![Service Tax Exemption Applicability on Works Contract Executed for Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd: Orissa HC to Hear Matter soon [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Service-Tax-Exemption-Odisha-Lift-Irrigation-taxscan.jpg "Service Tax Exemption Applicability on Works Contract Executed for Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd: Orissa HC to Hear Matter soon [Read Order]")
Service Tax Exemption Applicability on Works Contract Executed for Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation Ltd: Orissa HC to Hear Matter soon [Read Order]
The Orissa High Court has admitted a writ petition challenging the applicability of service tax exemption on a works contract executed for the Odisha...
![Presence of Incriminating Material on Record: ITAT Upholds Income Tax Proceedings U/s 153A [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Incriminating-Material-Section-153A-Proceedings-Income-Tax-Proceedings-taxnews.jpg "Presence of Incriminating Material on Record: ITAT Upholds Income Tax Proceedings U/s 153A [Read Order]")
![Income Tax Authorities cannot Enforce Recovery on Protective Assessment: Kerala HC stays Coercive Proceedings [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Kerala-High-Court-Income-Tax-Authorities-Income-Tax-TAXSCAN.jpg "Income Tax Authorities cannot Enforce Recovery on Protective Assessment: Kerala HC stays Coercive Proceedings [Read Order]")
![Allahabad HC Excludes Time Spent in Bona Fide Litigation Before HC, SC u/s 14 of Limitation, Allows GST Appeal Before AA [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/allahabad-hc-Bona-Fide-Litigation-GST-TAXSCAN.jpg "Allahabad HC Excludes Time Spent in Bona Fide Litigation Before HC, SC u/s 14 of Limitation, Allows GST Appeal Before AA [Read Order]")
![GST S. 74 Invoked despite Reversing ITC Voluntarily before Initiation of Audit: Orissa HC to address Jurisdictional Dispute [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/gst-site-img.jpg "GST S. 74 Invoked despite Reversing ITC Voluntarily before Initiation of Audit: Orissa HC to address Jurisdictional Dispute [Read Order]")
![Finance Ministry Raises Customs Tariff Value of Gold [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Mere-Equivalent-Purity-Foreign-Gold-Criteria-Hold-Melted-Gold-Gold-Foreign-Origin-CESTAT-TAXSCAN.jpg "Finance Ministry Raises Customs Tariff Value of Gold [Read Notification]")
Income Tax Refund adjusted Despite 20% Pre-deposit and Pending Appeal: Bombay HC directs to Refund Adjusted Amount [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has directed the Income Tax Department to pay back the refund amount, which was erroneously adjusted against the tax demand on grounds that the appeal against the disputed year...
![Income Tax Refund adjusted Despite 20% Pre-deposit and Pending Appeal: Bombay HC directs to Refund Adjusted Amount [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Income-tax-refund-bombay-HC-taxscan.jpg "Income Tax Refund adjusted Despite 20% Pre-deposit and Pending Appeal: Bombay HC directs to Refund Adjusted Amount [Read Order]")
RBI Amends FEMA Compounding Guidelines: Removes Linkage to Past Orders, Adds New Payment Reconciliation Requirements [Read Circular]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a circular on April 22, 2025, revising the guidelines for compounding of contraventions under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. The circular...
![RBI Amends FEMA Compounding Guidelines: Removes Linkage to Past Orders, Adds New Payment Reconciliation Requirements [Read Circular]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/FEMA-3.jpg "RBI Amends FEMA Compounding Guidelines: Removes Linkage to Past Orders, Adds New Payment Reconciliation Requirements [Read Circular]")
![No Income Tax Deduction for Penalty Settlements Under 4 Key Laws: CBDT [Read Notification]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Income-Tax-Deduction-CBDT-Income-Tax-taxscan-1.jpg "No Income Tax Deduction for Penalty Settlements Under 4 Key Laws: CBDT [Read Notification]")
Customs Dept’s Delay adjudication of SCN within 1 Year amount to denying Principle of Natural Justice: CESTAT [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) comprising Justice Dilip Gupta (President) and Hemambika R. Priya (Technical Member) has observed that the customs...
![Customs Dept’s Delay adjudication of SCN within 1 Year amount to denying Principle of Natural Justice: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://www.taxscan.in/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CESTAT-CESTAT-Delhi-Show-cause-notice-Customs-SCN-delay-adjudication-TAXSCAN.jpg "Customs Dept’s Delay adjudication of SCN within 1 Year amount to denying Principle of Natural Justice: CESTAT [Read Order]")