Kavi Priya
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![Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113472-non-compete-fee-paid-ward-off-competition-revenue-expenditure-capital-asset-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]")
Non-Compete Fee Paid to Ward Off Competition is Revenue Expenditure, Not Capital Asset: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
The Supreme Court of India has ruled that non-compete fees paid by an assessee to prevent competition are allowable as revenue expenditure under the...
![Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/250x150_2113226-cigarette-packs-lacking-mandatory-declarations-had-destroyed-not-auctioned-cestat-sets-aside-forfeiture-taxscan.webp "Cigarette Packs Lacking Mandatory Declarations Had to be Destroyed, Not Auctioned: CESTAT sets aside Forfeiture [Read Order]")
GST Fraud Writ Delayed Due to Unremoved Defects for 3 Months: Delhi HC Grants One-Time Liberty to File Statutory Appeal Beyond Limitation [Read Order]
Meta: GST Fraud Writ Delayed Due to Unremoved Defects for 3 Months: Delhi HC Grants One-Time Liberty In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court declined to entertain a writ petition filed in a...
![GST Fraud Writ Delayed Due to Unremoved Defects for 3 Months: Delhi HC Grants One-Time Liberty to File Statutory Appeal Beyond Limitation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113195-gst-fraud-writ-delayed-due-unremoved-defects-delhi-hc-grants-one-time-liberty-file-statutory-appeal-beyond-limitation-taxscan.webp "GST Fraud Writ Delayed Due to Unremoved Defects for 3 Months: Delhi HC Grants One-Time Liberty to File Statutory Appeal Beyond Limitation [Read Order]")
Customs Orders Must Bear Name and Designation of Officer Passing Them: Delhi HC Rejects Staff Shortage Justification [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court explained that every Customs order must clearly show the name and designation of the officer who actually passed it, and that a shortage of staff cannot be...
![Customs Orders Must Bear Name and Designation of Officer Passing Them: Delhi HC Rejects Staff Shortage Justification [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/19/500x300_2113158-customs-orders-must-bear-name-designation-officer-passing-them-taxscan.webp "Customs Orders Must Bear Name and Designation of Officer Passing Them: Delhi HC Rejects Staff Shortage Justification [Read Order]")
Delhi HC Grants Limitation Relief to File Statutory Appeal Despite GST Adjudication Order Passed After Considering Taxpayer’s Reply [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Delhi High Court granted limitation relief to a GST (Goods and Services Tax) taxpayer to file a statutory appeal, even though the adjudication order had been passed after ...
![Delhi HC Grants Limitation Relief to File Statutory Appeal Despite GST Adjudication Order Passed After Considering Taxpayer’s Reply [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/18/500x300_2113008-delhi-hc-grants-limitation-relief-file-statutory-appeal-despite-gst-adjudication-order-passed-taxscan.webp "Delhi HC Grants Limitation Relief to File Statutory Appeal Despite GST Adjudication Order Passed After Considering Taxpayer’s Reply [Read Order]")
Foreign Exchange Fluctuation Linked to International Transactions is Operating in Nature: Delhi HC Reaffirms [Read Order]
In a recent case, the Delhi High Court reaffirmed that foreign exchange gains or losses arising from international transactions are part of normal business operations and must be treated as...
![Foreign Exchange Fluctuation Linked to International Transactions is Operating in Nature: Delhi HC Reaffirms [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/18/500x300_2113040-delhi-hc-foreign-exchange-fluctuation-international-transactions-taxscan.webp "Foreign Exchange Fluctuation Linked to International Transactions is Operating in Nature: Delhi HC Reaffirms [Read Order]")
Centre Extends Applicability of Customs Laws to Offshore Mineral Activities in India’s Continental Shelf and EEZ
The Ministry of External Affairs has issued Notification No. G.S.R. 902(E), dated 16 December 2025, extending the applicability of the Customs Act, 1962 and the Customs Tariff Act, 1975 to offshore...
