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2% TDS Deductible On Common Area Maintenance Charges: ITAT
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that 2% TDS is deductible on common area maintenance charges.The two-member bench of C.M. Garg (Judicial Member) and Pradip Kumar Khedia (Accountant Member) has observed that the common area maintenance charges were not part of the actual rent paid to the owner by the assessee company. Payments of rent and common...
Centre Wants To Appoint Persons Aligned With Its Views As Judges : Justice Madan Lokur | Interview
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Madan B Lokur, who was a part of the Supreme Court collegium and one of the members of the bench which delivered the NJAC verdict, was interviewed by Manu Sebastian, Managing Editor of LiveLaw, in the backdrop of the ongoing tussle between the executive and the judiciary regarding the process for judges appointment.Edited excerpts from the...
Supreme Court Sets Aside NGT Order For Demolition Of Goa's Curlies Restaurant Buildings
The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli has set aside an order passed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for the demolition of Goa's iconic Curlies Beach Restaurant's buildings. The owner of the restaurant Linet Nunes approached the Court challenging the demolition action started by the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority over violations of the...
NCDRC Directs Mahindra Lifespace Developers To Pay Delayed Compensation With An Interest On The Deposit Of The Home Buyer
The National Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission bench comprising Justice Ram Surat Ram Maurya as the presiding member and Dr. Inder Jit Singh as member has directed Mahindra Lifespace Developers to pay delayed compensation on the home deposit paid by the complainants at an interest rate of 6% p.a. The bench was hearing a complaint against Mahindra lifespace developers (Opposite...
Whether Arbitration Agreement Is Duly Stamped Can Be Looked Into Under Section 11(6A) Jurisdiction, Petitioner Tells Supreme Court
A Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, continued with the hearing of the reference, which pertains to the issue - whether the arbitration clause in a contract, which is required to be registered and stamped, but is not registered and stamped, is valid and enforceable.Senior Advocate, Mr. Gourab Banerji, was appointed as Amicus Curiae to assist a 5-Judge Bench, comprising...
Payment Of Tax And Penalty To Release Detained Goods Can’t Be Treated As “Admission” On The Part Of Assessee: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the payment of tax and penalty to release the detained goods shall not be treated as "admission" on the part of the assessee.The division bench of Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Amit Mahajan has observed that the petitioner had paid the tax and penalty for the release of the goods and that the said payment was not voluntary. Neither the show-cause notice...
GM Mustard | Will Insert Additional Safeguards If Existing Conditions Are Found Insufficient: Supreme Court
Additional conditions will be added to the regulatory framework governing the environmental release of genetically modified crops if the existing conditions fail to broadly account for all shortcomings or dangers associated with the exercise, the Supreme Court orally said on Tuesday. A Bench comprising Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and B.V. Nagarathna was hearing a batch of petitions seeking...
Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Appointment of Complainant's Erstwhile Lawyer As Special Public Prosecutor In Murder Case
The Bombay High Court has upheld the appointment of Ujwala Pawar as Special Public Prosecutor in the trial case related to the murder of Advocate Sambhaji Rajaram in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar. Pawar had previously represented the complainant in the same case. A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Abhay Waghwase observed that just like the accused who has a constitutional...
Bombay High Court Refuses To Pass Omnibus Direction Stopping Domain Name Registrar GoDaddy From Registering Names Containing “Swiggy” TradeMark
The Bombay High Court directed GoDaddy, a Domain Name Registrar to inform food delivery service Swiggy each time a domain name containing its trademark ‘SWIGGY’ is registered. The court however, refused to stop GoDaddy from registering future domain names infringing Swiggy’s trademark.“…it would not be appropriate to continue the ad-interim order granted in terms of prayer clause...
Presence Of Gold In Pocket Without The Appropriate Documentation Raises Suspicions Of Tax Evasion: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court has held that the presence of gold in your pocket without the appropriate documentation raises suspicions of tax evasion.The bench of Justice Gopinath P. has observed that there is no satisfactory explanation for the fact that there was a discrepancy in the number of documents produced by the petitioner in the evening before the department and the quantity of gold...
SCAORA Moves Supreme Court Seeking Creation Of New Chamber Blocks For Lawyers; Supports SCBA Plea
The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) has filed an impleading application, to be arrayed as one of the petitioners in the petition filed by the Supreme Court Bar seeking to direct the Ministry of Urban Development to convert land measuring 1.33 acres, that was allotted to the Supreme Court, into chamber blocks for lawyers. The application contends that SCAORA,...