Jharkhand High Court in Maa Kalyani Electrical Vs Union of India set aside an appellate order that rejected an appeal on ‘functus officio’ grounds. The court held that since the original dismissal was only for failure to make a mandatory pre-deposit, not on merits, the authority wasn’t functus officio after the deposit was subsequently made.
The ITAT allowed the LTCG exemption, confirming that the department cannot ignore binding jurisdictional High Court judgments and its own precedent on the exact same scrip and issue. The ruling firmly establishes that if all compliance conditions are met, the Revenue cannot reject a capital gain claim based on general allegations of price manipulation without independent, concrete evidence against the assessee.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) overturned a Principal Commissioner of Income Tax (PCIT) order under Section 263. The Tribunal held that the PCIT cannot invoke revisionary powers simply because they desire a deeper investigation, establishing that inadequate enquiry is not equivalent to no enquiry by the Assessing Officer (AO).
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) ruled that a Mauritian shipping companys freight income could not be taxed in India under Article 7 (Business Profits) of the DTAA. The decision was based on the finding that its Indian agent was commercially independent and did not constitute a Permanent Establishment (PE).
After the High Court rejected the capital gains argument, the Tribunal applied Section 14 to classify the receipt from the trusteeship surrender. Since the amount did not fit into any specific head of income (Salary, Business, or Capital Gains), the ITAT ruled it must be taxed under the residuary head, Income from Other Sources.
The ITAT granted relief by ruling that the higher tax rate under Section 115BBE cannot be applied to income voluntarily disclosed during a survey if no specific unexplained cash credit or investment section (like 68 or 69) was invoked. The Tribunal held that the disclosed income remains taxable, but only at normal tax rates.
The ITAT refused to condone the Revenues 100-day delay in filing an appeal, holding that busy officer or bureaucratic delay does not constitute sufficient cause. The Tribunal emphasized that the law of limitation binds Government departments equally, and vague excuses are not acceptable.
The ITAT ruled that loose, uncorroborated diaries maintained by a third party are dumb documents and cannot be the sole basis for major tax additions or the denial of Section 11 exemption for a charitable trust. The Tribunal emphasized that suspicion is not a substitute for proof, and denying Section 11 requires concrete evidence of a violation under Section 13.
Gauhati High Court held that initiation of proceedings under section 73 of the CGST Act, 2017 without issuing Form GST ASMT-10 as prescribed under section 61 of the CGST Act, 2017 is invalid. Accordingly, held that action is contrary to the provisions of law.
Tamil Nadu GST AAAR upholds AAR ruling that TR-6 challans, even with Customs letters or SVB orders, do not qualify as eligible documents for Input Tax Credit on import IGST. Only re-assessed Bills of Entry allow ITC, subject to Section 16(4) time limits.
