![Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/08/2111024-misuse-signed-blank-annexure-third-party-attract-liability-evidence-cestat-quashes-penalty-cha-manager-taxscan.webp "Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]")
Misuse of Signed Blank Annexure-A by Third Party cannot attract Liability without Evidence: CESTAT Quashes Penalty against CHA Manager [Read Order]
The Chennai Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) ruled that a CHA Manager cannot be penalized merely because...
![Debtors’ Consent to Auction Waives Procedural Objections Under SARFAESI Act: Delhi HC Sets Aside DRAT Order in Favour of Canara Bank [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112355-delhi-hc-debtor-consent-auction-waives-procedural-objections-sarfaesi-act-drat-order-canara-bank-taxscan.webp "Debtors’ Consent to Auction Waives Procedural Objections Under SARFAESI Act: Delhi HC Sets Aside DRAT Order in Favour of Canara Bank [Read Order]")
![ICICI Banks Status as Secured Creditor Upheld: NCLAT Sets Aside NCLT Order Directing Release of Fixed Deposit Collateral [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112276-icici-bank-status-secured-creditor-nclat-nclt-order-directing-release-fixed-deposit-collateral-taxscan.webp "ICICI Banks Status as Secured Creditor Upheld: NCLAT Sets Aside NCLT Order Directing Release of Fixed Deposit Collateral [Read Order]")
![Requirements u/r 25 & 26 of Mediation Rules Satisfied: NCLAT Holds Settlement Agreement Valid [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112277-nclat-new-delhi-requirements-mediation-rules-settlement-agreement-taxscan.webp "Requirements u/r 25 & 26 of Mediation Rules Satisfied: NCLAT Holds Settlement Agreement Valid [Read Order]")
![Calcutta HC Drops Charges Against Vijaya Banks Panel Advocate Accused in Loan Fraud Says Trial Court Acted as Prosecution’s Mouthpiece [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/13/2111953-calcutta-hc-drops-charges-against-vijaya-banks-panel-advocate-accused-loan-fraud-trial-court-acted-prosecutions-mouthpiece.webp "Calcutta HC Drops Charges Against Vijaya Banks Panel Advocate Accused in Loan Fraud Says Trial Court Acted as Prosecution’s Mouthpiece [Read Order]")
Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]
TheKolkata Bench of Customs, Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal ( CESTAT ) set aside the excise duty demand after finding that the adjudicating authority passed an ex-parte order without...
![Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112362-insufficient-proof-clandestine-removal-cestat-sets-aside-excise-duty-demand-department-fails-supply-seized-documents-taxscan.webp "Insufficient Proof of Clandestine Removal: CESTAT Sets Aside Excise Duty Demand as Department Fails to Supply Seized Documents [Read Order]")
Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]
The Ahmedabad Bench of Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), remanded the service tax dispute arising solely from Form 26AS discrepancies, holding that such demand cannot be...
![Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/2112502-form-26as-service-tax-demand-cestat-taxscan.jfif "Form 26AS Alone Cannot Sustain Service Tax Demand Without Precedent Review: CESTAT Orders Fresh Decision in One Month [Read Order]")
Post‑Dated Cheques Amount to Acknowledgement of Unpaid Financial Debt: NCLAT Sets Aside NCLT Order Against NBFC [Read Order]
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Principal Bench, New Delhi, has overturned the Kolkata Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT),The NCLAT held that post‑dated cheques...
![Post‑Dated Cheques Amount to Acknowledgement of Unpaid Financial Debt: NCLAT Sets Aside NCLT Order Against NBFC [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112283-post-dated-cheques-amount-acknowledgement-unpaid-financial-debt-nclat-nclt-order-against-nbfc-taxscan.webp "Post‑Dated Cheques Amount to Acknowledgement of Unpaid Financial Debt: NCLAT Sets Aside NCLT Order Against NBFC [Read Order]")
Owning Multiple Houses Breaks Section 54F Claim: ITAT Clarifies ‘One Residential House’ Rule [Read Order]
The Delhi Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) held that the benefit of capital gains exemption under Section 54F of the Income Tax Act, 1961 is not available where the assessee owns more...
![Owning Multiple Houses Breaks Section 54F Claim: ITAT Clarifies ‘One Residential House’ Rule [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/2112508-owning-multiple-houses-breaks-section-54f-claim-itat-clarifies-one-residential-house-rule-taxscan.webp "Owning Multiple Houses Breaks Section 54F Claim: ITAT Clarifies ‘One Residential House’ Rule [Read Order]")
Foreign Company’s Head Office Expenses For Indian Branches Subject to S. 44C Even if Incurred Exclusively: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]
In a recent ruling, the Supreme Court held that Section 44C of theIncome Tax Act, 1961 applies to head office expenditure incurred by a foreign company even if such expenditure is incurred...
![Foreign Company’s Head Office Expenses For Indian Branches Subject to S. 44C Even if Incurred Exclusively: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/16/2112511-foreign-company-head-office-expenses-indian-branches-supreme-court-taxscan.webp "Foreign Company’s Head Office Expenses For Indian Branches Subject to S. 44C Even if Incurred Exclusively: Supreme Court [Read Judgment]")
Adama India’s “Flamberge” is a Plant Growth Promoter and not Fertilizer: Customs AAR places Product under CTH 3808 [Read Order]
The Customs Authority for Advance Rulings (CAAR), Mumbai has ruled that Adama India Private Limited’s product “Flamberge” - described by the company as a bio-stimulant is not classifiable as a...
![Adama India’s “Flamberge” is a Plant Growth Promoter and not Fertilizer: Customs AAR places Product under CTH 3808 [Read Order]](https://images.taxscan.in/h-upload/2025/12/15/2112326-adama-indias-flamberge-plant-growth-promoter-fertilizer-customs-aar-places-product-under-cth-3808-taxscan.webp "Adama India’s “Flamberge” is a Plant Growth Promoter and not Fertilizer: Customs AAR places Product under CTH 3808 [Read Order]")