Judgements and Orders, Supreme Court and High courts of India

The Supreme Court ruled that dividend income received from a foreign company is not liable for taxation when there is a tax treaty with the country the company is based in, which stipulates that dividend is to be taxed at source. The court has endors

Profits and gains from any business of industrial undertaking - no direct nexus required between activity of an industrial undertaking and profits and gains

“Whether the Central Excise duty is payable on the assessable value determined under Section 4 of the Central Excise Act as claimed by Respondents or with reference to M.R.P. under Section 4A of the Central Excise Act as claimed by the Revenue? – the

SC held the resolution passed by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Corporation of Ahemdabad in relation to closure of slaughter house during Paryushan festival of Jain is valid is law.

Food for thought – Service Tax paid by Outdoor Caterers for running Canteen Services in a factory is an Input Service for availing Credit : Tribunal

The penalty U/s 271(1)(c)of the Income Tax Act 1961 could not be imposed on the assessee since it was under a bona fide belief that income on sale of debentures was taxable as capital gains. Further such gains had been treated ascapital gains in earl

Section 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 - Penalty - For concealment of income - Assessment year 1981-82 - Whether where penalty order and order of Commissioner (Appeals) showed that no clear-cut finding had been reached as to whether penalty un

Sale of originally held and bonus shares - Long-term capital gains arising to non-resident company - benefit of 10% rate u/s 112 cannot be denied : Advance Ruling Authority