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Retrospective GST Amendment Nullifies SC ITC Relief on Construction Costs

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...

May 21, 2026 744 Views 0 comment Print

No More Technical Escapes: SC Settles Law on Guarantee Validity, Stamping & Disclosures in CIRP

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that liabilities arising from corporate guarantees qualify as financial debt under Section 5(8) of the Inso...

May 21, 2026 246 Views 0 comment Print

SC on Shortfall Undertakings as Financial Debt: China Development Bank v. Doha Bank

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...

May 21, 2026 195 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court Disapproves Umar Khalid Bail Denial Judgment

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court expressed serious reservations about earlier rulings denying bail in UAPA cases, holding that smaller benches ca...

May 19, 2026 366 Views 0 comment Print

Interest on Broken Periods for Banks – Revisiting SC’s 2024 Ruling (Bank of Rajasthan)

Income Tax : The article explains the Supreme Court’s landmark 2024 ruling that broken period interest on debt securities is capital in natur...

May 14, 2026 129 Views 0 comment Print


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Latest Case Law Related to IBC 2016: January to March 2026

Corporate Law : The Supreme Court upheld joint insolvency proceedings against two interconnected real estate companies due to common management an...

May 21, 2026 159 Views 0 comment Print

Important Case Laws related to IBC 2016 – July – September 2025

Corporate Law : Supreme Court ruled that CoC and RP can surrender financially burdensome assets voluntarily, clarifying moratorium under section 1...

November 20, 2025 5235 Views 0 comment Print

Important Rulings on IBC – January to March 2025

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...

May 21, 2025 1884 Views 0 comment Print

India’s 52nd CJI Hon’ble Mr Justice BR Gavai Finally Takes Oath

Corporate Law : Justice BR Gavai sworn in as India's 52nd Chief Justice. Focus areas include addressing case pendency and improving court infrastr...

May 15, 2025 855 Views 0 comment Print

Latest Case Law Related to IBC 2016: October to December 2024

Corporate Law : Key IBC case law updates from Oct-Dec 2024, covering Supreme Court and High Court decisions on CoC powers, resolution plans, relat...

February 13, 2025 2646 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


SC Stays GST Section 74 Proceedings Due to Pending Jurisdictional Issue on Alternate Remedy

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...

May 23, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

SC Slams Casual Sanction of ₹8 Cr Loan After Borrower Defaults From Day One

Finance : The Supreme Court refused relief to borrowers who defaulted from the very first instalment after availing an ₹8.09 crore loan. T...

May 22, 2026 261 Views 0 comment Print

Inheritance Isn’t a Birthright When a Valid Will Exists: SC

Finance : The Supreme Court upheld a Will executed in favour of the testator’s sister despite objections from his wife and children. The C...

May 22, 2026 948 Views 0 comment Print

Income From AOP Held Non-Taxable in Member’s Hands as It Was Share of Profit: SC

Income Tax : SC examined nature of amounts received from an AOP and upheld findings that receipts constituted profit share rather than revenue ...

May 22, 2026 423 Views 1 comment Print

SC Upholds Delhi HC Ruling as Reassessment Was Based on Changing Grounds

Income Tax : The Supreme Court dismissed the challenge to a Delhi High Court ruling that quashed reassessment proceedings under Sections 148A(d...

May 21, 2026 351 Views 0 comment Print


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Bill Seeks SC Regional Benches at Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata & Delhi

Corporate Law : The Bill seeks to amend Articles 15 and 16 to allow reservation for backward classes proportionate to their population identified ...

March 4, 2026 3603 Views 0 comment Print

RBI Mandates Alternative KYC Verification Methods for Disabled Customers

Fema / RBI : RBI directs banks, NBFCs, and other entities to implement Supreme Court’s accessibility guidelines for digital KYC, ensuring inc...

August 14, 2025 2127 Views 0 comment Print

CBDT Revises Monetary Limits for Tax Income Tax Appeals

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, ...

September 17, 2024 17238 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court Ruling: No Restrictions for Queer Community Accounts

Corporate Law : No restrictions on joint bank accounts or nominations for the queer community, as clarified by the Supreme Court and RBI in August...

August 28, 2024 681 Views 0 comment Print

SC: Procedure for circulation of Letters for adjournment of cases

Corporate Law : Supreme Court of India introduces new procedures for case adjournments effective 14th February 2024, detailing strict guidelines a...

February 14, 2024 2859 Views 0 comment Print


No need to affix MRP on goods declared to be 'not meant for retail sale' thus Excise duty payable on transaction value

December 8, 2015 1153 Views 0 comment Print

CCE Vs. Control & Switchgears Contactors Ltd. – Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Tribunal, wherein it was held that while the Respondent had declared that goods were not meant for retail sale, revenue could not produce any evidence to contrary and hence, duty was rightly paid as per Section 4 of the Excise Act.

If purchase price fixed in first contract subsequently gets revised prior to importation of goods, then Customs duty would be payable on revised price

December 8, 2015 691 Views 0 comment Print

Gupta Steel Vs. Commissioner of Customs, Jamnagar – Supreme Court held that price was genuinely revised & gets reduced by amending the MOA and there was nothing wrong on the part of the Appellant to declare the price in the BOE.

Intimation u/s 143(1) is not an assessment, AO authorized to make reassessment u/s 147 subsequently: SC

December 8, 2015 9618 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held In the case of ACIT vs. Rajesh Jhaveri Stock Brokers Pvt. Ltd. that Section 147 authorises and permits the Assessing Officer to assess or reassess income chargeable to tax if he has reason to believe that income for any assessment year has escaped assessment.

Bills discounted cannot be equated with loan & advances, interest received on default not taxable under Interest Tax Act, 1974: SC

December 7, 2015 4130 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held In the case of State Bank of Patiala vs. CIT that it is well settled that a subject can be brought to tax only by a clear statutory provision in that behalf. Interest is chargeable to tax under the Interest Tax Act

Post-importation services could not be added to value of goods imported

December 5, 2015 1424 Views 0 comment Print

Same Engines India Pvt. Ltd. (the Respondent) had imported components of Tractors from Foreign party and filed Bill of Entry stating the price at which the goods were imported and seeking to pay the Customs duty thereon.

Interest, depreciation and profit margin not to be considered for arriving at production cost

December 5, 2015 1980 Views 0 comment Print

Nirma Ltd. & Ors. (the Respondent) was engaged in the manufacture of Linear Alkyl Benzene (LAB) which was cleared by the Respondent to its sister units located in different places and was also used captively in the same factory where the said LAB is manufactured.

SC on Allowability of Interest expenses when Interest Free Loan been given to Sister Concern & Director

November 28, 2015 3982 Views 0 comment Print

Loan given to the Directors was not from the borrowed funds. Therefore, interest liability of the assessee towards the Bank on the borrowing which was taken by the assessee had no bearings because otherwise, the assessee had sufficient funds of its own which the assessee could have advanced

Section 143(1) intimation is not an assessment and no question of change of opinion

November 28, 2015 9775 Views 3 comments Print

DCIT vs. Zuari Estate Development & Investment Co Ltd (Supreme Court) After going through the detailed order passed by the High Court, we find that the main issue which is involved in this case is not at all addressed by the High Court.

Prices charged by job-worker cannot be regarded as understated where principal manufacturer has given loan to job-worker

November 11, 2015 606 Views 0 comment Print

Supreme Court held that the advance of Rs. 4.5 Crores was given by Nestle to the Respondent for purchase of machinery and it was only a loan transaction independent of the trading relationship between the parties

Customs Dept need not go deep into matter and by hair-splitting and semantic niceties deny benefit of Exemption Notification: SC

November 11, 2015 732 Views 0 comment Print

That at the time of import, the required Certificate was not produced is not a very strong ground for denying the benefit of Exemption Notification; There is a plethora of decisions in which various Courts and Tribunals have accepted the production of Certificate even after the importation for granting benefits;

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