Deductibility for charitable donations affirmed where payments to approved relief funds, even if CSR-driven, qualify under the donation deduction sche...
Mis-declaration in import descriptions must be deliberate to justify confiscation; withheld contemporaneous import documents invalidate value redeterm...
Liability for EPCG export shortfall: duty and interest sustained, but confiscation and penalties quashed where no fraud and causes beyond importer con...
Whether transfer of leasehold rights attracts GST: the court held that assignment/sale/transfer of leasehold rights by an allottee to a third-party transferee constitutes transfer of benefits arising out of immovable property and therefore falls outside the taxable supply of services under the GST statute; Gujarat High Court precedent to that effect is treated as binding on the authorities below. Consequence: the show-cause notice issued under Section 74(1) challenging non-payment of GST on such transfers was invalidated and quashed; the writ petition was allowed. - HC
Whether transfer of leasehold rights attracts GST: the court held that assignment/sale/transfer of leasehold rights by an allottee to a third-party transferee constitutes transfer of benefits arising out of immovable property and therefore falls outside the taxable supply of services under the GST statute; Gujarat High Court precedent to that effect is treated as binding on the authorities below. Consequence: the show-cause notice issued under Section 74(1) challenging non-payment of GST on such transfers was invalidated and quashed; the writ petition was allowed. - HC
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