Separate speaking orders on reopening objections are mandatory; deciding them within reassessment invalidates jurisdiction and precludes revival of st...
Compulsorily convertible debentures remain debt before conversion, preventing transfer-pricing and interest-deduction disallowances on the stated fact...
Stock-in-trade transfer taxability follows possession and consideration, not later conveyance registration, limiting deemed-value provisions to the ac...
Section 129 transit penalties may operate on a strict-liability basis, but still require proof of a statutory breach attracting the penalty. Where invoices, e-way bills and bilty documents matched the goods, the buyer was identifiable, and historical records supported use of its former address, a repeated consignee-address entry was treated as a bona fide documentary error. In the absence of evidence of a fictitious purchaser, diversion, clandestine unloading, value suppression, or tax evasion, the discrepancy did not establish a substantive transit violation. The transit penalty and consequential recovery were annulled, while tax lawfully payable on the supply remained unaffected.
Section 129 transit penalties may operate on a strict-liability basis, but still require proof of a statutory breach attracting the penalty. Where invoices, e-way bills and bilty documents matched the goods, the buyer was identifiable, and historical records supported use of its former address, a repeated consignee-address entry was treated as a bona fide documentary error. In the absence of evidence of a fictitious purchaser, diversion, clandestine unloading, value suppression, or tax evasion, the discrepancy did not establish a substantive transit violation. The transit penalty and consequential recovery were annulled, while tax lawfully payable on the supply remained unaffected.
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