Category: Supreme Court

Rent held Business Income not House Property income when the business of the company was to lease its property and to earn rent-Supreme Court

Rent held Business Income not House Property income  When the the assessee company had only one business and that is of leasing its property and earning rent therefrom,  the income so earned should be treated as its business income and not as income from house property-Supreme Court ABCAUS Case …

No requirement of certificate u/s 115VD under Tonnage Tax Scheme (TTS) for vessel on which slot charter operations are carried out – Supreme Court

There is no requirement of the certificate under Tonnage Tax Scheme u/s 115VD in relation to the vessel on which slot charter operations are carried out – Supreme Court ABCAUS Case Law Citation: 967 2016 (07) SC Question before the Court: Is the income derived from ‘slot charter’ …

Penalty us 271C-Contumacious conduct of assessee necessary to be established before penalty for failure to deduct tax (TDS) can be imposed-Supreme Court

Penalty us 271C-Contumacious conduct of assessee necessary to be established before penalty for failure to deduct tax at source (TDS) can be imposed-Supreme Court Case Details: Civil Appeal No. 1704 of 2008 Commr. of Income Tax Delhi (Appellant)  vs. Bank of Nova Scotia (Respondent) Date of Judgment: 07/01/2016 Coram: …

Compliance of natural justice in disciplinary inquiry necessary. There are no specific statutory rule requiring observance of natural justice-Supreme Court

Compliance of natural justice in disciplinary inquiry necessary-Supreme Court The Supreme Court in a recent judgment has dwelt upon the compliance of principles of natural justice in a disciplinary inquiry and summarised the emerging points on the subject. Case Details: Civil Appeal No. 2265 of 2011 Chamoli District Co-operative Bank Ltd. & …

Fit and proper status of over-aged bank director. RBI Nomination Committee rejection for over age and twice election remanded back by Supreme Court

Fit and proper status of over-aged bank director. RBI Nomination Committee rejection for over age and twice election remanded back by Supreme Court Case Details: Civil Appeal No. 4820 of 2016 UCO Bank (Appellant) vs. Saumyendra Roy Choudhury & Ors (Respondent) Date of Judgment: 05/05/2016 Coram: Justice Kurian Joseph and …

Juridical seat of Arbitration attracts law of the location. In such cases Part I of the Arbitration Act would not have any application-Supreme Court

Juridical seat of Arbitration attracts law of the location. In such cases Part I of the Arbitration Act would not have any application-Supreme Court Case Law Details: Civil Appeals Nos. 5131-5133 of 2016 Eitzen Bulk A/S …. Appellants vs. Ashapura Minechem Ltd. & ANR. ..Respondents Civil Appeal No. 5136 of 2016 Ashapura …

No mandatory show cause notice requirement us 263. Only reasonable opportunity of hearing to be afforded to the assessee-Supreme Court

No mandatory show cause notice requirement us 263-SC. Only reasonable opportunity of hearing to be afforded to the assessee The Supreme Court in its latest judgment delivered in the case of legendary Indian Movie actor Amitabh Bachchan (Big-B) has upheld and restored the CIT revisionary order u/s 263 …

The contents of Reports alleging sexual harassment can hardly relate to affairs of State or anything concerning national security-Supreme Court

The contents of Reports alleging sexual harassment can hardly relate to affairs of State or anything concerning national security-Supreme Court. The Government officials seems to have double standards when it comes to maintain transparency in their conduct in dealing with sexual harassment at work place. The recent judgment …