Why Should Parents-in-Law Pay Income Tax on Gifts Given to a Daughter-in-Law?
In most Indian households, financial decisions are driven by family needs rather than tax planning. One such decision is when parents-in-law gift...
![Foreign-Marked Nearly 20 Kg Gold Seized in Town Area Not Presumptively Smuggled Without Corroborative Evidence: Delhi HC quashes Penalty [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/250x150_2114168-whatsapp-image-2025-12-23-at-105035-am.webp "Foreign-Marked Nearly 20 Kg Gold Seized in Town Area Not Presumptively Smuggled Without Corroborative Evidence: Delhi HC quashes Penalty [Read Order]")
![Non‑Cooperation with RP and Related‑Party Diversions Prove Intent to Defraud Creditors: NCLAT Upholds S.66 Directions Against Directors [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112868-non-cooperation-rp-related-party-diversions-prove-intent-defraud-creditors-taxscan.webp "Non‑Cooperation with RP and Related‑Party Diversions Prove Intent to Defraud Creditors: NCLAT Upholds S.66 Directions Against Directors [Read Order]")
![Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/250x150_2113773-penalty-cha-not-sustainable-taxscan.jfif "Penalty on CHA Not Sustainable When Classification Dispute is Settled in Favour of Importer and No Misdeclaration is Established: CESTAT [Read Order]")
![Annual Income Tax Case Digest: ITAT Decisions 2025 [Part II]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/250x150_2113899-annual-income-tax-case-digest-itat-decisions-2025-part-ii-taxscan.webp "Annual Income Tax Case Digest: ITAT Decisions 2025 [Part II]")
![Annual Income Tax Case Digest: ITAT Decisions 2025 [Part I]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/22/500x300_2113873-annual-income-tax-case-digest-itat-decisions-2025-annual-income-tax-case-digest-case-digest-itat-2025-taxscan.webp "Annual Income Tax Case Digest: ITAT Decisions 2025 [Part I]")
New Compounding Guidelines of CBDT apply Only to Fresh Applications: Madras HC Clarifies Scope of S. 279 [Read Order]
The Madras High Court has held that the revised CBDT ( Central Board of Direct Taxes ) Compounding Guidelines cannot be retrospectively applied to pending or remanded compounding proceedings and...
![New Compounding Guidelines of CBDT apply Only to Fresh Applications: Madras HC Clarifies Scope of S. 279 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114198-cbdt-madras-hc-fresh-applications-compounding-guidelines-madras-hc-tax-ruling-taxscan.webp "New Compounding Guidelines of CBDT apply Only to Fresh Applications: Madras HC Clarifies Scope of S. 279 [Read Order]")
Benami Attachment Cannot Breach the “Impregnable Firewall” of NCLT‑Approved Resolution Plan: Madras HC [Read Order]
The Madras High Court, in a recent ruling, has held that the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) approved Resolution Plan acts as an impregnable firewall against Benami attachment of an asset...
![Benami Attachment Cannot Breach the “Impregnable Firewall” of NCLT‑Approved Resolution Plan: Madras HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114211-benami-attachment-cannot-breach-impregnable-firewall-nclt-approved-resolution-plan-madras-hc-taxscan.webp "Benami Attachment Cannot Breach the “Impregnable Firewall” of NCLT‑Approved Resolution Plan: Madras HC [Read Order]")
Once Refund upheld in Appeal, GST Dept Cannot Initiate Recovery Proceedings on Same Issue: Orissa HC [Read Order]
In a recent ruling, the Orissa High Court held that the GST ( Goods and Services Tax ) department cannot initiate recovery proceedings under Section 73 of the CGST Act to reopen a refund claim after...
![Once Refund upheld in Appeal, GST Dept Cannot Initiate Recovery Proceedings on Same Issue: Orissa HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114177-gst-dept-orissa-hc-taxscan.jfif "Once Refund upheld in Appeal, GST Dept Cannot Initiate Recovery Proceedings on Same Issue: Orissa HC [Read Order]")
Sale of Food And Beverages at Cinema Counters Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT in Cinepolis India Case [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) ruled that sale of food and beverages at cinema counters does not amount to a taxable service under the...
![Sale of Food And Beverages at Cinema Counters Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT in Cinepolis India Case [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114179-sale-food-beverages-cinema-counters-not-taxable-service-cestat-cinepolis-india-case-taxscan.webp "Sale of Food And Beverages at Cinema Counters Not a Taxable Service: CESTAT in Cinepolis India Case [Read Order]")
Relief to Indiamart: CESTAT Rules Refund of Excess Service Tax Paid on Unused Subscription Amounts Not Time-Barred Post-GST [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that the refund of excess service tax paid on amounts refunded to customers is not time-barred where the...
![Relief to Indiamart: CESTAT Rules Refund of Excess Service Tax Paid on Unused Subscription Amounts Not Time-Barred Post-GST [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114184-relief-indiamart-cestat-rules-refund-excess-service-tax-paid-unused-subscription-amounts-time-barred-post-gst-taxscan.webp "Relief to Indiamart: CESTAT Rules Refund of Excess Service Tax Paid on Unused Subscription Amounts Not Time-Barred Post-GST [Read Order]")
Customs Cannot Reject Declared Value of LED TVs Based on Third-Party Documents Without Independent Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]
The New Delhi Bench of the Customs, Excise, and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) held that Customs authorities cannot reject the declared transaction value of imported LED TVs based solely...
![Customs Cannot Reject Declared Value of LED TVs Based on Third-Party Documents Without Independent Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/23/500x300_2114180-customs-reject-declared-value-led-tvs-third-party-documents-independent-evidence-cestat-taxscan.webp "Customs Cannot Reject Declared Value of LED TVs Based on Third-Party Documents Without Independent Evidence: CESTAT [Read Order]")