![Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/20/500x300_2113496-new-income-tax-act-old-vs-new-taxscan.webp "Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]")
Search and Seizure Proceedings, Powers, and Procedural Safeguards in New Income Tax Act [Old vs New Income Tax Series - Article 3]
Income-tax search actions, commonly called search and seizure or raids, are among the strongest powers available to tax authorities. From...
![Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Journalist in Money Laundering Case, Bars him from Writing on Ongoing Proceedings [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/250x150_2112386-supreme-court-grants-interim-bail-journalist-money-laundering-case-bars-taxscan.webp "Supreme Court Grants Interim Bail to Journalist in Money Laundering Case, Bars him from Writing on Ongoing Proceedings [Read Order]")
![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/2025/12/02/250x150_2109644-5.webp "Gujarat HC upholds CESTAT order Granting Excise Exemption to Pre-Laminated Bagasse Board citing Coordinate Bench Ruling [Read Order]")
![Chartered Accountants Association of Surat Files Writ against CBDT in Gujarat HC on Delayed Release of ITR Forms & Utilities [Read Writ Petition Copy]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/30/250x150_2108954-chartered-accountants-association-of-surat-cbdt-gujarat-hc-taxscan.webp "Chartered Accountants Association of Surat Files Writ against CBDT in Gujarat HC on Delayed Release of ITR Forms & Utilities [Read Writ Petition Copy]")
![Missed ITR Amid Illness Lands 82-Year-Old in Tax Battle, Gujarat HC Steps In [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/250x150_2107962-missed-itr-gujarat-hc-taxscan.webp "Missed ITR Amid Illness Lands 82-Year-Old in Tax Battle, Gujarat HC Steps In [Read Order]")
Gujarat HC Quashes Customs SCN in Palm Kernel Oil Duty Exemption Case, End Use Condition Inapplicable [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court has quashed a show cause notice issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence regarding customs duty exemptions on imported crude palm kernel oil. The court ruled that...
![Gujarat HC Quashes Customs SCN in Palm Kernel Oil Duty Exemption Case, End Use Condition Inapplicable [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/25/500x300_2107724-sow-cause-notice-taxscan.webp "Gujarat HC Quashes Customs SCN in Palm Kernel Oil Duty Exemption Case, End Use Condition Inapplicable [Read Order]")
Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds 'Nil' Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of the Customs, Excise &Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) has quashed the excise duty demand on "Sabudana" (Tapioca Sago), ruling that Notification No. 12/2013-CE, ...
![Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds Nil Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/20/500x300_2106905-sabudana-cestat-nil-rate-tapioca-sago-curative-retrospectively-taxscan.webp "Sabudana Duty Quashed: CESTAT Holds Nil Rate Notification on Tapioca Sago is Curative and Operates Retrospectively [Read Order]")
Gujarat HC to Examine Validity of GST S. 16(2) Provisos Mandating ITC Reversal for Non-Payment Within 180 Days [Read Order]
In a recent order, the Gujarat High Court issued notice on a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the second and third provisos to Section 16(2) of the GST Act, which require ...
![Gujarat HC to Examine Validity of GST S. 16(2) Provisos Mandating ITC Reversal for Non-Payment Within 180 Days [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/18/500x300_2106265-gujarat-high-court-gujarat-hc-to-examine-validity-gujarat-hc-to-examine-validity-of-gst-taxscan.webp "Gujarat HC to Examine Validity of GST S. 16(2) Provisos Mandating ITC Reversal for Non-Payment Within 180 Days [Read Order]")
Gujarat HC Prevents Levy of VAT on Hospital Supplies as Unsustainable by Constitutional Limits [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court held that the levy of Value Added Tax on the supply of medicines, implants, stents and consumables provided to indoor patients during medical treatment is unsustainable due...
![Gujarat HC Prevents Levy of VAT on Hospital Supplies as Unsustainable by Constitutional Limits [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/500x300_2103090-gujarat-hc-prevents-levy-vat-on-hospital-supplies-constitutional-limits-taxscan.webp "Gujarat HC Prevents Levy of VAT on Hospital Supplies as Unsustainable by Constitutional Limits [Read Order]")
Hospitals’ Supply of Medicines and Implants to Indoor Patients Not a Taxable Sale: Gujarat HC Holds Charitable Hospitals Outside VAT Levy [Read Order]
The Gujarat High Court held that the supply of medicines, stents, implants, and consumables to indoor patients during medical treatment does not constitute a “sale” under Section 2(23) of the...
![Hospitals’ Supply of Medicines and Implants to Indoor Patients Not a Taxable Sale: Gujarat HC Holds Charitable Hospitals Outside VAT Levy [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/07/500x300_2103077-hospitals-supply-medicines-implants-indoor-patients-taxable-sale-gujarat-hc-charitable-hospitals-taxscan.webp "Hospitals’ Supply of Medicines and Implants to Indoor Patients Not a Taxable Sale: Gujarat HC Holds Charitable Hospitals Outside VAT Levy [Read Order]")
Gujarat HC Calls on GST Council to Review 160% Compensation Cess on Merchant Exporter Supplies [Read Order]
In the recent judgement, The Ahmedabad Bench of Gujarat High Court called upon the GST (Goods and Services Tax ) Council to review the issues related to exemption from 160% Compensation Cess on...
![Gujarat HC Calls on GST Council to Review 160% Compensation Cess on Merchant Exporter Supplies [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/06/500x300_2102713-gujarat-high-court-merchant-exporter-gujarat-hc-calls-taxscan.webp "Gujarat HC Calls on GST Council to Review 160% Compensation Cess on Merchant Exporter Supplies [Read Order]")
![Gujarat HC Upholds NCLT’s Power to Direct Lessee to Vacate Corporate Debtor’s Property [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/11/04/500x300_2102349-gujarat-hc-nclt-corporate-debtor-corporate-debtors-property-taxscan.webp "Gujarat HC Upholds NCLT’s Power to Direct Lessee to Vacate Corporate Debtor’s Property [Read Order]")