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...
Dishonour of cheque prosecutions require direct involvement by individual officers to impose vicarious liability; independent and non executive directors who lack executive control and pecuniary interest are not in charge of company affairs and cannot be held liable absent specific nexus to the financial transactions, and summons against such directors were quashed. By contrast, a chief financial officer is part of key managerial personnel with primary responsibility for accounting and financial administration; liability for negotiable instrument dishonour was maintained against the CFO and his summons upheld.
Dishonour of cheque prosecutions require direct involvement by individual officers to impose vicarious liability; independent and non executive directors who lack executive control and pecuniary interest are not in charge of company affairs and cannot be held liable absent specific nexus to the financial transactions, and summons against such directors were quashed. By contrast, a chief financial officer is part of key managerial personnel with primary responsibility for accounting and financial administration; liability for negotiable instrument dishonour was maintained against the CFO and his summons upheld.
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