Corporate Law : The Supreme Court held that individuals investing for financial returns rather than home ownership cannot invoke Section 7 of the ...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court declined immediate intervention but expressly left open the challenge to the validity of Section 16(2) of the CG...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court ruled that whenever money is staked on an uncertain outcome, the activity amounts to betting and gambling for GS...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court ruled that once money is staked on an uncertain outcome, the activity becomes betting and gambling regardless of...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court held that adjudicatory proceedings cannot survive when authorities rely on undisclosed material or deny meaningf...
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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 : SC dismissed Revenue’s plea after Gujarat HC held that even proposed additions would not alter MAT liability, defeating escapeme...
Income Tax : The Supreme Court declined to interfere with the Bombay High Court's view that a later judicial pronouncement cannot constitute a ...
Income Tax : The High Court upheld denial of Section 10(38) exemption after concurrent findings established that the share transactions lacked ...
Corporate Law : The Supreme Court examined whether personal insolvency proceedings under the IBC could halt cheque dishonour cases under Section 1...
Goods and Services Tax : The Supreme Court issued notice in a challenge to West Bengals entry tax regime concerning goods meant for export. Interim protect...
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...
A retrospective operation is not to be given to a statute, so as the impair existing right or obligation otherwise than as regards matter of procedure unless that effect cannot be avoided without doing violence to the language of the enactment.
An appeal by the State. against a decision enhancing compensation in respect of acquisition of lands for a public purpose, raising important questions as regards principles of valuation, was dismissed by the High Court as time barred, being four days beyond time, by rejecting an application for condonation of dalay. The State appealed to this Court by special leave.Allowing the appeal,
CIT v. Mother India Refrigeration (P) Ltd. (Supreme Court) Unabsorbed carried forward losses and current depreciation -Deduction of – Unabsorbed carried forward losses cannot be given preference over current depreciation While computing the total income of an assessee in an assessment year.
The High Court held that there was nothing illegal in the issuance of the search warrant, the consequent search, the seizure during the search and taking over of the documents by the Income Tax Department under Section 132-A and dismissed the petition.
Sabyasachi Mukharji, J.—These appeals by certificate granted by the High Court of Allahabad under section 66A(2) of the Indian I.T. Act, 1922, arise out of the judgment delivered and order passed on 3rd January, 1973, by the High Court of Allahabad in Income-tax Reference No. 450 of 1965. The following question of law had been referred to the High Court
Super Profits Tax Act, 1963 and Company’s (Profits) Sur-tax Act, 1964-Rule I of Second Schedule-Scope of- ‘Provision” and “Reserve’-Distinction- A sum of money transferred from current profits to general reserves- Dividend paid from that fund-General reserve how calculated.
Rule 24 of the Income Tax Rules, 1922 states that income derived from the sale of tea grown and manufactured by the seller shall be computed as if it were income derived from business and 40 per cent of such income shall be deemed to be income, profits and gains liable to tax.
If two reasonable constructions of a taxing provision are possible that construction which favours the assessee must be adopted. This is a well ‘accepted rule of construction recognised by this Court in several of its decisions.
Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Union of India and others v Ogale glass Works 1971 AIR 2577 held that the award of industrial tribunal cannot stand in the way of enforcing the statutory provision cast on the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952.
In the Supreme Court of India. CIT west Bengal filed appeal before SC against the order of High Court and SC delivered judgement on 27.8.1971. The name of the assessee was Sh. Durga Parshad More.
