Indirect Taxes
CESTAT Upholds EPCG Customs Duty Demand After Flood-Damaged Machinery Fails Export Obligation
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad Bench, has upheld the recovery of customs duty and interest from two Surat-based exporters...
Notification
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...
Other Laws
Karnataka HC Records ASG Assurance That CISF Will Furnish Complete CCTV Footage to Ranya Rao in Gold Smuggling Case
The Karnataka High Court has recorded an assurance from Additional Solicitor General Arvind Kamath...
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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...
Indirect Taxes
CESTAT Upholds EPCG Customs Duty Demand After Flood-Damaged Machinery Fails Export Obligation
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad Bench, has upheld the...
Indirect Taxes
Regular Criminal Court Can’t Release Customs-Seized Goods Under BNSS: Gauhati HC
The Gauhati High Court has held that where goods are seized by Customs authorities...
GST
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...
Columns
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...
Live Updates
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...
Money Hacks
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With domestic LPG cylinder prices continuing to strain household budgets, consumers are increasingly looking...
Money Hacks
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Despite a series of measures announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to...
Other Laws
S. 37 NDPS Act Conditions Must Be Strictly Satisfied: Andhra Pradesh High Court Rejects Bail in 207.20-Kg Psychotropic Substance Case
The Andhra Pradesh High Court has refused to grant bail to an accused in...
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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...
CCI
ICAI Removes CA from Register for 1 Year Following Delhi HC Order
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CCI
Markets Trade Flat Ahead of Union Budget 2026-27
Equity benchmark indices traded in a narrow range on Sunday morning as investors remained...
CCI
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
CCI Approves Acquisition Of Jaiprakash Associates By Vedanta
The Proposed Combination envisages acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Limited (JAL) by Vedanta Limited (Acquirer)...
GST
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...
GST
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
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...
Direct Tax
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’...
Direct 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...
Direct Tax
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...
Direct Tax
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...
Direct Tax
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...
Direct Tax
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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Indirect Taxes
CESTAT Upholds EPCG Customs Duty Demand After Flood-Damaged Machinery Fails Export Obligation
The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Ahmedabad Bench, has upheld the recovery of customs duty and interest from two Surat-based exporters who failed to fulfil their export obligations under the Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Scheme after the embroidery machinery imported...
International Taxation
U.S. Court Clarifies “Processing Operation”: Marketability Transformation Test Shows MOOWR ‘Other Operations’ Not Limited to Manufacturers
The Arizona Supreme Court has held that machinery used in an industrial healthcare textile...
International Taxation
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...
Live Updates
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...
Live Updates
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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Indirect Taxes
Importer Lacked Knowledge of Fraudulent Duty Credit Scrip: CESTAT Quashes Rs. 10 Lakh Penalty
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT)has held that...
Indirect Taxes
Cigarette Packets Can’t Be Auctioned But Should Be Destroyed: CESTAT Orders Customs to Refund Auction Money With Interest
The Delhi bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has directed...
GST
CBI Arrests CGST Superintendent and Inspector While Allegedly Accepting Rs. 4 Lakh Bribe in Jabalpur
In a major anti-corruption operation, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Jabalpur unit, has...
GST
Punjab & Haryana High Court Grants Bail in Rs. 30 Crore GST Input Tax Credit Fraud Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to an accused, Manmohan...
GST
DGGI’s Investigative Powers Upheld: HC Dismisses Pleas Challenging GST Summons
The Delhi High Court has dismissed two writ petitions challenging summons issued by the...
Indirect Taxes
Refund of Excess Infrastructure Cess on Imported Electric Golf Carts: Delhi HC Orders Re-Assessment of Bills of Entry
The Delhi High Court has directed Customs authorities to re-assess Bills of Entry filed...
Indirect Taxes
Customs to Decide on Bank Guarantee Release in Tobacco Export Dispute: Delhi HC Questions Second CRCL Report
The Delhi High Court has directed the Commissioner of Customs to expeditiously decide representations...
GST
Delhi High Court Declines to Interfere in GST Demand, Directs Taxpayer to Appellate Remedy Amid Pending Supreme Court Challenge
The Delhi High Court has declined to exercise its writ jurisdiction in a GST...
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Real Time GST Fraud Detection: A Bureaucratic Reality Check
JurisHour had earlier examined how fake invoice rackets are digitally detected under the GST...
Notification
Income Tax Dept. Flags Undisclosed Foreign Assets, Urges ITR Revision by December 31
The Income Tax Department has begun sending urgent electronic communications to taxpayers, warning them...
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Indirect Taxes
Mumbai Customs Zone Seizes Hydroponic Weed, Gold Worth Over Rs. 3.19 Crore at Airport
The officers of the Airport Commissionerate, Mumbai Customs Zone–III, effected significant seizures during the...