Category: High Courts

Legal representative of deceased must be issued a show cause notice before making determination of GST liability of deceased – High Court In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Allahabad High Court has held that once GST provision deals with the liability of a legal representative on account of death …

Notice u/s 143(2) issued by ITO who lacked jurisdiction held valid as in substance it was in conformity with the intent & purpose of Income Tax Act 1961. In a recent judgment, Guwahati High Court has held that in absence of ITAT finding that notice u/s 143(2) issued …

When goods was accompanied with requisite documents merely not mentioning name of transporter in e-way bill not intention to evade payment of tax.  In a recent judgment, Allahabad High Court has quashed GST order alleging intention to evade payment of tax where goods was accompanied with tax invoice, …

High Court allows capital gain exemption u/s 54(1) on purchase of seven row houses before the amendment brought w.e.f. 01.04.2015. In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Bombay High Court has held that the words ‘a residential house’ in unamended Section 54(1) of the Income Tax Act would not mean …

Time for compliance of notice is to be calculated not by the clock but by the calendar. – order u/s 148A(d) quashed Time for compliance of a notice is to be calculated not by the clock but by the calendar. In a recent judgment, Hon’ble Jharkhand High Court …

High Court refrained to interfere with direction of Assistant Registrar to appoint a new Chartered Accountant to audit alleged financial irregularities of the society In a recent judgment, Allahabad High Court refrained to interfere with direction of Assistant Registrar to appoint a new Chartered Accountant to audit alleged …

Mistakes committed by assessee in return of income can be corrected only through a revised return of income. CPC cannot go beyond the return of income In a recent judgment, Kerala High Court has upheld the judgment of the ITAT that mistakes committed by the assessee while filing …

No burden of proof on assessee to rebut the alleged Swiss Bank Account for mere presence of name in document obtained from a foreign govt. under DTAA. In a recent judgment, Delhi High Court held that mere presence of name in unauthenticated document obtained indirectly through a Foreign …

Filing of Form 10-IC prior to filing of return is not mandatory and in case of genuine hardship delay may be condoned – Allahabad High Court In a recent judgment, Allahabad High Court has held that filing of Form 10-IC prior to filing of return is not mandatory …

High Court directs CPC Bangalore to accept physical revised return as time limit for relevant year had expired. In a recent judgment, High Court of Meghalaya directed CPC Bangalore to accept the physical revised return as time limit for filing the revised returns for the relevant accounting year …