CESTAT | Service Tax Penalty of Rs 1,03,83,141 set aside completely; Tribunal allowed appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Anil Choudhary (Judicial Member) and P. Venkata Subba Rao (Technical
show-cause notice
Kar HC | Unless fraudulent act proved, limitation for suits by or on behalf of State or Centre not maintainable after 30 years
Karnataka High Court: M.I. Arun, J. allowed the writ petition and declared the show cause notice or any subsequent proceeding as null
Bom HC | Can Government take any land into their possession without declaring same to be ‘private forest’ under Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975? HC discusses
Bombay High Court: Anil S. Kilor, J., held that to declare land as private forest under Maharashtra Private Forest (Acquisition) Act, 1975, it
Gau HC | Essentials of fair play demand that before blacklisting, person or entity concerned should be afforded an opportunity to represent his case
Gauhati High Court: Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J. allowed the writ petition and granted the respondents the liberty to continue proceedings against
J&K HC | Show-cause notice does not tantamount to infringement of any rights; Writ petition in that regard is not maintainable
Jammu and Kashmir High Court: Vinod Chatterji Koul, J. dismissed the writ petition as a show-cause notice not reflective of any pre-disposition
Jhar HC | Principle of estoppel to operate when candidate appears at examination without objection and is subsequently found to be unsuccessful
Jharkhand High Court: Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. dismissed the petition and no relief given to the petitioners. The facts of the case
CESTAT | Company providing service to member companies without consideration not liable to service tax under Business Auxiliary Service (BAS)
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CESTAT | Benefit of S. 80, Finance Act, 1994 allowed to assessee who paid major portion of tax liability before issue of show cause notice
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Sulekha Beevi (Judicial Member) and Anil G. Shakkarwar (Technical Member)
Raj HC | Court directs seizure of building for wilful disobedience of Court order
Rajasthan High Court: A Division Bench of Sangeet Lodha and Mahendar Kumar Goyal JJ., ordered for seizure of building and issued show-cause
SEBI | PC Jeweller promoters found to be in violation of Insider Trading Regulations; Impounded & Issued show-cause notice
Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI): G. Mahalingam (Whole Time Member), issued an impounding order and issued show-cause notices against the ‘Insiders’ and suspected entities
CIC | CPIO issued show-cause notice for misleading the Commission regarding identity of Customs Official regarding whom information was sought
Central Information Commission (CIC): The Division Bench of Suresh Chandra and Bimal Julka, Information Commissioners, directed for a show-cause notice to be
CESTAT | An arbitrary show cause notice which is held to be correct in principle cannot become a ground to re-open a case under guise of rectification of mistake
Custom, Excise and Service Tax Appellant Tribunal (CESTAT): A Division Bench of Rachna Gupta (Judicial Member) and C.L. Mahar (Technical Member) dismissed
Guj HC | Court declines interim relief against blacklisting where petitioner was given full opportunity of being heard
Gujarat High Court: Dr A.P. Thaker, J. declined the prayer for the grant of interim relief after considering the averments and documentary
MP HC | No final order can be passed without conducting enquiry under S. 89 of M.P. Panchayat Raj Awam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam
Madhya Pradesh High Court: G. S. Ahluwalia, J., allowed a petition and directed the respondents to not take any coercive step against
Kar HC | Apprehension of immediate arrest in default of payment of tax does not entitle assessee to invoke S. 438 CrPC
Karnataka High Court: S. Sujatha, J. while disposing of a petition, directed that no precipitation action shall be taken against the petitioner
HP HC | Employees Compensation Act: Service of show-cause notice to the employer before imposition of penalty is mandatory
Himachal Pradesh High Court: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J. partly allowed the appeal of filed by an employer challenging the compensation granted to
All HC | State officers should enumerate the charges properly while issuing show-cause notices, cancellation of license set aside
Allahabad High Court: Siddhartha Varma, J., set aside the impugned order as the charge enumerated in the show cause notice was rightly replied
Bom HC | Full Bench returns reference unanswered; says law re procedure to be followed by Magistrate while issuing show cause notice under S. 107 CrPC is well settled
Bombay High Court: A Full Court Bench of Pradeep Nandrajog, CJ and Revati Mohite Were and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ. returned a reference
Bom HC | SEBI committed serious error in rejecting NDTV’s applications for condonation of delay
Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Akil Kureshi and S.J. Kathawalla, JJ. addressed the petition filed by NDTV challenging orders passed
SAT | Mode of service prescribed under R. 7 of SEBI Rules, 1995 not exhaustive; not serving show cause notice violative of principles of natural justice
Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT): Coram of Justice Tarun Agarwala (Presiding Officer), Dr C.K.G. Nair (Member), and Justice M.T. Joshi (Judicial Member) set