Supreme Court Allows Varavara Rao To Approach NIA Court For Permission To Go To Hyderabad For Cataract Surgery; Sets 3 Weeks Timelimit For Decision

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted liberty to 82-year old Telugu poet Varavara Rao, facing accusations under the UAPA in the Bhima Koregaon case over alleged links with Maoists, to approach the Special NIA Court at Mumbai seeking permission to go to his native place Hyderabad for cataract surgery.Asking Rao to make such an application within 2 weeks, the Court directed the trial court to...

Madras High Court Reserves Order On Plea Challenging Capping Of Fees For 50% Seats In Private Medical Colleges

The Madras High Court on Wednesday reserved order on a plea filed by a group of private medical colleges challenging the fee fixation by the National Medical Council (NMC) with respect to 50% of their seats.The bench of Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and Justice N Mala enquired how the Council could charge more fees from 50% students and less from the other 50%. It also asked how...

Goods Or Conveyance Can't be Detained Without Service of detention Order: Jharkhand High Court

The Jharkhand High Court has held that no goods or conveyance shall be detained or seized without serving an order of detention or seizure on the person transporting the goods. The division bench of Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice Deepak Roshan has observed that the adjudication order and the appellate order both suffered from procedural infirmities and lacked...

Non- Deliberate Delay In Late Filing SFT Return : ITAT Quashes Penalty

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has quashed the penalty on the grounds that the delay in the late filing of the Statement of Financial Transaction (SFT) return was not deliberate.The two-member bench of Yogesh Kumar (Judicial Member) and Shamim Yahya (Accountant Member) observed that an order imposing a penalty for failure to carry out a statutory obligation is...

Non-Existence Of Parties Who Gave Loan To Assessee Is Indication Of Its Prima Facie Bogus Nature: ITAT

The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has held that the non-existence of the parties who have given loans to the assessee is a clear indication of their nature being prima facie bogus.The two-member bench of Yogesh Kumar US (Judicial Member) and Shamim Yahya (Accountant Member) has observed that in the entire proceeding, there is no discussion about the...

Imported Milk, Pork, And Fish Products To Accompany Health Certificate: CBIC

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)has issued instructions requiring the import of food consignments to be accompanied by a Health Certificate.The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued the instruction. FSSAI stated that with effect from November 01, 2022, imported food consignments of food categories as specified in FSS (Food...

University, Educational Institution, Hospital, Medical Institution To Keep And Maintain Books Of Account: CBDT

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has mandated that universities, educational institutions, hospitals, and medical institutions that enjoy tax exemption must keep and maintain books of account and other documents for a period of 10 years from the end of the relevant assessment year.The CBDT has notified the Income-tax (24th Amendment) Rules, 2022 with a view to tightening the...

12% Sales Tax Applicable On Robinson Barley And Purity Barley: Orissa High Court

The Orissa High Court has held that a 12% sales tax is applicable on Robinson Barley and Purity Barley.The division bench of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice R.K. Pattanaik has observed that if a customer went to a shop and asked for barley, such a customer would not be supplied with Robinson Barley or Purity Barley. Conversely, if the customer was to ask for Robinson Barley...

CIC Directs CPIO To Provide Generic Details Of Gross Income Of The Husband For Claiming Fair Amount Of Maintenance

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Centre Public Information Officers (CPIO) to provide the "generic details of the net taxable income/gross income" of the husband to the wife free of cost within 15 days. The Information Commissioner, Saroj Punhani, has observed that the details or copies of income tax returns and other personal information of third parties need...

Job Worker Liable To Pay Excise Duty For Unloading Chemicals From Tankers, Repacking and Labelling In Small Drums: CESTAT

The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) has held that the job worker has carried out all the activities which, as per the department, amount to manufacturing. The job worker is alone to pay the excise duty. The two-member bench of Ramesh Nair (Judicial Member) and Raju (Technical Member) has observed that irrespective of the...

Expenditure In Carrying Out Foreign Travel Directly Relating To Securing Capital Investment In The Business Is Capital In Nature: ITAT

The Bangalore Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled that the expense of carrying out foreign travel directly relating to securing capital investment in the assessee's business cannot be in the revenue nature. On the other hand, it is capitalist in nature. The two-member bench of Beena Pillai (Judicial Member) and Chandra Poojari (Accountant Member) has observed...

Customs Authorities Cannot Encash Bank Guarantee Before Expiry Of The Limitation Period For Filing An Appeal: Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court has reiterated that Customs Authorities cannot encash the Bank Guarantee furnished by the assessee before the expiry of the statutory period available for filing an appeal. The Division Bench consisting of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice M. S. Sonak ruled that despite the assurances given to the Bombay High Court in the case of Legrand (India) Pvt....