High Court Rulings


Quashes order levying interest on tax-amount remitted pursuant to appeal dismissal by SC

Madras HC sets-aside orders levying interest u/s 24(3) of the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act, 1959 on tax amount already remitted by assessee pertaining to revisional assessment order making an addi...View More

Passing of “reasoned order” upon disagreement over SVLDRS-estimate a “missing link”; Relegates assessee

Madras HC on finding that the order of rejection by the Designated Committee (DC) under Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme), 2019 (SVLDRS) suffers from a lack of reasoning and is “c...View More

Allows Sony to amend BoE, claim refund of excess CVD paid on mobile-phone import

Telangana HC directs Revenue to allow amendment in BoE u/s 149 of Customs Act to reflect rate of concessional CVD at 1% on import of mobile-phone as per Exemption Notification No. 12/2012-CE; Inferrin...View More

Upholds PRC's decision of rejecting assessee's application for scrip issuance on time-bar ground

Bombay HC upholds decision of Policy Relaxation Committee (PRC) rejecting assessee’s application for issuance of a scrip under Incremental Export Incentivisation Scheme (IEIS) on finding the sam...View More

Allows Mahindra's writ challenging entry-tax assessment, remands matter in view of SC order

Madras HC allows Mahindra & Mahindra’s writ against revision of Assessment Orders passed u/s 89 of Tamil Nadu Tax on Entry of Motor Vehicles into Local Areas Act, 1990; Quashes the impugned ...View More

(DB): Dismisses batch of petitions seeking amnesty from paying penal-charges to CFSs/ICDs during lockdown 

Delhi HC (Division Bench) refuses to grant waiver of penal charges levied by Inland Container Depots (ICDs), Container Freight Stations (CFSs) or shipping lines on finding no enforceable right in asse...View More

Censures film-actor for not paying entry-tax on Rolls-Royce import; Directs immediate payment of arrears

Madras HC admonishes film-actor K. Dhanush for not paying entry-tax on his imported Rolls Royce car, and instead approaching writ court to restrain Revenue from collecting such tax; Sternly directs th...View More

Duty Scrips issuance pre-supposes due consideration of ineligibilities by DGFT, directs re-validation

Madras HC sets-aside order of Deputy Commissioner of Customs (DC) rejecting request for registration of duty-credit scrips issued by Addl. DGFT (ADGFT), rules that in absence of cancellation procedure...View More

Shuns assessee's challenge to Tribunal’s ‘discretionary’ order on pre-deposit for admitting appeal

Gujarat HC refutes to interfere with Tribunal’s order requiring assessee to deposit 15% of tax dues towards pre-deposit instead of 25% as directed by First Appellate Authority while admitting se...View More

Allahabad HC's breather to Flipkart; Stays Rs. 13 crore VAT/CST demand invoking extended period

Allahabad HC stays Rs 13 crore demand against Flipkart vide assessment/re-assessment orders (VAT & CST) passed by Addl. Commissioner for AY 2012-2013 by extending limitation period to 8 years u/s ...View More