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![SC Mandates 30% Quota for Women in State Bar Councils, 20% to be filled by Election and 10% by Co-option[ Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/500x300_2111306-sc-mandates-quota-women-state-bar-councils-election-co-option-taxscan.webp "SC Mandates 30% Quota for Women in State Bar Councils, 20% to be filled by Election and 10% by Co-option[ Read Order]")
SC Mandates 30% Quota for Women in State Bar Councils, 20% to be filled by Election and 10% by Co-option[ Read Order]
In a landmark judgment addressing the severe gender imbalance in legal governance, the Supreme Court of India has mandated a 30% reservation for...
![Rajasthan HC Denies Bail to Accused Carrying 15.74 Kg Hydroponic Weed; Holds NDPS Act Overrides Customs Act in Airport Seizures [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/10/250x150_2111239-rajasthan-hc-accused-hydroponic-weed-holds-ndps-act-customs-act-airport-seizures-taxscan.webp "Rajasthan HC Denies Bail to Accused Carrying 15.74 Kg Hydroponic Weed; Holds NDPS Act Overrides Customs Act in Airport Seizures [Read Order]")
![Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/06/250x150_2110562-service-tax-demand-trst-3-cestat-taxable-value-before-levy-taxscan.webp "Service Tax Demand Based only on ITR–ST-3 Mismatch Unsustainable: CESTAT Holds Revenue must Establish Taxable Value before Levy [Read Order]")
GST Notices Cannot be Deemed Served only by Portal Upload after Cancellation of Registration: Allahabad HC says its Natural Justice Violation [Read Order]
The High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench, quashed orders passed under Section 73 of the Uttar Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and held that once a petitioner's registration ...
![GST Notices Cannot be Deemed Served only by Portal Upload after Cancellation of Registration: Allahabad HC says its Natural Justice Violation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2110995-gst-notices-deemed-served-portal-upload-cancellation-registration-allahabad-hc-natural-justice-violation-taxscan.webp "GST Notices Cannot be Deemed Served only by Portal Upload after Cancellation of Registration: Allahabad HC says its Natural Justice Violation [Read Order]")
![Deemed Dividend u/s 2(22)(e) Inapplicable to Sister-Concern Loans: ITAT Deletes Addition [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/500x300_2110916-itat-ahmedabad-loans-deemed-dividend-sister-concern-inapplicable-itat-deletes-addition-taxscan.webp "Deemed Dividend u/s 2(22)(e) Inapplicable to Sister-Concern Loans: ITAT Deletes Addition [Read Order]")
'Relevant Date' for Limitation u/s 28 of Customs Act for Provisional Assessment is Date of Adjustment of Duty after final assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Chandigarh Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the "relevant date" for the purpose of limitation under Section 28 of the Customs Act is the date...
![Relevant Date for Limitation u/s 28 of Customs Act for Provisional Assessment is Date of Adjustment of Duty after final assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/500x300_2110266-relevant-date-limitation-customs-act-provisional-assessment-cestat-taxscan.webp "Relevant Date for Limitation u/s 28 of Customs Act for Provisional Assessment is Date of Adjustment of Duty after final assessment: CESTAT [Read Order]")
Finalization of Provisional Assessment after 5 Years Invalid: CESTAT Quashes Differential Duty Demand issued Without S. 28 SCN [Read Order]
The Chandigarh bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside a differential duty demand and ruled that the finalization of a provisional assessment cannot be made ...
![Finalization of Provisional Assessment after 5 Years Invalid: CESTAT Quashes Differential Duty Demand issued Without S. 28 SCN [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/05/500x300_2110291-show-case-notice-taxscan.jfif "Finalization of Provisional Assessment after 5 Years Invalid: CESTAT Quashes Differential Duty Demand issued Without S. 28 SCN [Read Order]")
Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) set aside Service Tax demand for providing contract services to the Gujarat State Police Housing Corporation ...
![Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/07/500x300_2110695-construction-govt-residential-quarters-gsphcl-taxable-cestat-drops-service-tax-demand-works-contract-upholds-gta-liability.webp "Construction of Govt. Residential Quarters to GSPHCL Not Taxable: CESTAT Drops Service Tax Demand on Works Contract but Upholds GTA Liability [Read Order]")
Gujarat HC upholds CESTAT order Granting Excise Exemption to Pre-Laminated Bagasse Board citing Coordinate Bench Ruling [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court upheld the Ahmedabad bench Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) which granted excise duty exemption to pre-laminated bagasse boards stating that ...
![Gujarat HC upholds CESTAT order Granting Excise Exemption to Pre-Laminated Bagasse Board citing Coordinate Bench Ruling [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/02/500x300_2109644-5.webp "Gujarat HC upholds CESTAT order Granting Excise Exemption to Pre-Laminated Bagasse Board citing Coordinate Bench Ruling [Read Order]")
Revision Invalid when Assessment Order u/s 153A passed with JCIT Approval u/s 153D: ITAT [Read Order]
The Pune Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) set aside an order passed under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act, 1961 and ruled that a revision of an assessment order made under Section...
![Revision Invalid when Assessment Order u/s 153A passed with JCIT Approval u/s 153D: ITAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/29/500x300_2108691-the-income-tax-act-mandatory-approval-taxscan.webp "Revision Invalid when Assessment Order u/s 153A passed with JCIT Approval u/s 153D: ITAT [Read Order]")