Can Courts Assess Sufficiency of Material Behind a Look-Out Circular? Delhi High Court Defines Limits of Judicial Review

The Delhi High Court has allowed an appeal filed by the Income Tax Department and restored the Look-Out Circular (LOC) issued against businessman holding...

CBIC Cadre Management Under Scrutiny: Why Officers from 1997 to 2008 Batches Are Now in Commissioner Grade?

A striking feature of the current cadre structure of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has drawn attention within the indirect-tax administration: officers belonging to batches ranging from 1997 to 2008 of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes) are...

Appellate Court Can’t Remand Criminal Appeal Merely for Re-Appreciation of Evidence; Must Decide Appeal on Merits: Rajasthan High Court

The Rajasthan High Court has held that an appellate court cannot remand a criminal...

CA, CS, CMA Vs Advocates: Delhi HC Asks BCI To Clarify Its Plea Restricting Non-Advocates From Appearing Before Authorities

The Delhi High Court has sought further clarity in a long-running legal dispute concerning...

Can Courts Assess Sufficiency of Material Behind a Look-Out Circular? Delhi High Court Defines Limits of Judicial Review

The Delhi High Court has allowed an appeal filed by the Income Tax Department...

No Further GST Recovery After More Than 10% Demand Recovered: Calcutta High Court Lifts Bank Account Attachment Pending Appeal

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the West Bengal GST authorities from taking any...

365-Day Stay Limit U/s 254(2A) Not Absolute When Assessee Isn’t Responsible for Delay: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court has dismissed a department’s appeal challenging the Income Tax Appellate...

CPC Can’t Make S. 143(1) Adjustment on Debatable Employee PF/ESI Contribution Issue Before Supreme Court’s Checkmate Ruling: ITAT

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Bangalore Bench, has held that the Centralised Processing...

GSTAT Outreach Programme Draws Strong Response in Jaipur; Tax Professionals Seek Extension of Appeal Filing Deadline

The Jaipur Tax Bar Association (JTBA), in collaboration with the Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT), Jaipur Bench, successfully organized a GSTAT Outreach...

How to Save Money on LPG Cylinder Booking: Best Apps, Cashback Offers In 2026

With domestic LPG cylinder prices continuing to strain household budgets, consumers are increasingly looking...

Rupee Likely to Stay Weak Against U.S. Dollar Despite RBI Measures Expected to Attract $50 Billion in Inflows

Despite a series of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to...

TESTING THE LIMITATIONS OF SECTION 107(4) OF THE CGST ACT, 2017: An exercise in futility?

The Article “TESTING THE LIMITATIONS OF SECTION 107(4) OF THE CGST ACT, 2017: An...

CCI | GST | Direct Tax

CCI’s Power To Examine Substance Of Amazon–Future Deal, But Quashes Directions And Penalties: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court in the long-running dispute arising out of Amazon’s investment in Future...

ICAI Removes CA from Register for 1 Year Following Delhi HC Order

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has formally removed a Chartered Accountant...

Markets Trade Flat Ahead of Union Budget 2026-27

Equity benchmark indices traded in a narrow range on Sunday morning as investors remained...

Bomb Threat In Tis Hazari and Saket Court In Delhi

Multiple district court complexes in Delhi were placed on high alert Tuesday morning following...

CCI Approves Acquisition Of Jaiprakash Associates By Vedanta 

The Proposed Combination envisages acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) by Vedanta Limited (Acquirer)...

No Further GST Recovery After More Than 10% Demand Recovered: Calcutta High Court Lifts Bank Account Attachment Pending Appeal

The Calcutta High Court has restrained the West Bengal GST authorities from taking any...

Whether Cash Can Be Seized As ‘Thing’ Under Section 67(2)? Calcutta High Court Quashes GST Cash Seizure Order 

The Calcutta High Court has quashed an order upholding the seizure of ₹13.04 lakh...

GST SCN Deficiencies Can Be Raised in Appeal: Supreme Court Declines Interference

The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with a Gujarat High Court order refusing...

Whether ‘Royalty’ Is A ‘Tax’; Supreme Court Directs The Matter To Be Before Appropriate Bench

The Supreme Court has presided over the controversy of whether ‘Royalty’ Is A ‘Tax’...

Bandwidth Services Provided Outside India Not Taxable As ‘Royalty’: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court ruled that the bandwidth services provided outside India are not...

No Income Tax Payable On Tamil Nadu Advocates welfare Fund: ITAT

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal Chennai, ruled that no income tax payable on Tamil...

Imparting Education Through Virtual Mode Or By Adoption Of New Technologies Qualifies Income Tax Exemption: Delhi High Court

The Delhi High Court ruled that imparting education through virtual mode or by adoption...

Relief To Axis Bank: Discount On ESOPs Is Allowable As Deduction: ITAT

In a major relief to Axis Bank, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) Ahmedabad...

ALP On Account Of Corporate Guarantee At 0.50% On Guaranteed Amount Is Proper Commission: ITAT

The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Hyderabad Bench direct the Assessing Officer/learned TPO to...

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Orissa High Court Grants 8 Weeks to Assessee to Approach CESTAT After Supreme Court’s Revised Canon India Ruling

The Orissa High Court at Cuttack has disposed of a writ petition challenging a Service Tax adjudication order for the tax periods 2011-12 to 2014-15, granting the petitioner eight weeks’ time to pursue an appropriate appeal before the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate...

Yacht Not Liable to Duty on Return After Foreign Cruising: U.S. Customs Authority

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) clarified that a duty-paid yacht taken abroad...

GSTAT Outreach Programme Draws Strong Response in Jaipur; Tax Professionals Seek Extension of Appeal Filing Deadline

The Jaipur Tax Bar Association (JTBA), in collaboration with the Goods and Services Tax...

JurisHour Exclusive Live Coverage Of Budget for FY 2026–27

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived at Kartavya Bhawan at the Finance Ministry on Saturday,...

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Chennai Customs Commissioner To Release MSME Importer’s Sanitary Napkins, Panty Liners Subject To Deposit Of Rs. 15 Lakhs: Madras HC

The Madras High Court has directed the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai-II (Import), to release...

E-Filing Mandatory for Companies; Madras High Court Allows Dept’s Appeal on Section 80-IC Deduction

The Madras High Court has held that companies were mandatorily required to file their...

ITAT Goes Fully Digital: Income-tax Appellate Tribunal Amendment Rules, 2025 Notified

The Ministry of Law and Justice has notified the Income-tax (Appellate Tribunal) Amendment Rules,...

Supreme Court Quashes Customs Duty on Electricity Supplied from SEZ to DTA; Allows Adani Power’s Appeal

The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal filed by Adani Power Ltd., setting aside...

Karnataka HC Grants Bail in GST Fraud Case, Holds Fear of Witness Tampering Unfounded

The Karnataka High Court has granted regular bail to an accused arrested in connection...

Himachal Pradesh HC Allows Manual Filing of GSTR-3B to Claim Missed ITC

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has permitted a taxpayer to manually file its GSTR-3B...

Double Jeopardy Doesn’t apply in Service Law: Delhi HC

The Delhi High Court has dismissed a writ petition filed by a retired Ministry...

IGST Refund Proceedings After Omission of Rule 96(10) Quashed: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has quashed show cause notices and related proceedings initiated under...

Reassessment Invalid Where Income Reopened U/s 68 but Ultimately Taxed as Anonymous Donations U/s 115BBC: ITAT

The ITAT Pune held that Sections 68 and 115BBC operate in distinct and mutually...

Export Duty Exemption Can’t Be Denied for Exports Without Letters of Credit of Parboiled Rice: Chhattisgarh High Court 

The Chhattisgarh High Court has held that exporters who do not conduct trade through...

GST Assessment Against Deceased Person Invalid, S. 93 Doesn’t Permit Determination After Death: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has held that Goods and Services Tax (GST)...

GST Proceedings Against Deceased Invalid: Allahabad HC Says Entire Action Bad in Law Without Notice to Legal Heirs

The Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench, has quashed Goods and Services Tax (GST) proceedings...