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Rebate of Excise duty admissible on both inputs & final products

 04 May 2016

Hon’ble Apex Court held that it cannot be the intention of the Legislature to provide rebate only on one item i.e. either on inputs or final products. It was further held that giving such restrictive meaning to Rule 18 of the Excise Rules would not o..

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Sodexo Meal Vouchers are not 'goods' within the meaning of Section 2(25) of the Act and, therefore, not liable for either Octroi or LBT

 18 December 2015

We are of the opinion that the judgment of the High Court has not discussed and decided the issue correctly and warrants interference. We, thus, allow these appeals and set aside the judgment of the High Court by holding that Sodexo Meal Vouchers are..

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NJAC out after SC strikes down 99th Constitutional Amendment

 16 October 2015

The collegium system of judicial appointments is here to stay. The Supreme Court today declared the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC), and the Constitutional amendments involved, to be in violation of the Constitution of India...

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Stamp Act applicable to State of M. P. (Stamp Duty on POA when given to Non-Relative)

 13 August 2015

Judgement of Hon’ble Mr. Lodha (J) & Mr. Gokhale (J) in Civil Appeal No. 684/2004 State of MP v/s Rakesh Kohli delivered on May 11, 2012 w.r.t. Stamp Act applicable to State of M. P. (Stamp Duty on POA when given to Non-Relative)..

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Urgent need for measures to checkmate prejudice to large sections of general public

 22 July 2015

Judgments of the higher court/s and/or the Apex Court are either per incuriam and/or stare-decisis and/or against the doctrine of Pith N Substance and/or Ultra Vires and/or otherwise untenable looking to the ground realities. Such judgments remain ..

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SC: Guidelines for govt. ads

 15 May 2015

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and Pinaki Chandra Ghose prescribed detailed guidelines on the issuing of government advertisements. ..

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SC: Dishonour of cheque

 01 May 2015

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices J. Chelameswar and Pinaki Chandra Ghose held that the printed date on the cheque, in absence of any other evidence, cannot be conclusive of the fact that the cheque was issued on that particular date. ..

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Whether levy of service-tax on Advocates is Constitutional – Article 19(1)(g)

 22 December 2014

The Petitioner is an Indian citizen and a practicing Advocate. He claims to be affected by the levy of Service Tax on Advocates. It is the case of the Petitioner that section 65(105) (zzzzm) of the Finance Act, 1994 as inserted by the Finance Act 200..

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Whether capital receipts received by an assessee on issue of equity shares to its non-resident holding entity and the short-fall between fair market price and issue price of its equity shares can b

 13 October 2014

The Petitioner, Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of a non-resident company, Vodafone Tele-Services (India) Holdings Limited (the holding company). In AY 2009-10,the Petitioner issued equity shares on a premium to its ho..

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CCI imposes penalty on Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. for abuse of dominant position

 06 October 2014

The Competition Commission of India held Super Cassettes Industries Limited in contravention of the provisions of section 4(2)(a)(i) of the Competition Act, 2002 for imposing unfair conditions of Minimum Commitment Charges (MCC) upon the private FM S..

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SC: Will drawn up in English is valid, even if the testator is ignorant of the language.

 15 September 2014

The Supreme Court bench comprising of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R.K. Agrawal held that a Will drawn up in English is valid, even if the person bequeathing his/her property was ignorant of the language, provided the content was explained to the testat..

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CCI imposes penalty of Rs. 2544.64 crores on car companies

 27 August 2014

The Competition Commission of India found 14 car companies in contravention of the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002. Commission also imposed a penalty calculated at the rate of 2% of the average turnover of the 14 car companies amounting to Rs..

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NGT directs MoEF to appoint only experts in panels

 21 July 2014

The National Green Tribunal bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Ministry of Environment and Forest not to appoint persons as Chairperson/Members of the Expert Appraisal Committee/State Expert Appraisal Committee who do not have exper..

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Physical Meetings cannot be substituted by postal ballots

 12 July 2014

The issue raised before the Bombay High Court was that whether a resolution for approval of a Scheme of Amalgamation can be passed under Section 110 of the Companies Act, 2013 and SEBI Circular dated May 21, 2013, by a majority of the equity sharehol..

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Whether transfer of shares under a family agreement are for a determinable "consideration" or "voluntary", whether the shares are received under a "gift" and benefit of cost and holding period be claimed by transferee?

 17 June 2014

The Respondent is an investment company in which individual members of the Bilakhia family held equal interest. The family members executed a deed of family arrangement with an objective to consolidate and equalize values of the assets held by each o..

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Law explaining formation of AOP & taxability of off-shore supply & services

 01 May 2014

The petitioner - Linde had formed a consortium with Samsung through MOU for jointly submitting a bid to secure a tender floated by OPAL to execute a project on turnkey basis. The proposal was accepted by OPAL. The consortium entered into an agreement..

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Whether notices can be issued for TDS default u/s 205 & Sec. 40(a)(i) disallowance if no income arises to the recipient?

 30 April 2014

Two writ petitions were filed under Art. 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging the jurisdiction of the first respondent to (i) reopen the assessment by issue of a notice under section 148 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“the Act”) and (ii) to tr..

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Special capital incentive by state govt: whether capital receipt?

 25 April 2014

Assessee is a company engaged in the business of manufacturing of internal combustion engines had filed the return of income for the Assessment Year 1997-98 on 30.11.1997 declaring the total income of Rs.41,93,64,490/.The Assessing Officerassessed th..

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SC: Secured creditor cannot take over possession of the secured asset with the lessee under a valid lease

 11 April 2014

The appellants who were tenants of different premises in Mumbai had mortgaged the premises to different banks as securities against loans. The appellants defaulted in repayment loans. The respondents issued notices of 60 days period under SARFAESI A..

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Distance Education degree not eligible for LLB

 04 April 2014

Justice K. Vinod Chandran has held that that the graduate degree obtained through the distance education mode, can not be considered as an eligible qualification for admission to three year LL.B course...

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