Amit Sharma
Amit Sharma is the Content Editor at JurisHour. He has been writing about the Indian legal market. He has covered tax & company litigation stories from the Supreme Court, High Courts and Various Tribunals. Amit graduated from MLSU Law College with B.A.LL.B. and also holds an LL.M. from MLSU, Udaipur, Rajasthan. An Advocate in Taxation, and practised in Tribunals as well as Rajasthan High Court and pursued Masters in Constitutional Law. He started out small with little resources but a big plan to take tax legal education to the remotest locations across India and eventually to the world. His vision is to make tax related legal developments accessible to the masses.
Indirect Taxes
Car Dealer’s Sales Incentives, Trade Discounts Not Liable To Service Tax: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, has set aside a service tax demand of ₹92.61 lakh against an authorised Chevrolet dealer, holding that the taxability of target-based and non-target-based incentives stood settled by earlier decisions treating such receipts as trade...
Indirect Taxes
Engineering Consultancy For Indian Project Supplied To Japan Not Liable To Service Tax: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that engineering consultancy supplied to a recipient in Japan was not liable to service tax in the case before it, although the services concerned a construction project in India.Resolving an overlap...
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Supreme Court
Indian Marriage Doesn’t Automatically Bar Divorce Proceedings Abroad: Supreme Court Quashes Injunction Against UK Case
The Supreme Court has held that an Indian court cannot restrain a spouse from...
Supreme Court
Missing Original Document Doesn’t Automatically Defeat Forgery Case: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that the absence of an original document alleged to...
Indirect Taxes
Supreme Court Reserves Verdict on States’ Power to Levy Additional Sales Tax, Surcharge or Cess
The Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on a significant constitutional question concerning the...
Supreme Court
Serious Investigative Lapses: Supreme Court Orders De Novo Probe Into 2012 Rape-Murder of 17-Year-Old
The Supreme Court has ordered a de novo investigation into the 2012 rape and...
Supreme Court
Conflict Between Trade Marks Act S. 134 and Commercial Courts Act on Jurisdiction: Supreme Court Refers to Larger Bench
The Supreme Court has referred to a Larger Bench an important question concerning the...
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Clarifies S. 28A Land Acquisition Limitation
The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of Section 28A of the Land Acquisition...
Supreme Court
Tender Eligibility Conditions Must Be Applied Strictly; Higher Bid Cannot Cure Lack of Required Experience: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has held that a bidder who does not satisfy an essential...
Supreme Court
Conditional Court Deposit Doesn’t Stop Interest: Supreme Court Calls for Uniform Rules on Litigation Deposits
The Supreme Court of India has held that a deposit made by an award-debtor...
Supreme Court
Broken Chain of Custody Makes FSL Report Unreliable in NDPS Case: Supreme Court Acquits Two Men in Alleged Charas Seizure
The Supreme Court has acquitted two men convicted in a narcotics case after finding...
Supreme Court
Appointment Contrary To Advertised Qualification Is ‘Fraud On Public’: Supreme Court Upholds Removal Of Anganwadi Supervisor
The Supreme Court has held that appointing a person who does not satisfy an...
Supreme Court
Officiating Employees Have No Vested Right To Promotion Under Old Rules: Supreme Court Quashes Relief To BSNL Translators
The Supreme Court has held that employees working on a higher post merely on...
Supreme Court
POCSO Presumption Not “Gospel Truth”; Courts Must Independently Test Evidence: Supreme Court Acquits Man
The Supreme Court has acquitted a man sentenced to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment under...
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Indirect Taxes
Car Dealer’s Sales Incentives, Trade Discounts Not Liable To Service Tax: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad, has set aside a...
Indirect Taxes
Engineering Consultancy For Indian Project Supplied To Japan Not Liable To Service Tax: CESTAT
The Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), New Delhi, has held that...
Direct Tax
Draft Assessment Order Mandatory Even After Tribunal Remand: Supreme Court Rejects Revenue’s Pleas
The Supreme Court has upheld the setting aside of income tax assessments completed without...
Direct Tax
Interest Forming Part Of Court Decree Is Not Taxable As ‘Interest’: ITAT Deletes Rs. 2.47 Crore Addition
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that interest...