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2023 (11) TMI 1006
Deduction u/s 80HHC - as per revenue gains from foreign currency fluctuation are not a profit derived from exporting goods/merchandise outside India, thus disallowed deduction - scope and meaning of the words derived from - assessee claims to be a 100% Export-Oriented Unit (EOU) - ITAT set aside the disallowance of the deduction claimed - HC allowed appeal of Revenue resulting in restoring the disallowance of the deduction u/s 80 HHC - HELD THAT:- The case at hand is of a credit of a certain percentage of foreign exchange earnings in an EEFC account, and the credited amount has appreciated in Rupee convertibility at the end of the financial year. The findings of fact on the nature of the investment and the circumstances in which gains are earned by the dealer, disallowing the deduction under Section 80 HHC, in the facts and circu....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 910
Approval of Resolution Plan - NCLAT / NCLT kept the application pending - Application seeking approval of a Resolution Plan for ACIL Limited (ACIL or Corporate Debtor) was kept in abeyance while directing the Official Liquidator (OL) to carry out a re-valuation of the assets of the Corporate Debtor and to provide exact figures/value of the assets and exact valuation details - HELD THAT:- In the case at hand, there was no occasion before the Adjudicating Authority- NCLT to be swayed only on the per se ground that the hair-cut would be about 94.25% and that it was not convinced that the fair value of the assets have been projected in proper manner as the bid of the appellant was very close to the fair value of the assets of ACIL. Ordering revaluation of the assets, by the OL, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, in-charge ....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 904
Money Laundering - Scheduled offences - seeking grant of bail - twin conditions for the grant of bail contained in Section 45(1) of PMLA satisfied or not - HELD THAT:- It is trite that the court while considering an application seeking bail, is not required to weigh the evidence collected by the investigating agency meticulously, nonetheless, the court should keep in mind the nature of accusation, the nature of evidence collected in support thereof, the severity of the punishment prescribed for the alleged offences, the character of the accused, circumstances which are peculiar to the accused, reasonable possibility of securing the presence of the accused at the trial, reasonable apprehension of the witness being tampered with, the larger interests of the public/State etc. Though, the findings recorded by the Court while granting or re....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 814
Condonation of delay of around 479 days in presentation of the appeal - whether the first respondent had shown sufficient cause for which the appeal could not be presented within the prescribed period of limitation? - HELD THAT:- The High Court s decision to condone the delay on account of the first respondent s inability to present the appeal within time, does not suffer from any error warranting interference. STATE OF NAGALAND VERSUS LIPOK AO [ 2005 (4) TMI 321 - SUPREME COURT] arose out of an appeal where this Court condoned the State s delay of 57 days in applying for grant of leave to appeal before the high court against acquittal of certain accused persons. This Court observed that in cases where substantial justice and a technical approach were pitted against each other, a pragmatic approach should be taken with the former b....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 606
Seeking compliance with the Memorandum of Understanding - exercise of power under Rule 1 of Order XL of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 - HELD THAT:- The order passed by the Civil Court in Bihar was appealable under Order XLIII of the CPC. Instead of availing the remedy of the appeal, the first respondent took the extraordinary step of invoking the jurisdiction of the Bombay High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by specifically challenging the order of appointment of the Receiver passed by the Civil Court in Bihar - the first respondent ought not to have filed such a petition when a statutory remedy was available. Moreover, the High Court ought not to have entertained the Writ Petition. The jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 is no doubt very wide. But the propriety and judicial discipline required th....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 480
Validity of order of forfeiture of properties u/s 7 of SAFEMA consequent to revocation of the detention order passed under COFEPOSA - as argued that as detention order passed u/s 3 of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act, 1974 [COFEPOSA] has been subsequently revoked/withdrawn as such SAFEMA proceedings would become non est and untenable HELD THAT:- SAFEMA was enacted to provide for the forfeiture of illegally acquired properties of smugglers and foreign exchange manipulators and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto as such activities were having a deleterious effect on the national economy. Section 2 provided for the application of the provisions of the Act only to the persons specified in sub-section (2) thereof. According to sub-section (2)(b) every person in respect of ....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 461
Refund of amount being the fair charges for the consignments - Failure to deliver the export goods within stipulated time frame - Export Consignment through Air - direction for payment for compensation for loss of business and reputation - requirement to pay for value of the goods short delivered - payment for interest and well as cost of litigation - HELD THAT:- The NCDRC has not committed any illegality or perversity in recording the finding that there was delay in delivery of consignment. As a matter of fact, it is an admitted position that the consignment which was booked on 24.07.1996, was delivered after one and a half month i.e. from 03.09.1996 to 12.09.1996 - The NCDRC has rightly noted that the appellant has paid air freight which is ten times more than the sea freight only to ensure that the consignment reaches its destinatio....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 406
Seeking appointment of an arbitrator for the adjudication of disputes - Section 11(6) of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - It is the case of the petitioner that instead of appropriately responding to the notice of arbitration, the respondent issued a letter dated 09.05.2022, terminating the Contract alleging non-compliance of work and nonfulfilment of the contractual obligation. Whether the dictum as laid down in ICOMM TELE LTD. VERSUS PUNJAB STATE WATER SUPPLY AND SEWERAGE BOARD AND ORS. [ 2019 (3) TMI 600 - SUPREME COURT] can be made applicabl e to the case in hand more particularly when Clause 55 of the General Conditions of Contract provides for a pre-deposit of 7% of the total claim for the purpose of invoking the arbitration clause? - Whether there is any direct conflict between the decisions of this Court in S....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 298
Interpretation of statute - Section 13(1)(f) of the UP VAT Act - Claim of full ITC on inputs - amount of tax paid towards the purchase of raw Rice Bran - scope of the word goods as defined under Section 2(m) of the UP VAT Act as outlined in Section 13(1)(f) of the UP VAT Act should be limited to only taxable goods or not - applicability of decision of this Court in the case of M.K. Agro Tech [ 2017 (9) TMI 1308 - SUPREME COURT ]. HELD THAT:- A bare perusal of the scheme under Section 13 of the UP VAT Act [and specifically under Section 13(1)(a)] makes it abundantly clear that in cases where the purchased goods (in the present case Rice Bran) are used in the manufacture of taxable goods (in the present case RBO and physically refined RBO) except the non-VAT goods, and where such manufactured goods are sold within the State or i....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 63
Seeking grant of bail - Money Laundering - proceeds of crime - scope and ambit of the constitutional protection under Articles 74 and 163 of the Constitution of India on the decisions taken by the Council of Ministers - interpretation of Section 3 of the PML Act - 'the act/process of generation or the attempt to generate the proceeds of crime falls within the ambit of the expressions assist , acquisition , possession or use under Section 3 of the PML Act or not - person can be prosecuted under the PML Act only when there is material to show that he has indulged or assisted in any activity/process of money laundering, albeit an activity/process different and separate from the scheduled offence? - Sections 45 and 50 of the PML Act should be read down in view of the constitutional scheme and mandate of Article 20 of the Consti....... + More
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2023 (11) TMI 54
Recovery of dues - first charge over the property of the Corporate Debtor - Waterfall mechanism - prevalence of Section 48 of the Gujarat Value Added Tax 2003 over Section 53 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016 - whether the Review Petitioners have been able to make out any case within the ambit of Order XLVII of Supreme Court Rules, read with Order XLVII of CPC, for reviewing the impugned judgment? HELD THAT:- It is well settled proposition of law that a co-ordinate Bench cannot comment upon the discretion exercised or judgment rendered by another co-ordinate Bench of the same strength. If a Bench does not accept as correct the decision on a question of law of another Bench of equal strength, the only proper course to adopt would be to refer the matter to the larger Bench, for authoritative decision, otherwise the law would ....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 1295
Seeking grant of Default bail - chargesheet or a prosecution complaint be filed in piecemeal without first completing the investigation of the case or not? - filing of such a chargesheet without completing the investigation will extinguish the right of an accused for grant of default bail or not - remand of an accused can be continued by the trial court during the pendency of investigation beyond the stipulated time as prescribed by the CrPC - HELD THAT:- It pertinent to mention that in the present case, this Court is not dealing with the merits of the case and as such is not inclined to make any observations regarding the same. Every court, when invoked to exercise its powers, must be mindful of the relief sought, and must act as a forum confined to such relief. In the present case at hand, this Court is not a court of appeal, but a c....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 1293
Murder - Scope of exception Under Section 84 of Indian Penal Code or not - issue of insanity - reversal of order of acquittal - HELD THAT:- The fact that the Appellant had committed murder of the deceased have been found established concurrently by the Trial Court as well as the High Court, therefore, we would discuss the evidence in this regard very briefly - Basing upon the evidence of PW-1 and PW-13 and the medical evidence adduced, it is fully proved that the Appellant-Accused had attacked the deceased with sharp-edged weapon causing his death. Issue of insanity - HELD THAT:- It is settled that the standard of proof to prove the lunacy or insanity is only 'reasonable doubt' - In Surendra Mishra v. State of Jharkhand [ 2011 (1) TMI 1586 - SUPREME COURT] , HARI SINGH GOND VERSUS STATE OF M.P. [ 2008 (8) TMI 1012 - SUPRE....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 1211
Validity of sentence for murder - Murder of a person with criminal history / history-sheeter - Assaulting the deceased by lathis and tabbal - Inordinate delay in filing of the First Information Report (F.I.R.) - possibility of improvements thereby casting doubt on the version of the prosecution - testimonies of the witnesses of the prosecution being contradictory - accused persons present at the scene of the crime or not - plea of alibi. Inordinate delay in filing of the First Information Report (F.I.R.) - HELD THAT:- The document itself records the time of incident as being 8.15 a.m. and the time of report as being 11.00 a.m. The testimony of PW-3 at whose instance the FIR was recorded, shows that out of fear and having sustained numerous injuries, he ran from the place of occurrence and hid in the house of Baisakhu Kewat and o....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 1208
Constitutional validity of section 84A of the Gujarat VAT Act - Section 19 of the Constitution (101st Amendment) Act, 2016 and Article 246A enacted in exercise of constituent power - vires of Article 14 and 19(1) (g) of the Constitution of India - power of amendment or repeal, subject to limitations under Section 19 or not Interpretation of Section 19 - HELD THAT:- In the opinion of this Court, the mere circumstance that Section 19 does not get added to the Constitution, would not make any difference. If one looks closely at Articles 243 ZF which this Court interpreted in BONDU RAMASWAMY VERSUS BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ORS. [ 2010 (5) TMI 867 - SUPREME COURT] and Article 243 ZT which was interpreted in VIPULBHAI M. CHAUDHARY VERSUS GUJARAT COOPERATIVE MILK MARKETING FEDERATION LTD. AND ORS. [ 2015 (3) TMI 1430 - SUPREM....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 1112
Invocation of extended period of limitation - applicability of proviso to Section 11A of the CE Act - Classification of goods - chewing tobacco - to be classified under the CET SH 2403 9910 as 'chewing tobacco' or to be classified under CET SH 2403 9930 as 'zarda/jarda scented tobacco' - product manufactured and cleared by the Assessee for the period 01.03.2006 to 10.07.2006 - penalty u/r 26. Invocation of extended period of limitation - applicability of proviso to Section 11A of the CE Act - HELD THAT:- The tribunal has proceeded to hold that limitation would apply and show cause notice should not have been issued beyond one year in view of the fact that the Assessee intimated their intention to change, without addressing the various issues which has been raised. In other words, the tribunal by cryptic order has n....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 981
Enforceability of treaty - Necessary notification not issued by the Government for brining the treaty into force - Most Favoured Nation (MFN) - Indian treaties with countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) - protocol for changing terms or conditions in treaty - lowering of rate of taxation at source on dividends, interest, royalties or fees for technical services (hereafter FTS ) - bilateral treaties in question are between India and Netherlands, France, and Switzerland, respectively - whether there is any right to invoke the MFN clause when the third country with which India has entered into DTAA was not an OECD member yet (at the time of entering into such DTAA) - whether the MFN clause is to be given effect to automatically or if it is to only come into effect after a notifi....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 962
Scope of an asset and security freeze order - assignment or not - documents executed by IL FS by which rents were made over to the respondent, Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd (HDFC or the lender) - HELD THAT:- The Lease Rental Discounting (LRD) arrangement - a new kind of financial agreement by which a banker allows credit facilities to a commercial property owner, has the flexibility of ensuring that the asset owner is given access to credit. The dominant condition is that a substantial portion or the entire rent or receivables which the owner would be entitled to are made- sold or assigned, absolutely to the creditor bank. This is with the intention that the borrower s liabilities are discharged automatically from the proceeds payable in respect of the property. Such amounts virtually are by way of unsecured debts. In oth....... + More
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2023 (10) TMI 961
Condonation of delay of 1471 days in filing the appeal - it was held by HC that it is difficult to accept that the appellant was handicapped in any manner in ascertaining the jurisdiction of the relevant Commissionerate. In any view of the matter, this Court is unable to accept that it would be apposite to condone the delay of more than four years on the aforesaid ground. HELD THAT:- The special leave petition is dismissed.
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2023 (10) TMI 951
Dismissal of the appellant's claim for compensation relating to loss of profits - Setting aside of Arbitral Award to the extent it awarded loss of profit to the appellant - section 37 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 - High Court set aside the award - HELD THAT:- It is undeniably established that the appellant's claim for loss of profit stems from the delay attributed to the respondent in completing the project. It is further evident that the loss of profit sought in the present case is primarily based on the grounds that the appellant, having been retained longer than the period stipulated in the contract and its resources being blocked for execution of the work relatable to the contract in question, it could have taken up any other work order and earned profit elsewhere. The contentions advanced on behalf of t....... + More
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