Dear All, This is to update you that the bench comprising of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Surya Kant passed the order on an application filed by the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) in the suo motu case In Re Cognizance for Extension of Limitation extending the period …

Income Tax Department cannot recover more than 20% of the tax once the demand is disputed – Delhi High Court In a recent landmark ruling in the case of M/s Essjay Ericsson Pvt. Ltd. v. CIT, Delhi, the DB of Hon’ble Delhi High Court has directed the department to refund the money recovered/adjusted in excess …

Just a few months ago the Hon’ble Supreme Court had overruled the judgement of Hon’ble Gujarat High Court, in VKC Footsteps India Private Limited and decided in favour of Revenue holding that refund of ITC on ‘input services’ is not available under inverted duty refund u/s 54(3) r/w Rule 89(5). More recently, the Hon’ble Supreme Court on …

The Hon’ble Supreme Court has, recently, disposed of the Miscellaneous Application No. 665 of 2021 filed by Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association, in In Re: Cognizance for extension of Limitation, SMW (C) No. 3 of 2020. The Hon’ble Court held its hearing on 23.09.2021, and after detailed submissions from counsels, observed that there is a consensus …

Greetings from GSTLawIndia.in, On 04.10.2021, a landmark ruling came to be delivered by Hon’ble Orissa High Court on the issue of input tax credits based on alleged bogus invoices. It is pertinent to note that the aforesaid issue of bogus invoices, has been a subject matter of heated debate and one which is plaguing the …

In landmark judgement of Union of India and Ors Vs VKC Footsteps India Pvt Ltd, the Hon’ble SC has upheld the validity of provisions of Rule 89(5), CGST Rules 2017 by setting aside the judgement of Hon’ble Gujrat High Court which held that Rule 89(5) of the CGST Rules, 2017 are ultra vires of the …

With an objective to boost exports, the government on Tuesday notified the rates and guidelines for export incentive scheme Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP). The rates under RoDTEP scheme for different sectors include 0.5 per cent, 2.5 per cent and 4 per cent and is applicable on 8555 tariff line items. …

NO LABOUR CESS ON SUPPLY OF MATERIALS: ANALYSIS OF SC JUDGEMENT AND SUGGESTED WAY FORWARD The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter of Uttar Pradesh Power Transmission Corporation Limited and Anr. vs. C G Power and Industrial Solutions Limited and Anr. being SLP(C) No. 8630 of 2020 vide order dated 12.05.2021 has held that supply …

In a major relief to resident welfare association (RWA) members, the single judge bench of Justice Anita Sumanth has held that the goods and services tax (GST) is applicable only to monthly maintenance amount exceeding ₹7,500 only and not on the complete amount charged from members. The issue, submissions of the parties and High Court …

The government has issued Circular No 156/12/2021-GST dated 21st June 2021 to clarify questions in respect of applicability of Dynamic Quick Response (QR) Code on B2C invoices. It is to be noted that vide Notification No. 14/2020 – Central Tax, dated 21st March 2020, w.e.f. 01st December 2020, Dynamic QR Code on B2C invoice is …