Punjab and Haryana High Court: A single judge bench consisting of Justice Jagmohan Bansal struck down the order of the Labour Court that ordered payment of overtime wages to a pump operator. The High Court held that the Labour Court was not competent to decide such claims, as Section 33C only applies for the computation of pre-existing benefits; it cannot …
The Madras High Court has held that the claim of foreign tax credit cannot be denied in spite of accepting the computation.The bench of Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy, on examining the company tax return and the activity statements, appears prima facie that the petitioner has remitted taxes through the Australian branch. The Madras High Court has held that the claim of …
The Delhi High Court has ruled that in a suit filed by a party, the time spent by the opposite party in pursuing its application under Section 8 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996, cannot be excluded for the purpose of computation of the limitation period for filing the counter-claims by the opposite party before the Arbitral Tribunal. Section …
The Kolkata Bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, consisting of Aby T Varkey and Girish Agarwal, has directed the assessing officer to allow the depreciation on molasses tanks by making the correct computation of new assets. The CIT, in respect of the claim of depreciation on the molasses tank, directed the AO to allow depreciation after verifying that the …
The Rajasthan High Court has observed that an employee must receive gratuity, either under the Payment Of Gratuity Act 1972 or under the Regulations framed by the bank, whichever is more beneficial. The employee, therefore, can claim gratuity either under the Act of 1972 or under the regulations framed by the bank, but cannot claim the benefit under both the …