The Tax Payer Service Centre functions as a single-window facility for importers, exporters, customs brokers and other trade members to submit taxpayer queries, complaints and grievances. Each submission receives an immediate unique acknowledgement number for future reference and tracking. Disposal of submitted matters is monitored to secure prompt and effective handling. The facility operates in addition to the Centralised Receipt Section as a trade-facilitation and taxpayer-service measure.

Canara Bank's critical banking computer resources and associated dependencies are protected systems under section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Access is confined to bank employees with written authorisation, authorised contractual managed-service-provider or third-party-vendor team members requiring need-based access, and consultants, regulators, Government officials, auditors and stakeholders with case-specific written authorisation. Protected-system status takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Protected-system status under section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 applies to Bank of Baroda's Core Banking Solution, payment systems, Automated Teller Machine Switch, Unified Payments Interface Switch, and associated computer-resource dependencies. Access is limited to employees, managed-service providers, vendors, consultants, regulators, government officials, auditors, and stakeholders holding written authorisation, subject to need-based or case-specific conditions.

Tax Payers' Service Centre functions as a single-window system for receiving and handling taxpayer queries, complaints and grievances. Located at a ground-floor cabin adjacent to the RMS Facilitation Centre, it enables importers, exporters and other stakeholders to submit tax-related queries in person or through email, telephone and letters. The Centre supports taxpayer outreach, compliance assistance, grievance handling and ease-of-doing-business measures.

Past Social Welfare Surcharge debits made through duty credit scrips under applicable import schemes are accepted as revenue duly collected, and cash recovery is not to be insisted upon. For Bills of Entry filed before 11 January 2020 without use of a duty credit scrip for SWS, reassessment cannot be allowed merely to introduce a scrip subsequently.

Central Government designated Cyber Forensics Laboratory, Navy Cyber Group, Talkatora Annex, New Delhi as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence within India under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Authorised functions were confined to computer (media) forensics, excluding floppy disk drives, and mobile devices forensics. The designation was rescinded on 27 November 2024.

Critical telecom network infrastructure is designated as Protected Systems under section 70(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 where the specified computer resources constitute Critical Information Infrastructure. The designation extends to computer resources associated with, and dependencies of, each listed network element. International Border Gateway Routers and Element Management Systems within every licensed telecom service provider's network fall within this protected scope.

Settlement under the Vivad se Vishwas Scheme for an assessment completed under section 143(3) does not settle a separate reassessment made under section 147 read with section 144B. Dismissal of an appeal on the assumption that the reassessment dispute was settled is unsustainable where the scheme settlement concerns only the separate regular assessment. The contested reassessment issues require adjudication on their merits by the appellate authority.

Critical banking computer resources comprising ICICI Bank's Core Banking Solution, Real Time Gross Settlement, National Electronic Fund Transfer and Structured Financial Messaging Server are declared protected systems under the Information Technology Act, 2000. Associated computer-resource dependencies are also covered. Access is limited to authorised bank employees, authorised managed-service-provider or third-party-vendor personnel requiring need-based access, and case-by-case authorised consultants, regulators, government officials, auditors and stakeholders.

Section 50C requires the prescribed stamp-duty value to be adopted for capital-gains computation where declared consideration is lower, subject to the valuation mechanism under Section 50C(2). Land valuation must adequately reflect material factors affecting value, including road and transport access, location, size, timing, amenities and future potential. Where those factors are not properly considered, the valuation may be excessive. On the stated facts, the Section 50C addition was restricted, with the determination confined to the particular assessment circumstances rather than treated as a general precedent.

Shri Amitesh Kumar Sinha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, was designated as the Designated Officer for the procedure governing blocking of public access to information under section 69A(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, read with rule 3 of the 2009 procedural and safeguards rules. The designation replaced an earlier designation and was subsequently superseded in October 2023.

Customs arrangements for 24x7 working and extended functioning of assessment groups, docks and laboratory facilities are modified by deleting the words "in China" from paragraph 2. The change removes a geographic qualification from that provision. All other provisions, operational arrangements and requirements relating to the extended customs working framework remain unchanged.

Valuation for an addition arising from the difference between purchase consideration and property value under Section 56(2)(vii)(b) must reflect material adverse features affecting the land. High-voltage transmission lines and electricity towers rendered substantial portions unusable, while lack of direct highway access and monsoon-season approach further reduced value. Comparable sale instances must be shown to be adjoining or otherwise sufficiently comparable. A uniform valuation of Rs. 510 per square metre was excessive in these circumstances. Both land parcels should be valued uniformly at Rs. 450 per square metre, with the addition recomputed accordingly.

UCC (Un-cleared Cargo Clearance) software operates as a shared electronic platform for tracking containers pending disposal and monitoring disposal-related pendency. Deputy and Assistant Commissioners assigned to Docks and Groups function as superusers, while Superintendents and Appraisers function as sub-users. Trained personnel must regularly update pendency positions through the UCC website, and operational difficulties may be escalated to the designated disposal-section office.

The Group Coordinator (Cyber Law) in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is designated as the Designated Officer for the procedure governing blocking of public access to information. The designation is made under section 69A(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, read with rule 3 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009.

UCC data management is mandatory for disposal of longstanding containers through auction or destruction. Container Freight Stations must complete prescribed checklists before submitting auction or destruction files and before out-of-charge for successful auction bids, with verification by disposal officers. Checklists may be printed only after required UCC updates. UCC records must also be updated for customs-auction adjudication, adjudication concerning redemption of confiscated goods, and re-export proceedings.

Application of the notice requirement under section 143(2) to block assessments under Chapter XIV-B involves the statutory qualification "so far as may be", the proviso prescribing the notice time limit, and compliance with principles of natural justice, including audi alteram partem. The key legal focus is whether and how the regular assessment notice procedure and its temporal limits operate within the special block-assessment framework.

Notice under section 143(2) in a block assessment under Chapter XIV-B raises the extent to which regular assessment procedures apply so far as may be. The key issues concern whether the proviso prescribing the notice time limit governs such block assessments and whether timely notice is required to satisfy audi alteram partem requirements.

Section 80P(2)(d) permits a co-operative society to deduct interest income derived from investments or deposits with another co-operative society. Section 80P(4) prevents a co-operative bank from claiming deduction under Section 80P but does not alter its status as a co-operative society registered under applicable State co-operative societies law. Interest received by a co-operative society on deposits with co-operative banks therefore qualifies for deduction under Section 80P(2)(d).

The Central Government, exercising its powers under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, designates Cyber Forensic Division, State Forensics Science Laboratory, Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence within India. Its authorised scope is confined to computer (media) forensics, excluding floppy disk drives, and mobile devices forensics.