Commercial vehicle depreciation, scientifically determined warranty provisions and exempt-income disallowances were resolved in favour of the taxpayer...
Inherited property sale proceeds require capital-gains treatment where ownership is supported by evidence, not suspicion or unverified signature doubt...
Cross-examination of retracted statements is essential where foundational evidence supports a benami allegation and documented funding explanations re...
Capital-goods exemption covers plant-modernisation accessories, while the import restriction applies only to earlier capital-goods components and spar...
Constitutional judicial review permits challenges to ECIRs and connected money-laundering proceedings where coercive action affects fundamental intere...
Rejection of refund claim - finalization of provisional assessment or not - A provisional assessment will always remain as a provisional one. There is no shortcut as a deemed finalization since the authorities can only collect the tax/duty as permissible under law. Hence, the non-finalization of the provisional assessment has lead to a situation where the duty paid by the unsuspecting assessee has been retained in full without following the process of law since it is observed that a provisional assessment will not automatically become final but the same has to be taken to its logical conclusion by passing a final order. - AT
Rejection of refund claim - finalization of provisional assessment or not - A provisional assessment will always remain as a provisional one. There is no shortcut as a deemed finalization since the authorities can only collect the tax/duty as permissible under law. Hence, the non-finalization of the provisional assessment has lead to a situation where the duty paid by the unsuspecting assessee has been retained in full without following the process of law since it is observed that a provisional assessment will not automatically become final but the same has to be taken to its logical conclusion by passing a final order. - AT
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