![Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part II]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/500x300_2112535-annual-tax-corporate-law-digest-2025-complete-high-court-cases-part-ii-taxcsan.webp "Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part II]")
Annual Tax & Corporate Law Digest 2025: Complete High Court Cases [Part II]
This Annual Digest summarises all the High Court Tax and corporate law Decisions in 2025, as reported at Taxscan.in. GST Officers Render...
![S. 153D Approvals Granted to 30+ Cases within Hours by Income Tax Dept: Bombay Slams ‘Casual’ Revenue Approach [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112778-income-tax-casual-revenue-approach-taxscan.jfif "S. 153D Approvals Granted to 30+ Cases within Hours by Income Tax Dept: Bombay Slams ‘Casual’ Revenue Approach [Read Order]")
![FinMin Notifies Reallocation of Jurisdiction among Debt Recovery Tribunals in West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112764-finmin-reallocation-jurisdiction-debt-recovery-tribunals-west-bengal-andaman-and-nicobar-islands-taxscan.webp "FinMin Notifies Reallocation of Jurisdiction among Debt Recovery Tribunals in West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands [Read Order]")
![Transporter’s Tax Payment Bars Reverse Charge Liability: CESTAT Drops Double Taxation [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112799-transporters-tax-payment-bars-reverse-charge-liability-cestat-drops-double-taxation-taxscan.webp "Transporter’s Tax Payment Bars Reverse Charge Liability: CESTAT Drops Double Taxation [Read Order]")
![Swachh Bharat Cess Refund Clarified: CESTAT Favors Genpact, Cites No Time-Bar on Export Proceeds [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/250x150_2112782-swachh-bharat-cess-refund-clarified-cestat-favors-genpact-cites-no-time-bar-export-proceeds-taxscan.webp "Swachh Bharat Cess Refund Clarified: CESTAT Favors Genpact, Cites No Time-Bar on Export Proceeds [Read Order]")
GST Return Filing u/s 16(5) Timeline Makes S 16(4) Time Bar Lose Significance: Kerala HC Orders Reconsideration of ITC Claim [Read Order]
The Kerala High Court in a recent case has ruled that the statutory timeline introduced under Section 16(5) of the CentralGoods and Services Tax Act (CGST) overrides the earlier time restriction...
![GST Return Filing u/s 16(5) Timeline Makes S 16(4) Time Bar Lose Significance: Kerala HC Orders Reconsideration of ITC Claim [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112776-gst-return-filing-timeline-time-bar-lose-significance-kerala-hc-orders-reconsideration-itc-claim-taxscan.webp "GST Return Filing u/s 16(5) Timeline Makes S 16(4) Time Bar Lose Significance: Kerala HC Orders Reconsideration of ITC Claim [Read Order]")
Sale of Trade Mark of Indian Brand ‘Crocin’ to UK Entity Qualifies as Export under CST Act, No Sales Tax Payable: Bombay HC [Read Order]
The Bombay High Court has held that the sale of the trademark ‘Crocin’ by an Indian company to a UK-based entity qualifies as a sale in the course of export under Section 5(1) of the Central Sales...
![Sale of Trade Mark of Indian Brand ‘Crocin’ to UK Entity Qualifies as Export under CST Act, No Sales Tax Payable: Bombay HC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112753-sale-trade-mark-indian-brand-crocin-uk-qualifies-export-cst-act-sales-tax-payable-bombay-hc-taxscan.webp "Sale of Trade Mark of Indian Brand ‘Crocin’ to UK Entity Qualifies as Export under CST Act, No Sales Tax Payable: Bombay HC [Read Order]")
PMLA Attachment Lapses after 180 Days, No COVID Relaxation for ED: Bombay HC quashes attachment against Chartered Accountant [Read Order]
In a very recent ruling, the Bombay High Court has held that a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 ( PMLA ) automatically lapses after 180 days, and that...
![PMLA Attachment Lapses after 180 Days, No COVID Relaxation for ED: Bombay HC quashes attachment against Chartered Accountant [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112762-pmla-attachment-bombay-hc-covid-taxscan.jfif "PMLA Attachment Lapses after 180 Days, No COVID Relaxation for ED: Bombay HC quashes attachment against Chartered Accountant [Read Order]")
18% GST on Carbonated Drinks (Aerated Water) Supplied as Part of Restaurant Service: AAR cites ‘Composite Nature’ [Read Order]
The West Bengal Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has held that the supply of carbonated drinks, including aerated water, when provided within the premises of the restaurant, as part of restaurant...
![18% GST on Carbonated Drinks (Aerated Water) Supplied as Part of Restaurant Service: AAR cites ‘Composite Nature’ [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112755-18-gst-carbonated-drinks-supplied-part-restaurant-service-aar-cites-composite-nature-taxscan.webp "18% GST on Carbonated Drinks (Aerated Water) Supplied as Part of Restaurant Service: AAR cites ‘Composite Nature’ [Read Order]")
Cash Deposit used for Creating FD cannot Be Clubbed to Cross ₹50 Lakh Threshold: Madras HC Quashes Section 148A Action [Read Order]
In a recent decision, the Madras High Court has quashed reassessment proceedings initiated under Section 148A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, holding that cash deposits and fixed deposits created out...
![Cash Deposit used for Creating FD cannot Be Clubbed to Cross ₹50 Lakh Threshold: Madras HC Quashes Section 148A Action [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/17/500x300_2112744-cash-deposit-creating-fd-clubbed-threshold-madras-hc-section148a-action-taxscan.webp "Cash Deposit used for Creating FD cannot Be Clubbed to Cross ₹50 Lakh Threshold: Madras HC Quashes Section 148A Action [Read Order]")