Income Tax Act | S. 153C Proceedings Unsustainable Without Incriminating Material Found In Search: Calcutta High Court

The Calcutta High Court has held that proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act cannot be initiated unless incriminating material relating to the assessee is found during a search and both the assessing officers (the Assessing Officer of the searched person as well as the Assessing Officer of the person other than the searched person) record the necessary satisfaction.Section 153C...

Admission Solutions By TC Global To Foreign Universities Not 'Intermediary Service': Delhi High Court Upholds CESTAT Order

The Delhi High Court has held that TC Global, operating as an App-based platform offering admission support solutions like promotional and marketing services, advertisements, roadshows, fairs, counselling to foreign universities, against payment in foreign exchange would qualify as 'Export of Service' instead of 'Intermediary Service'. In a judgment dated November 28, 2025, the...

No Recommendation To Bring Aviation Fuel Under GST, Clarifies Civil Aviation Minister; Highlights Price Reduction Efforts

The Centre in response to tax treatment of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), has clarified that the GST Council, in which the states are also represented, has not made any recommendation for inclusion of ATF under GST.As for taxation on ATF, the Centre put forth that issue of high Value Added Tax (VAT) levy on ATF ranging from 0% to 29% in some States and Union Territories was addressed, resulting...

NCLT Mumbai Reaffirms Insolvency Process Can Proceed Against Guarantors Without CIRP Of Corporate Debtor

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai recently reaffirmed that insolvency proceedings against personal guarantors under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code can be initiated even if no CIRP is pending against the corporate debtor, relying on the Supreme Court's ruling in State Bank of India v. Mahendra Kumar Jajodia(2022). A coram of Judicial Member Sushil Mahadeorao Kochey...

Madras High Court Strikes Down Wrongful Copyright Entry Over 'Sagar Homeo Stores' Logo

The Madras High Court has ordered the cancellation of a copyright entry that wrongly gave a rival businessman ownership of the artistic logo used by the long-established “Sagar Homeo Stores,” holding that the record had been incorrectly created despite the store's earlier trademark and copyright registrations. A single bench of Justice N Senthilkumar passed the order on November 28,...

Sales Tax Discharged At NPV Under State Incentive Scheme Not Addable To Transaction Value For Excise Duty: CESTAT Mumbai

The Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), Mumbai has held that sales tax deferred under a State incentive scheme and later discharged at Net Present Value (NPV) cannot be treated as “sales tax not paid” for the purpose of including it in the transaction value for levy of Central Excise duty. A Division Bench of C.J. Mathew (Technical Member) and Ajay...

Revisional Power U/S 263 Income Tax Act Cannot Be Upheld By Tribunal On Grounds Not Taken By Commissioner: Kerala High Court

The Kerala High Court has held that a tribunal cannot travel beyond the grounds not cited by the commissioner while exercising jurisdiction under Section 263 Income Tax Act.Justices A. Muhamed Mustaque and Harisankar V. Menon stated that only one reason was highlighted by the Commissioner for exercising the power under Section 263 of the Act and the Tribunal having found the said reason as not...

Statutory Remedy Under Cooperative Societies Act Inapplicable When Arbitration Clause Exists: Karnataka High Court

The Karnataka High Court has reiterated that if an arbitration clause were to exist in an agreement between the parties and the dispute were required to be adjudicated by way of arbitration, then the statutory requirement under the Cooperative Societies Act would not apply.Justice Suraj Govindaraj said this while allowing the petition filed by Ramakrishna House Building, which had approached...

NCLAT Reserves Orders On CCI's Plea To Extend Privacy Consent Safeguards To WhatsApp Advertising Data

The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday reserved orders on the Competition Commission of India's plea seeking clarification of its November 4 judgment that struck down the five-year bar on WhatsApp sharing user data with Meta for advertising, after the CCI argued that the tribunal's own reasoning mandated a uniform consent framework covering both advertising...

Centre Defends GST Hike On Coal, Says It Cuts Power Generation Cost By 17–18 Paise/Unit

The Centre in response to estimated impact of GST reforms on domestic coal producers and import substitution, has clarified that by increasing GST rate on coal from 5% to 18%, the inverted duty structure has been corrected.“GST has rationalized the tax burden across various coal grades, as the previous GST regime led to higher effective tax incidence on low grade coal and low...

DGFT Allows Personal Carriage Of Gems & Jewellery Parcels Through Ahmedabad Airport Under FTP 2023

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has amended Paragraphs 4.87(a) and 4.88 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) 2023 under the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023. The amendment now allows import and export of gems and jewellery parcels for personal carriage through Ahmedabad Airport, in addition to the previously listed international airports such...

NCLT Mumbai Upholds IL&FS' Power To Raise Price of Its BKC Headquartes, Rejects Chronos' Plea To Enforce ₹1,080-Crore LoI

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) at Mumbai has recently held that IL&FS was contractually empowered to unilaterally amend the Letter of Intent and increase the bid consideration for the sale of its iconic IL&FS Financial Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai refusing to compel execution of the definitive agreement at the originally approved value of Rs 1,080 crore. The...