orders. It is also prevalent to get the appeal/SLP admitted in the higher courts in important matters […]
Modi Government announced early Lockdown to save the country from Covid- 19. The whole world applauded his timely action. The limited number of infected people & low mortality in our country as compared to the Western world speaks volumes of the timely imposition of lockdown and remedial measures undertaken by our government. But in haste […]
Pak-Indo-Lanka, Joint Management Committee (Hereinafter, ‘PILCOM’) filed a special leave petition (Civil Appeal No. 5749/2012) in Supreme Court challenging the decision of High Court of Calcutta whereby High Court dismissed Income Tax Appeal No. 196 of 2000 and affirmed the view taken by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Calcutta.
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 […]
