This Digest of case laws is prepared by KSA Legal and AIFTP from judgements reported in BCAJ, CTR, DTR, ITD, ITR, ITR (Trib), Chamber's Journal, SOT, Taxman, TTJ, BCAJ, ACAJ, www.itatonline.org and other journals
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Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2007

S. 169: Service of notice in certain circumstances – Show cause notice and consequential orders – Required to be signed by concerned officer and same had to be affixed with digital signature if they were up loaded on GST portal .[ Art , 226 ]

Railsys Engineers Pvt Ltd v. Add.CIT ( 2022) ( 65) G.S.T.L. 159 ( Delhi)( HC)

S. 74 : Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed , or utilised by reason of fraud or any wilful – misstatement or suppression of facts – Adjudication – Natural justice – Adjudication – Show cause notice – Recovery – Strictures against department – Commissioner of Sate Tax directed to issue appropriate guidelines /circular / notification elaborating the procedure for issuance of show cause notice , adjudicating and recovery proceedings . [ S. 73(5), 74(1), 74(5) , Art , 226 ]

Godavari Commodities Ltd v. State of Jharkhand ( 2022) (65) G.S.T.L. 194 ( Jharkhand )(HC)

S. 69 :Unexplained investments -Peak credit – Amount disclosed and offered in one assessment year – Revenue bifurcating in to two assessment year – Rate of tax in same in both assessment year – Appeal of Revenue dismissed as there is no loss to Revenue . [ S. 132(4)]

PCIT v. Shri Krishan Lal Madhok ( 2022) BCAJ – November -P. 56 ( Delhi)( HC)

S .14A : Disallowance of expenditure – Exempt income – Dividend income from overseas company in Oman – No tax is payable on said dividend in India- Provision of section 14A is not attracted – DTAA -India – Oman .[ S. 2(45), 5,90(2)) R.8D , Art , 25 ]

PCIT v. IFFFCO Ltd ( 2022) BCAJ- November – P. 55 ( Delhi)( HC)

S. 276B : Offences and prosecutions – Failure to pay to the credit tax deducted at source -Compounding application – Failure to dispose the compounding application by the Principal Commissioner – Directed the Principal Commissioner to dispose the pending compounding application with in the period of three months from to day and not later than 27 th February 2023 . [ S. 204 ,278B ,279(2)), Art , 226 ]

Hemant Lalwani v .ITO ( Bom)(HC) www.itatonline.org

S. 68: Cash credits – Foreign bank deposits – HSBC account – Non -Resident – Merely on the basis of ‘base note’ addition cannot be made in the hands of non -Resident – Deletion of addition is affirmed . [ S. 5(2), 6 , 147, 148]

DCIT v. Manish Vijay Mehta ( Mum)( Trib) www.itatonline .org DCIT v. Urvi Manish Mehta ( Mum)( Trib) www.itatonline .org

Central Goods and Service Tax Act , 2017 .

S. 107 : Appeals to Appellate Authority – Certified copy of assessment order – Non submission of certified copy of assessment order while filing the appeal – Technical defect – Writ is allowed- Appellate Authority was directed to dispose of the appeal with reasoned order in accordance with law [ Odisha Goods and Service tax Act, 2017 , S. 107, Limitation Act , 1963 , S .5 , Art , 226 ]

Atlas Pvc Pipes Ltd v. State of Odhisha (2022) (65) G.S.T.L.45O (Orisa)(HC)

Central Goods and Service Tax Act , 2017 .

S. 16: Input tax credit – Eligibility and conditions for taking input tax credit – Scrutiny of returns – Conversion of partnership firm into Private Limited company – ITC claim made to jurisdictional GST officer in another State should not be rejected due to change in GSTIN as a result of change of partnership in to private limited Company [ S.61, Art , 226 ]

Travancore Mats & Mattings Pvt Ltd (2022) (65) G.S.T.L. 35( Mad)( HC)

S. 148 : Reassessment –Notice – Reasons recorded not furnished – Directions issued to Department to furnish the reasons recorded [ S. 147, Art , 226 ]

Nusli N. Wadia v. ACIT (2022)447 ITR 363 / 142 taxmann.com 333 (Bom)( HC) Editorial: SLP of assessee dismissed, with directions , Nusli N. Wadia v. ACIT (2022) 447 ITR 376 / 142 taxmann.com 334 (SC)

S. 147 : Reassessment –With in four years- Reason must be based on tangible material —Change of opinion -Assessment order did not mention these issues not material — Reasons cannot be improved or supplemented or substituted by affidavit or oral submissions- Notices and order rejecting objections quashed and set aside .[ 142(1), 143(2), 148 , Art , 226 ]

Golden Tobacco Ltd. v. ACIT (2022)447 ITR 736/ 285 Taxman 688 (Bom) (HC)