Delhi HC Rejects Congress' Plea Against Tax Re-Assessment Proceeding by I-T Dept
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC Rejects Congress' Plea Against Tax Re-Assessment Proceeding by I-T Dept

News 18  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the pleas moved by the Congress party against the initiation of income tax re-assessment proceedings against it for four years by the tax authorities. Earlier on March 22, the court dismissed the petitions filed by Congress to challenge the re-assessment proceedings for assessment years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17. The latest four petitions for other assessment years in relation to which IT Department has initiated their proceedings, were dismissed by the court on similar grounds on Thursday. Launching an attack on the ruling BJP government, Congress has accused the Union government of attempting to financially “cripple” the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

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Tax Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024
1 week, 1 day ago

Tax Weekly Round-Up: December 09 - December 15, 2024

Live Law  

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'HC Was Not Right' : Supreme Court Questions Delhi HC For Asking Congress To Approach ITAT To Stay Tax Recovery
4 months ago

'HC Was Not Right' : Supreme Court Questions Delhi HC For Asking Congress To Approach ITAT To Stay Tax Recovery

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, today, issued notice on the petition filed by the Indian National Congress against the Delhi High Court rejecting its application for a stay on the recovery of income tax demand for an Assessment Year 2018-2019. The Division Bench of the High Court had refused to re-examine or reconsider the questions decided by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal …

Direct Tax Cases Quarterly Digest 2024
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Direct Tax Cases Quarterly Digest 2024

Live Law  

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I-T Reprieve for Congress Till Polls
8 months, 3 weeks ago

I-T Reprieve for Congress Till Polls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: In a major reprieve to the Congress, the income-tax department on Monday told the Supreme Court that it will not take coercive action against the party for the tax demand notices of over Rs.3,500 crore in view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Augustine George Masih recorded the statement of Solicitor-General …

Congress gets ₹1,700 crore I-T notice in fresh setback ahead of Lok Sabha elections
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress gets ₹1,700 crore I-T notice in fresh setback ahead of Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

Congress's financial woes have worsened ahead of the Lok Sabha elections with the tax authorities serving the grand old party a notice of around ₹1,700 crore, reported PTI hours after the Delhi high court dismissed the party's petition challenging the reassessment proceedings for four years. The income tax department served the notice of ₹1,700 crore including penalty and interest for …

Congress’ plea against tax re-assessment by I-T authorities dismissed by Delhi High Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress’ plea against tax re-assessment by I-T authorities dismissed by Delhi High Court

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected the Congress’s plea challenging the initiation of tax reassessment proceedings against it for assessment years 2017 to 2021 by tax authorities. On March 22, the court had rejected the Congress’s plea challenging initiation of reassessment proceedings pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. While rejecting the plea, the High Court said the Income …

Delhi HC dismisses Congress' plea against tax re-assessment by IT authorities
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC dismisses Congress' plea against tax re-assessment by IT authorities

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court dismissed petitions filed by Congress challenging the initiation of tax re-assessment proceedings against it for a period of four years by tax authorities. In the earlier petition, which was dismissed last week, the Congress party had challenged the initiation of re-assessment proceedings pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. The High Court had previously …

Delhi High Court rejects Congress pleas against tax reassessment proceedings
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court rejects Congress pleas against tax reassessment proceedings

India Today  

The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed four fresh petitions moved by the Congress party, challenging the Income Tax reassessment proceedings initiated against it. A division bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav rejected the petitions after both the Congress and the Income Tax Department agreed that the latest petitions stand covered by the judgment recently pronounced by …

Congress suffers setback as HC rejects its plea on tax assessment
9 months ago

Congress suffers setback as HC rejects its plea on tax assessment

Hindustan Times  

The Income Tax department’s has “substantial and concrete” evidence to seek further scrutiny and examination of unaccounted income earned by the Indian National Congress in the assessment years from 2014-15 to 2020-21, the Delhi high court said in an order on Friday, specifically mentioning what it said appeared to be “unaccounted transfers” in three of these years by Hyderabad-based Megha …

Delhi High Court rejects Congress’s plea against tax reassessment
9 months ago

Delhi High Court rejects Congress’s plea against tax reassessment

The Hindu  

In a huge setback to the Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the Delhi High Court on Friday rejected its pleas challenging the reassessment proceedings initiated against it by the Income Tax department. The Congress has challenged initiation of proceedings under Section 153C of the Income Tax Act for assessment pertaining to assessment years 2014-15 to 2016-17. The I-T …

Delhi HC reserves order on Congress’s pleas against tax reassessment proceedings
9 months ago

Delhi HC reserves order on Congress’s pleas against tax reassessment proceedings

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the Congress’s plea against the tax reassessment proceedings initiated against it by the Income Tax department for three successive years from 2014-15. Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing the Congress, said the tax reassessment proceedings are barred by limitation and the I-T department could have gone back to a maximum of …

Congress Approaches Delhi HC Against Tax Re-assessment Proceedings
9 months ago

Congress Approaches Delhi HC Against Tax Re-assessment Proceedings

News 18  

The Congress on Wednesday approached the Delhi High Court against tax re-assessment proceedings against it by the authorities. The matter was mentioned by the counsel for the political party before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora which agreed to list it for hearing on Thursday. Recently, the high court had refused to interfere with …

Delhi HC agrees to hear Congress’s plea against tax re-assessment proceedings
9 months ago

Delhi HC agrees to hear Congress’s plea against tax re-assessment proceedings

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed a petition by the Congress against tax re-assessment proceedings against it for hearing on Wednesday. Last week, the High Court had rejected Congress party’s plea challenging an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal declining to stay an Income Tax Department notice for recovery of outstanding tax of more than ₹100 crore. Senior …

Delhi HC dismisses Congress’ plea in tax dues case
9 months, 1 week ago

Delhi HC dismisses Congress’ plea in tax dues case

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea by Congress challenging an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal declining to stay an Income Tax department notice for recovery of outstanding tax of more than ₹100 crore. “The problems that beset the petitioner today are thus, and to a large extent, of its own making,” the High Court said …

I-T department raised tax demand in 2021 but you did not act, Delhi High Court tells Congress
9 months, 1 week ago

I-T department raised tax demand in 2021 but you did not act, Delhi High Court tells Congress

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday reserved its judgment on the Congress’s plea challenging an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal that refused to stay a notice issued by the Income Tax department for recovery of outstanding dues of more than ₹100 crore. ‘Balanced view’ The High Court, however, told the Congress’s counsel that though the tax demand was …

Congress Moves Delhi High Court In Tax Penalty Case
9 months, 1 week ago

Congress Moves Delhi High Court In Tax Penalty Case

News 18  

The Congress on Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging the dismissal of its plea by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal against the imposition of penalties for discrepancies in certain tax returns. The matter was mentioned by senior advocate Vivek Tankha before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela. Last week, the ITAT had dismissed …

IT tribunal dismisses Congress' plea against action by tax authorities
9 months, 2 weeks ago

IT tribunal dismisses Congress' plea against action by tax authorities

Hindustan Times  

​The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on Friday dismissed the Congress’s appeal against action by tax authorities over alleged discrepancies in tax returns that the party says has crippled its functioning just weeks ahead of general elections. IT authorities have attached ₹65 crore from five bank accounts of the Congress and its youth and students’ wings against the lien of ₹115 …

Tribunal dismisses Congress plea to stay action against bank accounts, party to move HC
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Tribunal dismisses Congress plea to stay action against bank accounts, party to move HC

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a major setback to the Congress party, the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal on Friday rejected its plea to stay action against its bank accounts. The Congress' main bank accounts were frozen on February 16 over an Income Tax demand of Rs 210 crore for the 2018-19 FY as recovery over a 45-day delay in filing returns and …

I-T Appellate Tribunal reserves order on Cong plea against ₹65 cr tax recovery
10 months ago

I-T Appellate Tribunal reserves order on Cong plea against ₹65 cr tax recovery

Live Mint  

Income Tax Appellate Tribunal reserved order on the plea by Congress seeking a stay against I-T Department's proceedings of recovery and freezing of the grand old party's bank accounts. The Income Tax Department had recovered ₹65 crore from the accounts of the Indian National Congress out of the total outstanding tax dues of ₹115 crore. The Congress' main bank accounts …

Reopening Of Income Tax Assessments : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court's Guidelines To Tax Dept
10 months, 1 week ago

Reopening Of Income Tax Assessments : Supreme Court Refuses To Interfere With Delhi High Court's Guidelines To Tax Dept

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has refused to interfere with a 2017 Delhi High Court judgment which issued a set of guidelines to the Income Tax Department regarding the reopening of assessments.A bench comprising Justice PS Narasimha and Justice Aravind Kumar dismissed a Special Leave Petition filed by the Income Tax Department in 2018 against the 2017 High Court verdict.The Delhi High …

Delhi High Court Directs Dept. To Consider ITC Refund In Light Of CBIC Circular Extending Benefit Of Exclusion Period
10 months, 1 week ago

Delhi High Court Directs Dept. To Consider ITC Refund In Light Of CBIC Circular Extending Benefit Of Exclusion Period

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the department to consider refunding the input tax credit in light of the circular issued by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs extending the benefit of the exclusion period.The bench of Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva and Justice Ravinder Dudeja has observed that the benefit of exclusion of the period from March 1, 2020, …

Delhi HC dismisses NewsClick’s plea seeking stay on I-T dept demand
1 year ago

Delhi HC dismisses NewsClick’s plea seeking stay on I-T dept demand

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi high court on Tuesday refused to set aside a demand raised by the Income Tax department from news portal NewsClick for allegedly receiving predetermined foreign remittances from the Justice and Education Fund, observing that the portal has a “lot to answer for” in terms of its financial dealings. Delhi high court refuses to stay a demand raised by …

Delhi High Court dismisses China-funded NewsClick’s plea challenging orders passed by Income Tax Dept, demanding stay: Details
1 year ago

Delhi High Court dismisses China-funded NewsClick’s plea challenging orders passed by Income Tax Dept, demanding stay: Details

Op India  

The Delhi High Court has dismissed the News Portal NewsClick plea challenging the orders dated November 3 and February 20 passed by the Income Tax Department and said it has not been able to make out a prima facie case in its favour. Newclick recently approached the Delhi High Court, challenging the orders dated November 3rd and February 20th, passed …

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Review Plea Against CBI Probe Into UP Assembly Staff Recruitment 'Irregularities'
1 year, 2 months ago

Allahabad High Court Dismisses Review Plea Against CBI Probe Into UP Assembly Staff Recruitment 'Irregularities'

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday dismissed a review plea filed by the UP Vidhan Parishad against an order of the HC passed last month directing the CBI to conduct a preliminary probe into the 'irregularities' in the recruitment of staff for the secretariat of the State Legislative Assembly and Council in 2022-23.The bench of Justice Attau Rahman Masoodi and …

Civil Services Exam 2023: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking 10% Reduction In CSAT Cut-Off
1 year, 3 months ago

Civil Services Exam 2023: Delhi High Court Dismisses Plea Seeking 10% Reduction In CSAT Cut-Off

Live Law  

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Delhi high court dismisses Gandhis’, AAP pleas against I-T assessment transfer
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi high court dismisses Gandhis’, AAP pleas against I-T assessment transfer

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday dismissed a batch of nine petitions including three by Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and another by the Aam Aadmi Party that challenged the orders of the income tax department to transfer their tax assessment from the faceless assessment to the central circle. Former president Sonia Gandhi, …

Delhi HC dismisses plea for hate speech FIR against BJP leaders
2 years, 6 months ago

Delhi HC dismisses plea for hate speech FIR against BJP leaders

The Hindu  

The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition by CPI leaders Brinda Karat and K.M. Tiwari challenging the trial court's refusal to direct the registration of an FIR against Union Minister Anurag Thakur and his BJP colleague and MP Pravesh Verma for their alleged hate speeches concerning anti-CAA protest at Shaheen Bagh here. The high court said “The court …

Delhi HC DB To Hear Plea Seeking To Transfer Work Of Chargesheet Scrutiny From Prosecutors To Legal Division Of Police
3 years, 10 months ago

Delhi HC DB To Hear Plea Seeking To Transfer Work Of Chargesheet Scrutiny From Prosecutors To Legal Division Of Police

Live Law  

A single judge bench of Justice Prathiba Singh of Delhi High Court has marked and transferred to a division bench, a writ petition seeking the transfer of the work of scrutiny of chargesheets from public prosecutors to the legal division of the Delhi Police. Filed by the Delhi Prosecutors' Welfare Association, which identifies itself as a registered association of all …

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