CESTAT | Denial of credit barred by limitation; Tribunal allows appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the impugned order
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CIC | “CPIO’s reply denying information re notices issued against Vijay Mallya, improper”: Commission directs CPIO, CBI to provide cogent justification
Central Information Commission (CIC): Saroj Punhani, J., directed the CPIO of CBI to provide a cogent and descriptive justification for denying information
Continue readingEx-parte order passed against TV anchor Hemant Ghai restraining him from trading in securities
Madhabi Puri Buch, Whole Time Member, SEBI in an interim order has restrained Hemant Ghai, co-anchor of a television show Stock 20-20
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CESTAT | Demand of service tax for an extended period of limitation along with interest dropped; Tribunal allows appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ashok Jindal (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed against the rejection of
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AFT| Mental disorders can escape detection, benefit of doubt cannot be given to the applicant merely on ground that disease could not be detected at the time of enrolment; Tribunal denied disability pension
Armed Forces Tribunal: Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava (Chairperson) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve (Member) A, allowed the application
Continue readingEstablishment of direct quantified damage/loss to an investor in personam is not an essential ingredient to prove charges of price manipulation; SEBI explains
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S.K. Mohanty, (Whole Time Member) while holding the Noticees liable for manipulative trade practises explained,
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CIC | Information re officers carrying out orders of Govt. can be redacted by CPIO under RTI Act: CIC in matter concerning Aadhar seeding with bank accounts
Central Information Commission (CIC): Suresh Chandra, (Commissioner) held that “Section 10 RTI Act reveals that the power of severing the information disclosable
Continue readingSEBI grants limited relaxation to Noticees for inter alia availing benefits of corporate actions during restraint period
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): G. Mahalingam, (Whole Time Member) has granted limited relaxations to the noticee, namely N. Ravichandran,
Continue readingSEBI | Permitting investors to receive portfolio management services from unregistered entity causes irreparable injury to securities market; SEBI’s objective not only protection of investors but also orderly development of market
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): Madhabi Puri Buch, (Whole Time Member) imposed certain restrictions on GJ Advisory Services and Profit
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CESTAT | Whether Cenvat credit of service tax paid on the deposit insurance service provided by the DICGC available; Tribunal explains while allowing appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): Ajay Sharma (Judicial Member) allowed an appeal which was filed challenging the order passed
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Do Law Journals sold in electronic form in DVDs/CDs come under category of E-books? Read AAR’s ruling on the question of GST exigibility on “Law Weekly”
Tamil Nadu Authority for Advance Ruling (TN AAR): The Coram of Manasa Gangotri Kata, Additional Commissioner and Thiru Kurinji Selvaan V.S., Joint
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CCI | Whether Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is an enterprise under S. 2(h) of Competition Act? DMRC activities sovereign or economic? Read on
Competition Commission of India (CCI): The coram of Ashok Kumar Gupta (Chairperson) and Sangeeta Verma and Bhagwant Singh Bishnoi, Members expressed that
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CESTAT | Services availed amounts to input services to be eligible for credit; Tribunal allows appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): The Coram of S.S. Garg (Judicial Member) and P. Anjani Kumar (Technical Member) allowed
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CESTAT | Whether confiscation of goods and imposition of fine and penalty by the Lower Authority in absence of valid PSI certificate maintainable; Tribunal explains
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): P.K. Choudhary (Judicial Member) partly allowed an appeal which was filed against the Order-in-Appeal
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CESTAT | It is incumbent on the original authority not to adjudicate the protective notices and wait till the decision of the Revisionary Authority; Tribunal allows appeal
Customs, Excise and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): S.S. Garg (Judicial Member) allowed appeals which were filed against the impugned order passed
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Tata Trusts Case | When can a Corpus be treated as a Capital or Investment? ITAT Mumbai
Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai (ITAT): Dealing with the issue on nature, scope, and explanation Section 263 (2)(a) to the effect that
Continue readingSEBI | Reliance Industries Ltd. and it’s MD Mukesh D. Ambani found indulged in fraudulent trade practises, an exemplary penalty of Rs 25 crore and 15 crore imposed respectively by SEBI
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): B J Dilip, (Adjudicating Officer) imposed the penalty of 25 crores and 15 crore respectively
Continue readingSEBI | Whether a company be exempted from min. public shareholding requirement and whether requirement of receiving 90% shareholders’ consent for Delisting be relaxed? SEBI replies in affirmative
Security and Exchange Board of India (SEBI): S. K. Mohanty, (Whole Time Member) granted exemptions to the United Provinces Sugar Company Ltd.
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AFT | Individual retiring by superannuation, found suffering from disability attributable to/aggravated by military service, is entitled to benefit of rounding off of disability pension. Tribunal states
Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT): The Division Bench of Justice Umesh Chandra Srivastava (Chairperson) and Vice Admiral Abhay Raghunath Karve (Member) allowed an
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Yearly Wrap Up | A Reflection on 2020
It’s the last day of 2020, and here we are with the 20 most-read Case Briefs of the SCC Online Blog in
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