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Judgments and Orders

Deduction u/s 80P – Cottage industry– matter remanded

 20 February 2010

Bye-laws have not been examined by the Assessing Officer or Bye-laws were not produced before the Assessing Officer - the assessee is not entitled to claim benefit of deduction under Section 80P(2)(a)(vi) of the Act- – matter remanded...

Posted in Taxation |   2548 hits

Income Tax (Appeals)

 18 February 2010

A short question which arises for determination in this civil appeal is – whether the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal was, on the facts and circumstances of this case, justified in upholding the order of the Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals) directi..

Posted in Taxation |   1868 hits

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 17 February 2010

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Posted in Criminal Law |   1897 hits

Full Bench on Juvenile Justice Right

 15 February 2010

The delinquency and the initial legal proceedings The appellant Pratap Singh had abducted and murdered by poisoning, in conspiracy with others, the deceased on 31-12-1998. He was arrested and produced before the CJM on 22-11-1999. In response to a..

Posted in Family Law |   4548 hits

TPO cannot follow procedure other than given in Act & Rules

 13 February 2010

CA Computer Associates Pvt. Ltd. (assessee) was incorporated during the year 1998 and was a 100 % subsidiary of Computer Associates International Inc. USA (CA – USA). The assessee was primarily engaged in the business of (i) licensing mainframe midra..

Posted in Taxation |   2046 hits

losses of a Non-eligible Undertaking are not required to be

 13 February 2010

The issue before the SB was that, while computing the amounts eligible for tax holiday under the Indian Tax Law (ITL), whether the losses of an undertaking of the Taxpayer which is not eligible for tax holiday (Non-eligible Undertaking), are required..

Posted in Taxation |   1849 hits

PIL by Litigant is Liable to be Depricated-SC

 13 February 2010

Case Note: (i) Environment - forest land - Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 - matter pertaining to question that whether land-X leased by State of Chattisgarh to A for setting up of coal washery is part of 'forest land' - contention that prior approv..

Posted in Legal Documents |   4255 hits

Medical Negligence

 12 February 2010

The doctors who have specialized qualification in sonology are only entitled to practice ultrasonography. the doctors who have got licenses under the PNDT Act are entitled only to do pre natal diagonostic investigations and are not entitled to invest..

Posted in Civil Law |   3698 hits

Test of Proof cannot be applied against accused at par

 12 February 2010

The appellant along with Accused No.1 was tried for offences under Section 120B of IPC read with Section 7 and 13 (2) read with 13(1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as "the said Act") by Special Judge (SPE/CBI)-I,..

Posted in Criminal Law |   1910 hits

Onus under section 306 is not as heavy as under section 304B

 12 February 2010

This appeal has been filed by the accused who stands convicted for offences punishable under Section 306 of Indian Penal Code and Section 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act 1961 and sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years and 6 months R.I. 2 respectively ..

Posted in Criminal Law 1 comments |   2365 hits

Parliament cannot curtail fundamental rights

 12 February 2010

In the famous case of Golaknath V. State Of Punjab, in the year 1967 the Court ruled that Parliament could not curtail any of the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution. Beginning with its ruling in GOLAKNATH, the Court developed jurisprudence aro..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   3675 hits

High Court of Australia overturns NSW safety laws

 10 February 2010

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Australia has overturned a long standing line of authority on the scope of the duty of care under New South Wales OHS legislation. The case has brought New South Wales more into line with other Australian jur..

Posted in Criminal Law |   1533 hits

Deduction U/s. 10A of the Income Tax Act is allowable withou

 09 February 2010

In respect of AY 2003-04, the assessee had an unit in Chennai which was engaged in software development and whose profits were eligible for deduction u/s 10A. The assessee had another unit in Delhi which was engaged in trading and had suffered a loss..

Posted in Taxation |   2671 hits

Bad debts written off cannot be a factor to determine the Ar

 09 February 2010

the issue of determining arm’s length price (ALP) of royalty paid by the Taxpayer to its associated enterprise for distribution of software products in India. The ITAT held that the disallowance made by the Transfer Pricing Officer (TPO) to the royal..

Posted in Taxation |   2365 hits

High Court has no powers to Condone delay in filing appeal

 09 February 2010

The High Court has no power to condone delay in filing appeal. S.5 of the Limitation Act, 1963 was not applicable in appeals filed under s.260A. ..

Posted in Taxation |   4485 hits

Even employees’ contribution to PF paid before due date of f

 08 February 2010

S. 2 (24) (x) provides that amounts received by an assessee from employees towards PF contributions etc shall be “income”. S. 36 (1) (va) provides that if such sums are contributed to the employees account in the relevant fund on or before the due da..

Posted in Taxation |   2729 hits

RBI’s approval does not put a seal of approval on true chara

 08 February 2010

RBI’s approval does not put a seal of approval on true character of a transaction from perspective of transfer pricing regulation, Lending or borrowing money between two associated enterprises come within the ambit of international transaction an..

Posted in Corporate Law |   1425 hits

Recourse to the power under Section 147 cannot be sustained

 08 February 2010

Recourse to the power under Section 147 cannot be sustained on a mere change of opinion where there is no failure of the assessee to disclose fully and truly, all material facts necessary for assessment...

Posted in Taxation |   1271 hits

If company constructed structure on shareholders land then r

 08 February 2010

It is not the requirement of law that the income assessable should be in the hands of a person who is neither the legal owner nor the beneficial owner. Even if the land is owned by the shareholders, since the super structure constructed by the Compan..

Posted in Taxation |   1593 hits

Co-operative Bank entitled to deduction u/s 80P(2)(a)(i) on

 08 February 2010

The appeal had been admitted to examine the following question of law : (1) Whether, the Tribunal was correct in holding that the Assessing officer had to record his reasons and based on those reasons form his opinion that the income has escaped a..

Posted in Corporate Law |   2122 hits