Pre-trial bail granted where custodial period, documentary prosecution, and magistrate-triable offence favor release subject to surety and no witness ...
Allowability of Salary Exemptions: Form 16 entries can substantiate HRA and other salary exemptions, and home loan interest is deductible for a self-o...
Capital gains exemption: payment for plot, architect fees and bona fide commencement of construction can satisfy utilisation requirement and secure re...
Central excise valuation rules applied to coal sales: the Tribunal held royalty is includible in transaction value for the normal limitation period though not for the extended period; consequential duty demand on royalty confirmed for the normal period but set aside for extended limitation because there was no intent to evade. Amounts collected as stowing excise duty, forest transit fee, state rural infrastructure and road tax, entry tax, terminal tax, development and environment cess, and duty on captive consumption are characterised as taxes or exempted levies and excluded from assessable value; related penalties and interest were also quashed.
Central excise valuation rules applied to coal sales: the Tribunal held royalty is includible in transaction value for the normal limitation period though not for the extended period; consequential duty demand on royalty confirmed for the normal period but set aside for extended limitation because there was no intent to evade. Amounts collected as stowing excise duty, forest transit fee, state rural infrastructure and road tax, entry tax, terminal tax, development and environment cess, and duty on captive consumption are characterised as taxes or exempted levies and excluded from assessable value; related penalties and interest were also quashed.
Note: It is a system-generated summary and is for quick reference only.