
Audit Report Filed During Assessment Satisfies Section 80-IB Requirement: Allahabad HC
Allahabad HC held Section 80-IA(7) audit-report filing timeline directory and allowed Section 80-IB deduction when filed during assessment.

Predicate Offence Stay Keeps PMLA Attachment in Abeyance: Karnataka HC

PMLA Proceedings Cannot Survive After Predicate FIR Is Quashed: Delhi HC

Section 11 Exemption Cannot Be Denied to Educational Trust Merely for Charging Extra Fees: ITAT Cuttack

LME Price Cannot Replace Contemporaneous Import Value for Aluminium Scrap Valuation: CESTAT Ahmedabad

Section 148 Notice Giving “Within 30 Days” Invalid; Reassessment Quashed: ITAT Mumbai

Books Cannot Be Rejected for Non-Audit Without Defects; Unexplained Investment Addition Deleted: ITAT Mumbai

Interest Expense Allowed; Unexplained Investment Issues Remanded for Verification: ITAT Mumbai

ITAT Mumbai Deletes Estimated Dividend Addition on Shares Not Registered in Assessee’s Name

Physical GST Registration Revocation Application Allowed After Online Time Limit Expired: Telangana HC

Writ Against GST SCN Involving Disputed Facts Not Maintainable: Punjab & Haryana HC

Selecting “No” for Personal Hearing Cannot Override CGST Section 75(4) Mandate: Gujarat HC

Anticipatory Bail U/S 438 CrPC Not Maintainable at GST Summons Stage: Telangana HC

Income Tax Refund Cannot Be Adjusted Against Tax Dues During IBC Moratorium: NCLT Hyderabad

SC Refuses Writ Interference Where Income Tax Appeal Remedy Was Available

Allahabad HC Stays Society Audit Order Over ₹1.50 Lakh Plus GST Fee

Section 32A Clean Slate Applies to Going-Concern Sale During Liquidation: NCLAT Delhi

Gold Dore Imports Must Satisfy Customs Notification Conditions: Delhi HC

Bank Guarantee Cannot Be Insisted for Provisional Release When Custom Duty Undetermined: Madras HC

No Ruling Pronounced: CAAR Delhi Allows Withdrawal of Apple’s IC Module Applications

Die-Cut Battery Tape Under CTI 85079090; Rolls Under 39191000: CAAR Delhi

CoC’s 75.46% Approval Upheld After Reconsideration of Resolution Plan: NCLT Mumbai

Commercial Restructuring Defence Cannot Replace Findings on Oppression Allegations: NCLAT Delhi

Revival Letters and Financial Statements Keep Section 7 Petition Within Limitation: NCLT Ahmedabad

Consent Arbitral Award Does Not Extinguish Continuing Guarantee: NCLAT Delhi

Tax Technology Transformation: How Automating Compliance Protects CFOs from Audit Risks

ICSI Merit-cum-Means Assistance Scheme 2026: Apply by 25 November

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week Ending 4th October 2026

Analysis of Notifications and Circulars for Week Ending 27th September 2026
Service Tax Cannot Be Deducted From Bills for Exempt Road Construction Services: Patna HC
Patna HC ordered refund of service tax deducted from road contractors despite exemption under Notification No. 12/2012-ST.
Section 41A CrPC Notice Not Mandatory Before Arrest Under Section 69(1) CGST Act: Kerala HC
Kerala HC held Section 41A CrPC notice is not mandatory before GST arrest, though its safeguards must be kept in mind under Section 69(1).
Factory-Used Welding Electrodes Eligible for CENVAT Credit: CESTAT Allahabad
CESTAT Allahabad allows CENVAT credit on welding electrodes used for repair and maintenance of plant and machinery and deletes penalty.

CA Manish Gugliya (FCA, DISA, M.Com.) is a practicing Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of…













