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 Supreme Court held that a show cause notice invoking Section 74 must clearly spell out fraud or suppression. Mere figures without supporting particulars were found insufficient at a prima facie stage.
Supreme Court upheld the quashing of reassessment where scrutiny queries on deductions were earlier examined. It held that reopening based only on reappraisal of the same material amounts to an impermissible change of opinion.
The Supreme Court held that a chit subscriber incurs a present debt payable in installments, allowing recovery of future subscriptions upon default.
Court issued notice after allegations that enrolment rules were bypassed through paid oral interviews, and sought an explanation from the State Bar Council.
The Supreme Court held that non-compete payments facilitating efficient business operations are deductible under section 37(1) when no capital asset or profit-making structure is created.
The Supreme Court held that leasing residential property for use as a student or working-professional hostel qualifies for GST exemption. The ruling confirms that long-term residential use, not the lessee’s personal occupation, is decisive.
The Supreme Court ruled that payments made to prevent competition, even if providing enduring business benefits, are allowable revenue expenditures and not capital expenditures.
The Supreme Court ruled that residential GST exemption applies where end use is residential, even if a company sub-leases the property. Sub-leasing alone does not trigger GST.
The Supreme Court held that directing time-bound investigations should be exceptional and only where undue delay or stagnation is evident, preserving investigative autonomy while protecting Article 21 rights.
ITC on Construction of Commercial Buildings for Leasing: Landmark Supreme Court Ruling Overturned by Retrospective Amendment to Section 17(5)(d) The Safari Retreats Pvt Ltd V/s. Chief Commissioner of CGST case is a landmark in clarifying the availability of Input Tax Credit (ITC) for leasing-based business models under GST. The dispute arose when ITC on GST […]
