Tax Weekly Round-Up: August 18 - August 24, 2025

SUPREME COURTIs Merchant Navy Officer's Salary Credited In Indian Bank Account Exempt From Income Tax? Supreme Court To DecideCause Title: VANDANA & ORS. VERSUS KESHAV & ORS.The Supreme Court on Monday (Aug. 18) agreed to decide whether the income credited in an Indian bank account while working with a Foreign Entity would be exempted from the payment of Income Tax under the Income Tax Act, 1961..The issue arose before the bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and Prasanna B. Varale while...

Tax Weekly Round-Up: August 11 - August 17, 2025

SUPREME COURTS.6(2)(b) CGST Act | Central Authority Can Issue Summons Despite State Authority Initiating Proceedings : Supreme CourtCause Title: M/S ARMOUR SECURITY (INDIA) LTD. VERSUS COMMISSIONER, CGST, DELHI EAST COMMISSIONERATE & ANR.In a significant ruling, the Supreme Court on Thursday (Aug. 14) held that a summons issued by the Central GST authorities under Section 70 of the Goods and Services Tax Act does not constitute “initiation of proceedings" under Section 6(2)(b) of the CGST...

Tax Weekly Round-Up: August 04 - August 10, 2025

SUPREME COURTLet GST Council Look Into Tracking Of GST Paid On Foreign OIDAR Services : Supreme CourtCase Title – Pradeep Goyal v. Union of India & Ors.Case no. – Writ Petition No. 258 of 2021The Supreme Court recently disposed of a public interest litigation seeking directions for setting up a mechanism to track services provided by foreign entities in India under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice KV Viswanathan passed the order after...

Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 28 - August 03, 2025

HIGH COURTSAllahabad HCBurden To Prove That Best Assessment By Income Tax Authorities Is Perverse Is On Assesee: Allahabad High CourtCase Title: M/S Rai Wines Ras Bahar Colony v. The Commisssioner Of Income TaxCase no.: INCOME TAX APPEAL No. - 395 of 2007The Allahabad High Court has held that the burden to prove that the findings of best assessment done by the authorities is perverse is on the assesee.The bench of Justice Shekhar B. Saraf and Justice Praveen Kumar Giri held that “when a best...

Tax Monthly Digest: July 2025

SUPREME COURTStem Cell Banking Services Qualify As "Healthcare Services" In Service Tax Exemption Notification : Supreme CourtCase : M/S. STEMCYTE INDIA THERAPEUTICS PVT. LTD vs COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX, AHMEDABAD - IIICase no.: CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 3816-3817 OF 2025The Supreme Court held that stem cell banking services, including enrolment, collection, processing, and storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells, constitute “Healthcare Services” which were exempted from service...

IBC Monthly Digest: June 2025

Nominal Index: Alok Gaur, Suspended Board of Director of Jaypee Cement Corporation Ltd. Versus State Bank of India & Anr, Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No.1565 of 2024 & I.A. No. 8141 of 2024 Mr. Abhinav Bhatnagar Versus Bank of Baroda And Ors., Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 615 & 616 of 2025 Taguda Pte Ltd. Versus State Bank of India & Anr., Company Appeal (AT) (Insolvency) No. 351 of 2024 Anuj Gaur & Ors. Versus Rabindra Kumar Mintri RP of...

Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 21 To July 27, 2025

SUPREME COURTForeign Entity Doing Business Through Temporary Premises In India Liable To Tax : Supreme Court Rejects Hyatt International's AppealCause Title: HYATT INTERNATIONAL SOUTHWEST ASIA LTD. VERSUS ADDITIONAL DIRECTOR OF INCOME TAX (and connected matters)The Supreme Court on Thursday (July 24) ruled that the existence of a Permanent Establishment (PE) is sufficient to attract tax liability for a foreign entity in India, even in the absence of exclusive possession of a fixed place of...

Arbitration Half Yearly Digest 2025- Part 2

Supreme Court Arbitral Tribunal Can Proceed Against Party Though They Weren't Served With S.21 Notice Or Made Party In S.11 Application : Supreme Court Case Title: ADAVYA PROJECTS PVT. LTD. VERSUS M/S VISHAL STRUCTURALS PVT. LTD. & ORS., CIVIL APPEAL NO. 5297 OF 2025 Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 439 The Supreme Court recently observed that not being served with the notice invoking arbitration under Section 21 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, and not being made a...

IBC Weekly Round-Up: 14th July To 20th July 2025

High Court Writ Jurisdiction Cannot Be Invoked When Party Has Already Approached DRT Under SARFAESI Act: Delhi High Court Case Title: Bhadra International India Pvt. Ltd. & Ors. v. Punjab national Bank & Ors. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 823 The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition while upholding that if a borrower has already approached the Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT) under the SARFAESI Act, for a one-time settlement, a writ seeking the same relief under...

Tax Weekly Round-Up: July 14 - July 20, 2025

SUPREME COURTStem Cell Banking Services Qualify As "Healthcare Services" In Service Tax Exemption Notification : Supreme CourtCase : M/S. STEMCYTE INDIA THERAPEUTICS PVT. LTD vs COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND SERVICE TAX, AHMEDABAD - IIICase no.: CIVIL APPEAL NOS. 3816-3817 OF 2025The Supreme Court held that stem cell banking services, including enrolment, collection, processing, and storage of umbilical cord blood stem cells, constitute “Healthcare Services” which were exempted from service...

Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code Half-Yearly Digest 2025

Supreme Court Homebuyers File Review Petition Against Supreme Court Judgment Holding Greater Noida Industrial Authority A 'Secured Creditor' Under IBC Case Title: Blossom Zest Flat Buyers Welfare Association v. Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority and Ors. A plea has been filed before the Supreme Court seeking review of its judgment dated February 12, 2024 which classified Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority as a 'secured creditor' for the purposes of...

Arbitration Half Yearly Digest 2025- Part 1

Supreme Court High Court's Interference Under Article 226/227 Permissible Only If Arbitral Tribunal's Order Is Patently Perverse : Supreme Court Case Title: SEROSOFT SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. VERSUS DEXTER CAPITAL ADVISORS PVT. LTD. Citation : 2025 LiveLaw (SC) 14 The Supreme Court today criticized the High Court's intervention under its Writ Jurisdiction in the Arbitral Proceedings, where it had directed the Arbitral Tribunal to grant additional time for one party to cross-examine...