S. 23 : Income from house property-Annual value–Arrears of rent – Arrears of rent accruing in a prior years, not received in those years, could not be assessed in a subsequent year when same were received as income from house property-Arrears of rent attributable to preceding years cannot be brought to tax under the head income from other sources-Provision of section 25B inserted by Finance Act, 2000 with effect from 1-4-2001 would apply prospectively. [S. 22, 25B, 56]
S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-Recording of satisfaction-AO has not recorded the satisfaction how the disallowance made by the Assessee is not correct–Deletion of disallowance by the Tribunal is affirmed. [R. 8D]
S. 14A : Disallowance of expenditure-Exempt income-In the absence of any exempt income, disallowance is not permissible. [R. 8D]
S. 12AA : Procedure for registration–Trust or institution- Charitable purpose-Cancellation of registration is held to be not valid- Orders made by the CIT and ITAT are quashed and the registration held by the GIDC is ordered to be revived. [S. 2(15), 11, 12A]
S. 10(23AAA) : Funds established for welfare of employees-No renewal was required once a Pension fund set up by assessee approved by concerned authority. [S.10(25), 12A]
S. 4 : Charge of income-tax–Capital or revenue–Business of accepting deposits from members and lending the same to non members-Waiver of deposit–Waiver of principal component of deposits and debentures–Capital receipts. [S. 28(i)]
Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017/ Gujarat Goods an Services Act , 2017 .
GST – Search & Seizure- The action of the GST authorities of camping in the assessee’s home for 8 days and placing him under house arrest is illegal & a blatant abuse of powers. It has shocked the conscience of the court.
Appeal – Supreme Court -Condonation of delay- The special leave petition has been filed after a delay of 387 days with further delay of 302 days in refiling- This is one more case which we have defined as “Certificate Cases” – Administration directed to hold an inquiry into the aspect as to who is responsible for such inordinate delay and take suitable action against the officers concerned [ .Limitation Act ,1963, S.5 ]
S. 254(1): Appellate Tribunal- Duties- Relying on the case laws not cited by both the parties- Not dealing with the case law cited by the representative of the assessee- Matter remanded to the Tribunal to pass the fresh order . [ S.80IB (10) ]
S. 253 : Appellate Tribunal – Condonation of delay of 318 days- Delay “Useless advice” by a professional to not file appeal and to instead file a Cross Objection if Revenue filed the appeal cannot help the assessee because there was always going to be a chance that Revenue might not file appeal- Delay is not condoned .[ S.253(3), 254(1) ]