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- 2021 (1) TMI 970 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Constitutional validity of the proviso to Section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 - interest on delayed payment of tax - HELD THAT:- Let Notice be issued to the respondents, returnable on 11.02.2021. The respondents shall be served directly through email. In the meantime, Mr. Choksi, the learned counsel appearing for the writ applicants shall furnish one set of entire paperbook to Mr. Devang Vyas, the learned Addl. Solicitor General of India, so that by the next returnable date, Mr. Vyas can seek appropriate instructions in the matter.
- 2021 (1) TMI 969 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Provisional attachment of Bank Account - Section 83 of the CGST Act, 2017 - HELD THAT:- The Bank Account has been ordered to be provisionally attached under Section 83 of the CGST Act, 2017. This Writ Application need not be adjudicated on merits as the impugned order of provisional adjudication has outlived its statutory life. As per Section 83 of the Act, other provisional attachment shall cease to have effect after the expiry of period of one year from the date of order made under sub-Section (1). The impugned order is dated 24.10.2019. The period of one year expired way back in October 2020 - In such circumstances, it can be said that there is no provisional attachment of Bank Account in existence or in operation as on date. This writ application disposed off.
- 2021 (1) TMI 968 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Provisional attachment of the immovable properties - Section 83 of GST Act - It is submitted that, the order of provisional attachment is specifically confined to the cash credit account only and not to the other accounts including the fixed deposits referred to above in the chart. He submits that as the PAN Card number is common, no sooner the authority concerned instructed the bank to provisionally attached the cash credit account, then the Bank, on its own, freezed all other accounts. HELD THAT:- The provisional attachment of the cash credit account maintained with the Kotak Bank is not sustainable in law. The law in this regard is no longer res integra. In such circumstances, we quash and set aside the order of provisional attachment dated 23rd September 2020 passed in the Form GST DRC - 22 annexed at page : 51A of the writ applicatio....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 967 - RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT
Grant of anticipatory Bail - irregular input tax credit on the basis of invoices generated by the non-existing firms formed by the petitioner himself in the name of his employees - Section 438 of Cr.P.C - HELD THAT:- As per rejection bail order petitioner is proprietor of M/s Allied Enterprises and had purchased the goods amounting to about ₹ 32 Crore and got 4.97 Crore of input tax credit and the department is investigating the matter. If the petitioner is found to be correct, he should have to personally produce all the documents before the department and would also raise his grievance as to why he is not appearing before the department but he failed to clarify all these things. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for CGST and taking into consideration overall facts and circumstances of the case but without express....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 966 - DELHI HIGH COURT
Allocation of additional Raw Petroleum Coke (RPC) in favour of M/s Sanvira Industries for production capacity in excess of 2,00,000 Metric Tonnes (MT) - it is the assertion of the petitioners that the decision to consider the Production Capacity of M/s Sanvira Industries as 3.30 lakh MT for purposes of allocation of RPC is contrary to the orders of the Supreme Court - HELD THAT:- Not only was the RPC allocated to industries whose installed capacity had not been taken into account in the EPCA Report dated 06.10.2018, but even for the petitioner-Rain CII Carbon, Production Capacity was taken as 5.11 lakh MT as against 5 lakh MT taken in the Report while determining the quantity of 1.4 million MT for import of RPC. On the issue as to whether on account of the orders dated 28.01.2019 or 08.07.2019 of the Supreme Court, SANVIRA INDUSTRIES LIMI....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 965 - CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Suit for recovery of price of goods sold and delivered - the claim of the plaintiff does not survive the approval of the Resolution Plan - Chapter XIIIA of the Original Side Rules - HELD THAT:- The Adjudicating Authority had accepted the Resolution Plan of the corporate debtor, that is the predecessor-in-interest of the defendant herein. The Resolution Plan has tabulated the liability of such corporate debtor. The plaintiff has not produced any document to establish that, the Resolution Plan approved in respect of the corporate debtor had the claim of the plaintiffs therein. The contentions of the plaintiffs that, the plaintiffs, subsequent to the death of the original plaintiff, was not aware of the insolvency proceedings in respect of the corporate debtor is of no consequence. In view of the ratio laid down in Committee of Creditors of ....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 964 - TELANGANA HIGH COURT
Principles of Natural Justice - Validity of assessment order - petitioner contends that the Assessment Orders were passed for the said periods on different dates, but none of those orders were served on the petitioner - HELD THAT:- It is not in dispute that notices as well as orders passed are required to be served on the assessee in accordance with Rule 64(1)(b) of the TVAT Rules, which does not contemplate service of either notices or orders through the mode of e-mail. In Soa Software Engineering India Private Limited Vs. Commercial Tax Officer [2013 (3) TMI 850 - ANDHRA PRADESH HIGH COURT], a Division Bench of this Court held that as per Rule 64(1)(b) of the Telangana State Value Added Tax Rules, 2005 read with Section 9(2) of the Central Sales Tax Act, 1956, show-cause notice should be served on the nominated person or left at the reg....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 940 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Seizure of export goods - overvaluation in exports - fraudulent availment of duty drawback and other export incentives by some exporters including the applicant - HELD THAT:- Even the applicant had conceded that if necessary it would furnish bank guarantee to the extent of 20% of the duty drawback amount which would accrue on export of the goods - That being the position we modify the provisional release order dated 31.12.2020 by directing the respondents to release the goods of the applicant for export subject to submission of bond equivalent to declared value of goods and submission of bank guarantee to the extent of 20% of the duty drawback payable. On such compliance respondents to release the goods of the applicant forthwith within 48 hours from the date of furnishing such bond and bank guarantee. Regarding seizure of computers etc. ....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 929 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Maintainability of application - alternative remedy of preferring a statutory appeal - Provisional Release of detained goods alongwith Truck - Section 129 and 130 of the GST Act - HELD THAT:- As we are relegating the writapplicants to avail an alternative remedy of preferring a statutory appeal against the final order of confiscation, the request for provisional release of the goods and the vehicle pending final disposal of the appeal also should made before the appellate authority. In this regard, we may say that the writapplicants may prefer an application under Section66(6) of the Act for the provisional release of the goods and the vehicle. If any such application is filed, then the appellate authority shall take it out for hearing and may consider releasing the goods and the vehicle on the writapplicants depositin....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 928 - MADRAS HIGH COURT
Stay of pre-deposit - seeking direction to the 1st respondent to entertain the appeal filed by the petitioner without insisting on further pre-deposit of amount - delay in filing of appeal before the Commissioner (appeals) - HELD THAT:- Though there is appear to be a deficit in pre-deposit of amount in so as far as the Order in Original No.14/2017 is concerned as the report filed, it is noticed that the petitioner has paid amounts in excess in their appeal against the order in Original Nos.15 & 16/2017 for a sum of ₹ 74,825/- and ₹ 85,479/-. Thus, there is excess payment of ₹ 1,60,304/- by the petitioner which amount can be allowed to be adjusted against the amount of pre-deposit in the petitioner's appeal against Order in Original No.14/2017 dated 10.2.2017 - The impugned communication dated 03.05.2017 also stat....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 927 - MADRAS HIGH COURT
Validity of order passed by the Tribunal - Whether the order of the Tribunal is vitiated inasmuch as it fails to take into account relevant aspects viz. a. mode of annexation b. object of annexation c. beneficial enjoyment and thus stands vitiated? - Whether the first respondent ought to have allowed credit under the Capital Goods Scheme if not under the Inputs Scheme? HELD THAT:- In the light of the recent decision of the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court in the case of M/S. INDIA CEMENTS LTD. VERSUS THE CUSTOM, EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX & THE COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, [2015 (3) TMI 661 - MADRAS HIGH COURT] wherein an identical question was considered and the only difference being that the case arose under the CENVAT Credit Rules, which subsequently stood substituted by the MODVAT Rules. The substantial questions of law are answered in favour of the appellant/assessee.
- 2021 (1) TMI 926 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Levy of Entry Tax - petroleum based lubricating oil - Entry 67 of 3rd Schedule of Karnataka Tax on Entry of Goods Act, 1979 read with Entry 1(viii)(a) Notification bearing No. FD/11/CET/2002 dated 30.03.2002 - HELD THAT:- Section 3 of the 1979 Act is the charging Section, which mandates that there shall be levy and collection of tax on entry of any goods specified in First schedule into a local area for consumption, use or sale therein at such rates not exceeding 5% of the value of goods as may be specified retrospectively or prospectively by the State Government by a Notification. The aforesaid Section further provides that different dates on different rates may be specified in respect of different goods or different classes of goods or different local areas. First Schedule to the Act specifies the items or goods, on which tax is levied ....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 925 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Maintainability of application - writ applicant has preferred an Appeal under Section 107 of the Act challenging the order of the confiscation - HELD THAT:- As the appeal has already been filed and is pending before the appellate authority, there is no good or valid reason for us to entertain this writ application. Ms. Parikh, would submit that this writ application has been filed redressing the grievance with regard to the arbitrary action taken by the respondents. We may only say that while deciding the Appeal, the Appellate Authority can always go into the question as regards the legality and validity of the action taken by the authorities. We dispose of this writ application without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, directing the Appellate Authority to immediately take up the appeal for hearing and decide the same in accordance with law.
- 2021 (1) TMI 924 - GUJARAT HIGH COURT
Deduction u/s 10 (10C) - applicant opted for Early Retirement Option (ERO), 2003 Scheme and received compensation - in the case of the writ applicant, he had not claimed such deduction - writ applicant was expected to prefer a revision application under Section 264 of the Act and not file a representation in that regard - HELD THAT:- We are of the view that, even if, the writ applicant had not claimed the exemption in his return of income for the year under consideration, he can always claim later in point of time. So far as the second ground on which the claim came to be rejected, Mr. Darshan Patel, invited the attention of this Court to the certain averments made in the Affidavitin Rejoinder, writ applicant has tried to explain as above that it was an inadvertent mistake in labeling the application as a writ petition rather th....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 923 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Deduction u/s 35D - claim of the assessee with regard to stamp duty disallowed on the ground that the expenditure is capital in nature and not revenue expenditure - HELD THAT:- The expression 'in connection with issue for public subscription of shares in or debentures of the company' is an expression of wide import. The Supreme Court in 'INDIA CEMENTS LTD. Vs. CIT'[1965 (12) TMI 22 - SUPREME COURT] has held that expenditure on account of stamp duty even after introduction of 35D, is an admissible expenditure in connection with issue of public subscription. The aforesaid decision was relied upon in MAHINDRA UGINE AND STEEL CO. LTD [2000 (2) TMI 26 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT] and it was held that the aforesaid expression would improve stamp duty payable by the assessee on the debenture issue. In view of aforesaid enunciation of law....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 922 - MADRAS HIGH COURT
Disallowance u/s 14A - larger disallowance proposed by the Assessee himself in the computation of disallowance under Rule 8D - HELD THAT:- As relying on M/S. MARG LIMITED VERSUS COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX CHENNAI [2020 (10) TMI 102 - MADRAS HIGH COURT] we dispose of the present appeal by answering question of law in favour of the Assessee and against the Revenue and by holding that the disallowance under rule 8D of the IT Rules read with Section 14A of the Act can never exceed the exempted income earned by the Assessee during the particular assessment year and further, without recording the satisfaction by the Assessing Authority that the apportionment of such disallowable expenditure made by the Assessee with respect to the exempted income is not acceptable for reasons to be assigned the Assessing Authority, he cannot resort to the computation method under Rule 8D of the Income-tax Rules, 1962.
- 2021 (1) TMI 921 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
TP Adjustment - Comparable selection - Tribunal excluding M/s Vishal Information Technologies Ltd as comparable company of ITES segment in holding that M/s VITL outsources majority of its work ignoring the fact that outsourcing entails higher cost resulting in lower operating profit - Whether on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Tribunal is right in law in excluding M/s Nucleus Netsoft & GIS (India) ltd., is not a comparable brushing aside the fact that it was taken as a comparable by the assessee on its own TP study and the fact that ITES is the primary business of the company? - HELD THAT:- From perusal of the relevant extract of the order passed by the tribunal, it is evident that the tribunal has neither considered evidence brought on record by the Transfer Pricing Officer and has neither considered the findings ....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 920 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Condonation of delay in filing the returns - claim of deduction u/s 80P rejected - Appellant No.1 herein rejected the application filed under Section 119(2)(b) but the learned single Judge has set aside the said order and has remanded the matter to respondent No.3 for re-examination of the said application pertaining to condonation of delay in filing the returns for the assessment year 2018-19 - HELD THAT:- On perusal of the impugned order of the learned single Judge as well as the order of appellant No.1/respondent No.1 in the writ petition passed under Section 119(2)(b) of the Act, we find that the learned single Judge was right in setting aside the said order and remanding the matter - while remanding the matter, the same ought to have been remanded to respondent No.1 in the writ petition i.e., appellant No.1 herein. Therefore, with th....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 919 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Condonation of delay in filing the returns - claim of deduction u/s 80P rejected - Appellant No.1 herein rejected the application filed under Section 119(2)(b) but the learned single Judge has set aside the said order and has remanded the matter to respondent No.3 for re-examination of the said application pertaining to condonation of delay in filing the returns for the assessment year 2018-19 - HELD THAT:- On perusal of the impugned order of the learned single Judge as well as the order of appellant No.1/respondent No.1 in the writ petition passed under Section 119(2)(b) of the Act, we find that the learned single Judge was right in setting aside the said order and remanding the matter - while remanding the matter, the same ought to have been remanded to respondent No.1 in the writ petition i.e., appellant No.1 herein. Therefore, with th....... + More
- 2021 (1) TMI 893 - BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Fraudulent CENVAT credit - section 174 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 - HELD THAT:- Direction that that till the next date Shri. Ashok G. Rajani and Shri. Amrit Rajani shall not be taken into custody on the basis of the show cause-cum-demand notice dated 30.12.2020 as well as in connection with the ongoing investigation under the CGST Act subject to compliance with the above condition. Status-quo order passed yesterday would stand modified accordingly - Stand over to 04.02.2021.
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