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Judgments and Orders

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 |   3607 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 |   1503 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 |   2648 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 |   2334 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 |   4443 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 |   2708 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 |   1401 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 |   1230 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 |   1558 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 |   2105 hits

In absence of stay from SC, Department can’t collect service

 07 February 2010

Executive Summary: - In absence of Supreme Court’s order staying operations of High Court’s judgment relating to levy of service on renting of immovable property, Revenue Department could not instruct its officers to pursue the matter with tax payers..

Posted in Taxation |   1872 hits

Notice u/s. 143(2) should be issued within one year from the

 06 February 2010

The Supreme Court has ruled that it is mandatory for the Income Tax Department to issue notice within the prescribed time limit of one year where the assessing officer in repudiation of the block return filed by the assessee proceeds for an inquiry...

Posted in Taxation |   1834 hits

Employees cann't be sacked without providing opportunity of

 06 February 2010

The employee was terminated without holding any enquiry taking the benefit of article 311 (2) of constitution by State of UP stating that it is near to impossible to hold such an employee and his immediate termination is in the interest of State. App..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   2170 hits

Alimony cannot be decided on the basis of income-tax returns

 06 February 2010

Rani Tahelramani filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act against her doctor husband Anup Vidhani. She also sought maintenance from her husband, but the magistrate declined her petition. When the proceedings dragged on, she appealed in the sessio..

Posted in Family Law 1 comments |   3198 hits

Transfer Pricing is Applicanble in Interest free Loans advan

 05 February 2010

* The Taxpayer, a company incorporated in India, was engaged in the business of designing and developing technology-enabled business transformation solutions and providing business consulting, systems integration services and software solutions a..

Posted in Corporate Law |   3881 hits

No addition can be made or sustained simply on basis of sta

 03 February 2010

In order to make an addition on the basis of surrender during search or survey, it is sine qua non that there should be some other material to co-relate the undisclosed income with such statement. ..

Posted in Taxation |   2030 hits

Section 4 of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 do

 31 January 2010

he Bombay High Court held that the writ petition, which was lacking in particulars relating to the constitutional challenge, was not the appropriate remedy for the petitioner, who, along with a member of the Stock Exchange, had traded in the shares o..

Posted in Corporate Law |   3021 hits

Settlement Commission is given power u/s. 245H to reduce pen

 31 January 2010

Rule 5 of the Settlement Commission Procedure Rules provides that the settlement application shall be presented in the form no.34(b), which provides that alongwith the application there should be confidential information in the annexure. Rule 6 provi..

Posted in Taxation |   1868 hits

Dispute Resolution Penal to Pass Speaking Order-Delhi High C

 28 January 2010

In cases where a taxpayer has not been provided an opportunity of being heard by the Transfer Pricing Officer, the taxpayer is entitled to raise all objections and furnish necessary evidence to the Dispute Resolution Panel (DRP). The DRP has to pass ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   3490 hits

Court orders approving amalgamation are covered within the a

 28 January 2010

1. A scheme of amalgamation was filed before the Delhi High Court for merger of 15 subsidiary companies with the parent company, Delhi Towers Limited under section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Companies Act). 2. The scheme was approved by ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   4474 hits