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Deduction of not contingent warrant expenses allowable from book profit

March 6, 2020 1128 Views 0 comment Print

Provision for warrant expenses was not contingent and had to be allowed as deduction while computing income under the head Income from Business & Profession. Thus, the addition made to the book profits under section 115JB was to be deleted because the liability could not be said to be contingent. 

Whether FCRA, 2010 allows Govt to decide political Status of an organisation?

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Whether Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 (FCRA, 2010) (read with rules) allows Central Government to freely decide whether an organisation is political or not? What is Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010? The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act 2010 and rules framed under it (the ‘FCRA’ or ‘Act’) regulate contribution by non-governmental organisations (‘NGO’) in India. The […]

‘Seat of Arbitration’ instead of ‘Place of Arbitration’ was basis to determine supervisory power of a Court over arbitration

March 5, 2020 1311 Views 0 comment Print

Since the reference to Hong Kong as ‘place of arbitration’ was not a simple reference as the ‘venue’ for the arbitral proceedings; but a reference to Hong Kong was for final resolution by arbitration administered in Hong Kong

SARFAESI / DRT proceeding not extends limitation period under IBC

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Bimalkumar Manubhai Savalia Vs Bank of India (NCLAT) Conclusion: Proceedings initiated or pending in DRT, either initiated under SARFAESI or under debts and due to Banks and Financial Institutions could not be taken into account for the purposes of limitation.  Therefore, the application filed by Bank before the Adjudicating Authority on 30.08.2018 was beyond the […]

IBC 2016: Jurisdiction of NCLT While Adjudicating Resolution Plan

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In this article we will be discussing the aforesaid Question, as well as whether NCLT can intervene the commercial wisdom and decision of CoC. We will be discussing various judgments of NCLAT and Supreme Court of India which would be relevant for shedding some light on the aforesaid questions.

Sales bogus if investee is a penny stock company, with no credentials, and the sale rates artificially hiked, with no real buyers

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(a) The scrip is a penny stock, purchased at a low price, which is over a period of time ramped up by operators acting in benami names or name lenders. The purchases are off market purchases, and not reported on the exchange; (b) purchase/s is back dated, i.e., per a back dated contract note, paid for in cash, so that there is no trail; (c) the purchases are in the physical form, and dematerialized only subsequently; generally long after the purchase date, being back dated and, further, close to the date of sale; and (d) The investee is a penny stock company, with no credentials, and the sale rates artificially hiked, with no real buyers, so that inference of the sales being bogus, is unmistakable.

Distinction between government and non-government railways- Common parlance meaning should be adopted- CESTST

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NMC Industries Pvt Ltd Vs Commissioner of Service Tax (CESTAT Mumbai) We are unable to comprehend the resort to Railways Act, 1989 for a broader understanding of expression ‘railways’ in the absence of permissible referral in section 65(105)(zzzza) or (zzp), or, for that matter, anywhere in section 65, of Finance Act, 1994. In the absence […]

Tax on Transfer of Singapore Company under India Belgium Treaty: ITAT explains

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Sofina S. A. Vs ACIT (ITAT Mumbai) Transfer of shares of Singapore Company could not be regarded as a transfer of shares of its Indian subsidiary in absence of see-through approach under clause 13(5) of India Belgium Treaty Conclusion: Gain arising from transfer of shares of A Pte. Ltd., Singapore by the assessee to M/s […]

Expenses incurred on sponsorship and endorsement was not includible in transaction value of imports

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Sponsorship and endorsement expenses paid by Adidas India to various athletes and players in India were not includable in the assessable value of the goods imported by Adidas India by invoking rule 10(1)(e) of the Customs Valuation (Determination of Value of Imported Goods) Rules 2007.

No penalty for delayed GST Appeal Filing due to Lack of Clarity in Law

March 5, 2020 5364 Views 2 comments Print

The impugned order rejecting such appeal on the ground of limitation is not sustainable as the petitioner cannot be penalised for lack of clarity of the provision when the new law is enacted.

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