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<title>ITC on Telecommunication Towers Under GST - Excluded From "Plant And Machinery", But Are They Immovable? Part II (Concluding Part) - From Bharti Airtel to GST: When Does the ITC Restriction Apply?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ITC on telecom towers requires first determining whether the particular tower is movable or immovable. Exclusion of towers from plant and machinery does not itself establish immovability. Classification turns on annexation, intended permanence, functionality, and the ability to dismantle, relocate and reassemble the asset. Only if the tower is immovable do the blocked-credit provisions for construction of immovable property and the plant-and-machinery exclusion become relevant. The retrospective alignment of "plant or machinery" with "plant and machinery" resolves terminology but does not replace the threshold classification enquiry.]]></description>
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<title>Advisory on “Multistate Registration” Facility for GST Registration</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Multistate Registration enables normal taxpayers seeking GST registration under the same PAN in more than one State or Union Territory to apply simultaneously. A Master TRN is generated after selection of the intended jurisdictions and must be submitted with Common Registration Information. Individual TRNs are then generated for each selected jurisdiction, with common information auto-populated and editable. Applicants must provide principal and additional places of business, State-specific information, and Aadhaar authentication.]]></description>
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<title>Forward-Looking Survey on Private Corporate Sector CAPEX Investment Intentions (Survey period: October–December 2026)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CAPEX 2026 collects information from selected large private corporate enterprises on past, provisional and intended capital expenditure across asset groups and sectors, including investment strategies, financing, green energy and robotics. Responses are self-compiled through a secure portal with bilingual and digital assistance. Complete, accurate and timely reporting supports validation and aggregate investment indicators. Individual enterprise information is protected through confidentiality safeguards, and unit-level CAPEX data are not disseminated.]]></description>
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<title>CRIT and IIFT Organise Three-Day Orientation Course on Trade Negotiations</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Trade-negotiation capacity-building introduced foundational trade theory and the WTO framework, followed by instruction on treaty interpretation, trade data and dispute settlement. Specialised sessions addressed trade remedies, rules of origin, non-tariff measures, intellectual property rights, digital trade and services. It also considered labour, environmental and sustainability issues, including carbon border adjustment and deforestation requirements, within an increasingly complex global trade environment.]]></description>
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<title>Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Participates in Opening Day of G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Milwauke, U.S</title>
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<description><![CDATA[India maintains public stockholding, procures food from small and marginal farmers, and may adopt temporary, transparent measures during harvest shortfalls to preserve food availability and affordability. These food-security measures are identified as recognised within the WTO framework. A distinction is advanced between legitimate food-security interventions and coercive trade actions used to exert pressure on other countries. G20 Trade Ministers reached consensus on a statement addressing the weaponization of food through coercive trade actions and committed to continued cooperation.]]></description>
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<title>Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code has strengthened credit discipline, improved recovery climate and contributed to ease of doing business: Harsh Malhotra, MoS, Corporate Affairs Ministry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code seeks faster, value-maximising resolutions through legislative responsiveness, technology adoption and adherence to prescribed timelines. Reform priorities include reducing case-disposal delays, speeding consideration of resolution plans, revising admission thresholds, mediation and sector-specific carveouts. The framework is associated with creditor recoveries, rescue of viable businesses and changed debtor-creditor behaviour.]]></description>
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<title>Central Bureau of Narcotics, DNC office, conducts drug abuse and addiction awareness campaign under Operation Jagriti in Lucknow</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Operation Jagriti promotes drug abuse and addiction awareness among students by addressing the harmful effects of substance use and practical prevention measures. Students are encouraged to avoid drugs, spread prevention awareness among peers and communities, and contribute responsibly to the Nasha Mukt Bharat objective of a drug-free India.]]></description>
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<title>RETROSPECTIVE AMENDMENT: THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND ECONOMIC HAZARD</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 124 of the Finance Act, 2025 applies a stricter plant-and-machinery condition to the Section 17(5)(d) exception from blocked input tax credit from 1 July 2017. The change is characterised as substantive rather than clarificatory because it may remove an existing credit entitlement and impose a fresh financial burden on taxpayers that invested in commercial properties for taxable leasing or renting. The proposed approach is prospective operation of any credit restriction, preservation of accrued credits, and suspension of coercive recovery pending functional evaluation.]]></description>
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<title>Requirement of import permit for non-insecticidal use of insecticides</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Import of scheduled insecticides for non-insecticidal purposes requires an import permit, including where the imported substance is acrylonitrile. Applications must be filed in Form IA with the prescribed fee and may be verified through enquiry. Permits ordinarily remain valid for one year, or three years when the importer holds a registration certificate for the pesticide for which the goods are raw material. Form IA requires applicant, premises, proposed import, manufacturing-use, licence, pollution-control, consumption-history and self-certification details. Imports must be for the applicant's own stated requirements and not for sale; incomplete applications may be rejected and incorrect information may lead to cancellation.]]></description>
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<title>Revised composition of the Sub-Committee on Trade Finance under the Niryat Protsahan sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission (EPM)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Sub-Committee on Trade Finance under the Niryat Protsahan sub-scheme of the Export Promotion Mission is reconstituted with a uniform composition for all trade-finance interventions. It has two Co-Chairs, designated members and invitees from relevant trade-finance and credit-guarantee institutions, and the Joint DGFT of the EPM Section acts as Convenor. Additional participants, domain experts and industry representatives may be associated where required for technical appraisal or other purposes.]]></description>
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<title>Non-Resident Deposits - Comprehensive Single Return (NRD-CSR)(R012): Submission under CIMS Sankalan Portal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Banks maintaining non-resident deposit accounts are to file the monthly NRD-CSR return, code R012, through the CIMS Sankalan portal using rationalised bank-wise consolidated reporting formats. Filing may occur through system-to-system integration, XML file upload, or a screen-based web form, with screen-based submission limited to 2,000 records. RBI manages reporting access and channels, while bank admin-users manage user access. The nodal office must submit the return on or before the tenth day of the following month.]]></description>
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<title>Online submission of Form A2: Removal of limits on amount of remittance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Online or physical submission of Form A2 for outward foreign-exchange remittances must be regulated through internal guidelines approved by an Authorised Dealer's Board or by a Board Committee or Management Committee acting under delegated Board powers. Existing requirements governing remittances based on Form A2 and related documents remain unchanged. The directions operate under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and remain subject to permissions or approvals required under other applicable laws.]]></description>
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<title>Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Calls for WTO-Compliant Approach to Correcting Global Trade Distortions at the Concluding Day of G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Milwaukee, U.S.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Global trade distortions should be addressed through WTO-consistent, evidence-based anti-dumping and countervailing measures, without restricting developing countries' policy space for industrialisation. Most-Favoured-Nation treatment, consensus decision-making, special and differential treatment, and a two-tier dispute-settlement system remain central to multilateral trade governance. Imports produced using forced labour are prohibited, while border measures must rely on specific, verifiable evidence, observe due process and WTO rules, and avoid presumptions concerning entire countries, regions or sectors.]]></description>
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<title>APEDA Facilitates Export of Bihar’s Makhana from Purnea to Greece</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Export-oriented market access for Bihar's Makhana is being expanded through a facilitated shipment of popped Makhana from Purnea to Greece. APEDA's support connects producers and exporters with international buyers and strengthens the export value chain. Higher price realisation than domestic selling prices indicates scope for improved producer returns, wider farmer and producer-group participation, and diversification into European markets. Export promotion is linked to a proposed Agri Export Policy and packhouse development.]]></description>
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<title>APEDA Facilitates FPO-led Export of Frozen Food Products from Haryana to Canada</title>
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<description><![CDATA[APEDA facilitated an FPO-led export of frozen food products to Canada by Aterna Foods Producer Company Limited, with support under its Financial Assistance Scheme. The export included frozen vegetables, sweet corn, samosa and other processed food products. Market-linkage initiatives connect Farmer Producer Organisations and Farmer Producer Companies with exporters and global buyers, promoting export-oriented value chains and integrating agricultural produce with processing and international markets.]]></description>
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<title>Government Extends Operational Timelines of RELIEF (Resilience  Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation) Intervention to Support Exporters Amid West Asia Logistics Disruptions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Component II of the RELIEF intervention extends operational timelines for exporters affected by West Asia maritime-logistics disruptions. It encourages eligible exporters to obtain ECGC cover for upcoming shipments to specified regions with 95% risk coverage. Benefits apply to qualifying Stand Alone Policies and Whole Turnover Policies, covering full container load, less than container load, and reefer containers, but excluding energy shipments. Eligible exporters' insurance premium cannot increase beyond the pre-disruption level during the relevant period.]]></description>
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<title>Government Extends Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products ( RoDTEP) Scheme upto 31st December 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RoDTEP Scheme continuation is extended until 31 December 2026 for exports made by Domestic Tariff Area units, Advance Authorisation holders, Special Economic Zone units and Export Oriented Units. The scheme remits embedded, un-rebated Central, State and local duties, taxes and levies borne on exported products. Existing RoDTEP rates and value caps remain unchanged throughout the extension.]]></description>
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<title>DRI cracks down on illegal wildlife trafficking; elephant ivory, leopard skin, live pangolins and tiger parts seized; 11 persons arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Illegal wildlife trafficking operations addressed alleged possession, transportation, and attempted sale of elephant ivory, leopard skin, live pangolins, and tiger parts. Possession without licence and trade in elephant ivory or ivory articles are prohibited under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. Leopards, pangolins, tigers, and their body parts receive Schedule I protection, while pangolins are also listed in CITES Appendix I, prohibiting international trade. Recovered wildlife articles, live animals, and vehicles were transferred or seized for action by forest and specialised wildlife enforcement agencies.]]></description>
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<title>DRI busts two-way gold-diamond smuggling syndicate at Mumbai airport</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An alleged two-way smuggling arrangement involved airport staff receiving foreign-origin gold dust in wax capsules from transit passengers for clandestine removal into India and transferring diamonds to an outbound passenger for illicit export to Dubai. Seizure included 23 capsules of 24-carat foreign-origin gold dust in wax form and natural and lab-grown diamonds. The modus operandi used the same airport employee to facilitate import-side gold smuggling and export-side diamond smuggling.]]></description>
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<title>CBN Madhya Pradesh Unit destroys over 10.84 tonnes of seized narcotic drugs and deposits 154.375 kg of seized opium at GOAW, Neemuch</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Authorised disposal of seized narcotic drugs under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 involved destruction of 10,842.150 kg of contraband through an approved process supervised by the Drug Disposal Committee and attended by a pollution-control representative. Seized opium was separately deposited with the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works as part of the disposal process, aimed at preventing contraband from returning to illicit drug trafficking and ensuring environmentally safe incineration.]]></description>
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<title>CBN Rajasthan Unit seizes 1.080 kg hydroponic weed (ganja) concealed in international parcel from Thailand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seizure under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, covered hydroponic weed (ganja) recovered from an international parcel received from Thailand. The contraband was concealed in cake pouches placed among other packets and articles to camouflage its presence. Specific intelligence prompted examination, recovery, weighing and seizure following due legal procedure, with further investigation in progress.]]></description>
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<title>CBN Madhya Pradesh Unit seizes 4.240 kg opium; one person arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Intelligence-based enforcement under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, resulted in the interception of a motorcycle and recovery of 4.240 kg of opium. The opium and motorcycle used for transportation were seized after legal formalities, and one person was arrested. Investigation continues to trace the contraband's source and intended destination and identify other persons connected with the suspected trafficking network.]]></description>
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<title>Delhi HC extends Section 14 Limitation benefit for claiming construction ITC of past period post Safari Retreats</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Past-period construction ITC claims may be placed before the Adjudicating Authority with a request to exclude time spent in bona fide writ proceedings under Section 14 of the Limitation Act when applying the statutory ITC time limit. The claim is not automatic: eligibility requires factual application of the functionality test, compliance with other conditions, and consideration of the retrospective substitution of 'plant and machinery' in the own-account restriction.]]></description>
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<title>RECENT TRIBUNAL REFORMS IN INDIA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The reforms establish a judiciary-led National Tribunals Commission as a permanent mechanism for tribunal selections, performance review and disciplinary oversight. Judicially led search-cum-selection committees, transparent processes, expert assessment, financial and administrative independence, and a five-year tenure seek to reduce executive discretion and strengthen professional competence. A common framework governs qualifications, appointments, salaries and allowances, resignation, removal and other service conditions across sixteen specified tribunals and appellate bodies.]]></description>
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<title>Change now, otherwise you will be forced to change.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST adjudication safeguards require personal hearing before an adverse decision, confinement of the adjudicated demand to the demand proposed in the show-cause notice, reasoned consideration of the taxpayer's reply, and service through legally valid modes. Personal hearing is mandatory where an adverse decision is contemplated. An adjudication order cannot confirm a demand beyond that proposed in the show-cause notice, and orders must address the taxpayer's response and disclose their factual basis and reasoning.]]></description>
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<title>CLEARANCE OF IMPORTED GOODS AGAINST A POST-FACTO IMPORT AUTHORISATION: A LEGAL ANALYSIS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Post-import authorisation is available only through a warehousing route: the importer must file an into-bond Bill of Entry, execute the warehousing bond, and retain goods under Customs control while obtaining the authorisation. Clearance for home consumption requires an ex-bond Bill of Entry accompanied by the valid authorisation, with duty benefits assessed at that stage. The facility principally concerns freely importable goods and does not regularise prohibited goods; restricted and State Trading Enterprise imports are excluded unless specific relaxation is granted.]]></description>
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<title>No AMP Adjustment Once TNMM Accepted, Rules ITAT Delhi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where AMP expenses form part of operating costs and international transactions have been tested as arm's length under TNMM, separate benchmarking of AMP as an independent international transaction is not supported. Segregating AMP through an additional cost-plus analysis or bright-line approach may distort the operating-margin analysis. A receivables adjustment requires verification whether working-capital adjustments already account for the relevant impact.]]></description>
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<title>WHEN AN EXPIRED E-WAY BILL MEETS A DIFFERENT VEHICLE: THE TECHNICAL-LAPSE DEFENCE BREAKS DOWN</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An expired e-way bill does not by itself establish tax evasion, but expiry coupled with a vehicle wholly different from that recorded in Part B, unexplained delay or route deviation, and absent contemporaneous evidence may constitute substantive transit-documentation non-compliance. Part B must identify the vehicle actually transporting the goods and must be updated after transshipment. Minor-error relaxation does not automatically cover a complete vehicle mismatch. Credible records are required to rebut the presumption arising from movement without a complete and valid e-way bill.]]></description>
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<title>DGFT Revises PSIC Issuance Timeline and Grants One-Time Relaxation for Backlog Certificates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recognised PSIAs receive a one-time seven-day transitional window beginning September 16, 2026 to issue backlog PSICs for inspections conducted before August 25, 2026, where system restrictions prevented issuance. For applicable inspections, each PSIC must be generated and issued within two days from inspection, and the system permits issuance only during that period. Uploading must occur from the same geographical location or country as the inspection. Other provisions of the earlier framework remain operative.]]></description>
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<title>NO FURTHER PRE-DEPOSIT WHEN THE EARLIER DEPOSIT EXCEEDS THE REDUCED DEMAND</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST appellate pre-deposit must be assessed against the tax actually remaining in dispute after first appellate relief. Although deposits at the first appellate and Tribunal stages ordinarily operate cumulatively, they do not create unrelated liabilities arising from the same tax dispute. Where the reduced demand is accepted and an earlier deposit exceeds the aggregate prescribed requirement for the surviving tax, the revenue stands sufficiently secured and no duplicate deposit is required. Tribunal fee compliance remains an independent condition, and further deposit is necessary where the earlier payment is insufficient.]]></description>
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<title>DGFT Exempts Low-Value Export Consignments up to Rs. 3 Lakh from RCMC Requirement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Paragraph 2.57(c) of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 exempts an export consignment with an FOB value not exceeding Rs. 3,00,000 from the Registration-cum-Membership Certificate or Certificate of Registration requirement otherwise covered by paragraph 2.57. The exemption applies to each consignment, not annual turnover or aggregate exports. Consignments above the threshold remain subject to the existing registration requirement wherever applicable. The limited exemption does not displace other customs, foreign-exchange, tax, licensing, product-specific, shipping, or documentation obligations.]]></description>
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<title>GST refund withholding under Section 54(11) remains available during anti-evasion proceedings without a separate judicial stay.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 54(11) of the CGST Act permits withholding an export IGST refund where the underlying refund order is subject to appeal or other pending proceedings and, after hearing the taxable person, the Commissioner independently concludes that release would adversely affect revenue because of fraud or malfeasance. This statutory safeguard operates without a separate judicial stay; a proposed appeal alone is insufficient, but an already commenced anti-evasion investigation may qualify as pending proceedings. Material concerning allegedly non-genuine or non-operational suppliers and unestablished goods movement supported the withholding. Questions on supply genuineness remained for GSTAT; withholding was sustained and writ relief refused.]]></description>
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<title>Resolution-plan extinguishment bars unfiled GST dues and permits writ review despite a statutory appellate remedy.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Approved resolution plans bind government authorities, extinguishing pre-approval statutory dues not lodged in insolvency proceedings or provided for in the plan, where the plan covers known and unknown, assessed and unassessed claims. Such extinguishment prevents subsequent GST demand notices, adjudication and recovery because determination cannot survive independently of the extinguished liability. The CGST first-charge provision yields to the IBC's overriding effect, and liquidation cannot revive the liability. Writ jurisdiction remains available despite an appellate remedy where proceedings lack jurisdiction and the dispute is a pure legal issue on admitted facts; a pre-deposit appeal need not be pursued.]]></description>
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<title>Section 74 fraud allegations must be particularised; an ITC mismatch alone cannot sustain a notice for wrongful credit.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 74 of the HPGST Act requires a show cause notice to state the foundational facts showing that wrongful availment or utilisation of input tax credit resulted from fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression of facts to evade tax. Bare, alternative recitals of those expressions, without identifying the taxpayer's precise conduct and linking it to the alleged default, do not meet that requirement. An ITC mismatch or short payment alone cannot justify Section 74 unless the notice records supporting reasons and facts. The High Court set aside the defective notice, permitted a fresh notice within 60 days without limitation bar, and kept the challenge to ITC provisions open.]]></description>
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<title>Bail in CGST prosecution: completed investigation and documentary evidence supported release subject to safeguards against trial interference.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bail in a CGST prosecution involving alleged diversion of online-gaming merchant funds was granted because pre-conviction detention is not punitive and must secure attendance at trial. Completed investigation, filing of the complaint, documentary evidence, Magistrate-triable offences, and absence of criminal antecedents or material showing witness tampering, flight risk, repeat offending, or exceptional circumstances meant continued custody was unjustified. Delay likely to prevent trial completion within a reasonable time further supported release, subject to attendance and non-interference safeguards.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory GST appeals remain the appropriate remedy where exemption claims lack substantiation during adjudication proceedings.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST demand challenges founded on claims that supplies were exempt fuelwood and charcoal require substantiation during adjudication; where that defence is not properly supported, the statutory appeal is the appropriate remedy. The taxpayer may clarify an apparently incorrect reference to Form GSTR-8A before the Appellate Authority by filing supporting material. Despite substantial recovery of the confirmed demand, an appeal filed within the permitted period must be decided without applying limitation.]]></description>
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<title>Ex parte GST assessment permits fresh adjudication subject to reply and disputed-tax pre-deposit despite expired appellate limitation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ex parte GST assessment is addressed where statutory appellate limitation prevents appellate recourse. Fresh consideration is contemplated because the demand was made ex parte, provided the taxpayer files a reply to the show-cause notice, treats the impugned order as an addendum, and makes pre-deposit of the disputed tax. The respondent must then decide the matter on merits after hearing the taxpayer. Non-compliance permits proceedings in accordance with law as though the writ petition had been dismissed in limine.]]></description>
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<title>Input tax credit blocking requires use of the prescribed unblocking remedy before writ relief, especially after demand proceedings.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 86A limits restrictions on input tax credit in an electronic credit ledger to one year and provides a statutory route for unblocking. A person whose credit is blocked must approach the Commissioner for an order under Rule 86A(2). Where registration is subsequently cancelled and a demand is determined, unblocking cannot be pursued solely by relying on issues concerning communication of the blocking reasons. The cancellation and demand orders must first be validly challenged; an unblocking request may then be made in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Input tax credit on unpaid consideration attracts interest despite later financial credit-note settlement and retained credit entitlement.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit proportionate to consideration unpaid beyond 180 days must be added to output tax liability, and interest runs from availment until a financial or commercial credit note is received and recorded. A supplier's full waiver through such a credit note leaves no unpaid supply value and permits retention of original-invoice credit because the note does not reduce transaction value or invoice tax; beneficial Board clarifications bind departmental officers. Recorded unpaid balances and a bona fide view, later supported by clarification, do not establish fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression merely because audit detected the issue. The GST demand for credit and penalty fail, while interest for the intervening period remains payable.]]></description>
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<title>Blocked input tax credit for resort construction remains unavailable; interest follows actual utilisation, while delayed payment attracts statutory penalty.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit on goods and services used to construct a resort building and its civil structures is blocked where construction is on the taxable person's own account. The retrospective definition of plant and machinery excludes land, buildings and civil structures; a resort supplying accommodation and restaurant services cannot invoke that exception. Residual credit requires specific proof that inputs are movable assets or qualifying plant and machinery, rather than a general verification request. Interest applies only to wrongly availed credit actually utilised, measured by reduction of the electronic credit ledger below the disputed credit. Failure to pay tax and interest within 30 days of the show cause notice removes penalty immunity. An appellate authority should address cited binding precedent, although fresh final-fact adjudication may cure the omission without prejudice.]]></description>
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<title>Detention authority ends when transit ends; curable e-way bill omissions cannot justify penalties without tax-evasion intent.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 129 confines detention of goods to the period of transit and does not support detention after the vehicle has reached the consignee's registered premises. A promptly corrected Part-B omission in an e-way bill, supported by valid invoices and Part-A details, was treated as a minor procedural lapse that could not justify detention or penalty absent revenue loss or evidence of intent to evade tax. An adjudication order dated before the personal hearing breached audi alteram partem by rendering the hearing ineffective. The detention, tax demand and penalty were set aside, with refund of amounts collected under protest and applicable statutory interest.]]></description>
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<title>Revised anti-profiteering methodology permits project-level ITC recalculation, requiring homebuyer refunds with interest while excluding retrospective penalties.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pending real-estate anti-profiteering investigations may be remanded for fresh project-level computation of input-tax-credit savings and allocation by total area where the earlier methodology is legally unsustainable. A fresh Standing Committee reference is unnecessary where the original reference remains alive and the DGAP acts under remand. The investigation-report time limit is directory, particularly where delayed records caused the delay, and notice, disclosure of the fresh report and opportunity for objections satisfy natural justice. Input-tax-credit benefit must be actually passed to homebuyers through commensurate price reduction; unpassed benefit is refundable with interest proportionate to sold area. A penalty provision does not apply where the entire contravention ended before its commencement.]]></description>
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<title>Technical transport-document discrepancies cannot justify tax penalties without reliable evidence of deliberate contravention and intent to evade tax.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Address and business-particular discrepancies in transport documents do not by themselves establish deliberate contravention or intent to evade tax. Where goods are accompanied by a tax invoice and e-way bill and no quantity or quality discrepancy exists, technical or procedural defects require independent, reliable evidence of evasion before a penalty may be sustained. Penalty proceedings cannot rest on assumptions or unsubstantiated allegations. In the absence of sufficient evidence of intent to evade tax, the penalty and the appellate order sustaining it were set aside.]]></description>
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<title>GSTR return mismatches require liability verification, with reasoned reconsideration where tax, interest, penalty, and credit issues remain unresolved.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B mismatch requires verification of its cause, reconciliation with liability records and subsequent payments, and a determination whether tax remains unpaid; a numerical difference alone cannot establish short payment. Input tax credit reversal demands require a separate statutory basis and computation. Ex parte disposal following non-appearance remains subject to a reasoned determination of material grounds. Statutory claims concerning interest and penalty waiver, service of notices, and duplicate proceedings require examination against applicable conditions and records. The appellate order was set aside and remanded for fresh determination of actual liability and statutory claims.]]></description>
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<title>Expired e-way bills alone do not establish tax-evasion intent, requiring independent evidence before GST penalties may be imposed.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Expiry of an e-way bill constitutes a procedural or documentary lapse and, without independent evidence, does not by itself establish an intention to evade tax for imposing a GST penalty. Penalty requires assessment of surrounding circumstances, including whether goods were diverted, the transaction was suppressed, goods differed from declarations, or the destination was undisclosed. Where none of these factors is present, the penalty lacks a factual basis and is unsustainable.]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment objections must be decided before scrutiny, and assessment notices cannot issue during the four-week challenge period.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reassessment procedure requires the Assessing Officer to furnish recorded reasons and decide objections to reopening by a speaking order before initiating scrutiny through a notice under section 143(2). A return filed in response to a reopening notice must be processed under the regular assessment procedure, but scrutiny cannot precede determination of jurisdictional objections. Further, no action, including a notice under section 142(1), may be taken for four weeks after service of an order rejecting objections. Notices issued contrary to these requirements, and consequential action, were quashed; the reopening challenge remained open.]]></description>
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<title>Duplicate PAN allocation requires record verification and deactivation reasons before assessment-related transactions can be attributed to an assessee.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Duplicate PAN allocation is in issue where an assessee maintains that only one PAN was held, that no application was made for the other PAN, and that it was never used for any transaction, including the transaction underlying an assessment. The Department was required to produce original records for both PANs, including verification details and profiles, and to provide the reasons and any relevant application concerning deactivation of one PAN. The focus is on verifying the origin, use and deactivation basis of the alleged duplicate PAN before proceeding on the assessment-related transaction.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer-pricing comparability under TNMM permits turnover filtering and depreciation-adjusted cash profit indicators where functional differences materially affect margins.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Transfer-pricing comparability under TNMM requires a FAR analysis; company size may support a turnover filter, excluding high-turnover entities when determining arm's length remuneration for software development services. Where depreciation materially differs because of asset types, technology or investment levels, a cash profit level indicator excluding depreciation may compare real margins. Provision for bad and doubtful debts remains operating expenditure unless extraordinary. Free-use testing equipment supplied by an associated enterprise does not create a taxable business perquisite where ownership remains with the enterprise, no depreciation is claimed, and use is confined to testing software for it.]]></description>
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<title>Faceless assessment safeguards require requested personal hearings and adequate final show-cause response time, failing which reassessment is required.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 144B requires a personal hearing in a faceless assessment when the assessee specifically requests one; refusal breaches the statutory procedure and principles of natural justice. The applicable standard operating procedure ordinarily requires at least seven days to answer a final show-cause notice, unless curtailment is necessary because of the assessment limitation date. Without reasons for a shorter period, the response opportunity is inadequate. Denial of either safeguard resulted in quashing of the assessment, consequential demand and penalty proceedings, with fresh assessment directed after granting a hearing and opportunity for further submissions.]]></description>
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<title>Prima facie limitation challenges and high-pitched reassessments can justify full recovery stays pending independent appellate determination.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Prima facie substance in a limitation challenge to reassessment, coupled with a high-pitched assessment, warranted unconditional protection from recovery pending appeal. The stay-rejection order failed to address the taxpayer's material contentions solely because an appeal was pending. Financial capacity could not be inferred from gross turnover without considering returned income. The rejection was set aside, recovery of the reassessment demand was stayed until appeal disposal, and the appellate authority was to determine the appeal independently and expeditiously on its merits.]]></description>
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<title>Late reassessment returns remain valid where no statutory bar applies, requiring Section 143(2) notice before assessment.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Returns filed after the period stated in a reassessment notice are not non est where no statutory embargo applies; they must be recognised as returns in the reassessment proceedings. Once a return is on record in response to a notice under Section 142(1), issuance and service of notice under Section 143(2) are mandatory. Absence of that statutory notice creates a procedural defect that invalidates the reassessment assessment and prevents it from standing.]]></description>
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<title>Regional Rural Bank deeming fiction preserves co-operative deduction and limits revision of correct assessments under income-tax law.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Regional Rural Banks are deemed to be co-operative societies for Income-tax Act purposes under the statutory fiction in section 22 of the Regional Rural Banks Act. That fiction remains effective because section 80P(4) does not displace it, and definitions of primary co-operative bank or primary credit society are inapplicable where the bank is not claimed to fall within those categories. Deduction under section 80P is therefore available. An assessment correctly granting that deduction is not erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue, limiting revision under section 263.]]></description>
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<title>Stock-in-trade valuation permits banks to value Government securities at cost or market value, protecting depreciation claims.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Government securities held by a bank as stock-in-trade may be valued at cost or market value, whichever is lower. A consistently and regularly adopted valuation method cannot be displaced merely because the tax department prefers another method, supporting depreciation on such securities. Brokerage expenditure was allowable after the assessing authority accepted the claim on remand. Unclaimed bank balances do not constitute remission or cessation of a trading liability merely because customers have not claimed them; the bank's legal liability continues and the balances are not taxable on that basis. The departmental appeals were dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Source-based taxation of technical service fees requires withholding despite third-party foreign grant payments discharging contractual liability.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Technical know-how consideration payable by an Indian resident to a non-resident for use in its Indian business is chargeable to tax in India under source-based taxation of fees for technical services, including under the applicable treaty. Release of funds by a foreign grant administrator after certification of contractual claims merely discharges the resident's contractual liability; it does not change the resident payer's identity or the consideration's character. The location from which funds are remitted is not determinative. Tax deduction at source is therefore required, and non-deduction results in disallowance under Section 40(a)(i).]]></description>
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<title>Independent penalty proceedings bar assessment revision solely for non-initiation of under-reporting penalties in completed assessments.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 263 revision cannot be invoked solely because the Assessing Officer did not initiate penalty proceedings under section 270A. Penalty proceedings are independent of assessment proceedings, so a failure to record an opinion on penalty liability does not make the assessment order erroneous and prejudicial to the interests of the Revenue. Revisional jurisdiction therefore cannot be used to direct initiation of penalty proceedings, including under a different penalty provision. The revision order was quashed and the assessee's appeal was allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Personal-use motor cars are personal effects, so their sale cannot generate an allowable long-term capital loss.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Personal-use motor cars constitute personal effects rather than capital assets where their intimate and common personal use is established. Non-claim of depreciation, disallowance of car expenses as personal, and absence of business activity support that classification; balance-sheet treatment as a fixed asset does not prevail over actual user. Accordingly, transfer of such a motor car does not generate an allowable capital loss. Authorities concerning business assets or depreciation were distinguishable.]]></description>
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<title>Online gaming withholding applies only to qualifying game winnings, protecting promotional bonuses and unsupported prize-payment disallowances.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 194B required the applicable threshold to be tested for each payment when made, without annual aggregation of a player's winnings. Player-funded payouts not claimed in the profit and loss account could not attract disallowance, and sponsored-prize disallowance required proof of an identified taxable payment without withholding. Deposit-linked and referral bonuses were promotional incentives rather than game winnings, so no withholding obligation arose. Corporate social responsibility payments otherwise qualifying as donations remained deductible under section 80G notwithstanding exclusion from business-expense deduction under section 37(1); employee stock option plan expenditure remained deductible. Income computation required verification of all subsisting assessment and appellate orders in chronological sequence, with remand for fresh computation.]]></description>
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<title>Embezzlement losses in charitable institutions remain allowable when misappropriation is established, irrecoverable, and not a specified-person benefit.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Embezzlement losses incurred by a charitable blood bank may be allowed where detailed FIR allegations and the institution's conduct establish misappropriation, even if criminal proceedings have not reached a final outcome. Misappropriation by persons managing the institution does not, merely for that reason, constitute a benefit to specified persons. Where the resulting loss is absolute or irrecoverable, disallowance on the basis of an alleged benefit to specified persons is not warranted. The disallowance of the claimed embezzlement loss was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>National long-distance undertaking status supports deduction where separately licensed infrastructure, resources, revenue, and expenditure establish commercial independence.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[National Long Distance operations qualify as an independent undertaking for deduction where separately licensed infrastructure, dedicated resources, and separately identifiable revenue and expenditure establish a commercially distinct unit; an independent accountant's prescribed audit certificate suffices. Computer-integrated switches may fall within the computer block, while obsolete assets remain depreciable where the business block continues in use. Interest from temporary deployment of circulating business funds is business income. No additional exempt-income disallowance arises where no exempt income is earned, although a voluntary disallowance remains if its computation is not shown erroneous. Goodwill from business acquisition is a d.....]]></description>
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<title>Agency reimbursement income follows contractual deposit-liability computation, while pending deposit collections do not constitute deemed-dividend loans.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Agency reimbursement income under an MOU is computed from the principal's opening aggregate deposit liability in finalised accounts; later variations are recognised in the following period. Expenditure is assessed by crystallisation of liability and business nexus: promotional and welfare costs may warrant reasonable restriction where entertainment or extravagance is possible. UPS battery replacement, printing and stationery are revenue items, while communication equipment is capital. Group expenditure requires documentary support, payment evidence, tax-deduction compliance and reasonable allocation. NBFC norms do not govern a partnership firm's field-agent commissions. Deposit collections held as agent pending remittance are not loans or advances for deemed-dividend purposes. Grievance-redressal costs connected with agency services qualify as business expenditure.]]></description>
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<title>Affixture service of reassessment notices fails without due diligence, correct address verification, and local witness confirmation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Service of a reassessment notice by affixture at an address differing from that in the registered sale deed requires proof of due diligence, confirmation of the correct property, and verification by local witnesses or neighbours. Without those safeguards, substituted service is invalid and section 292BB does not preclude an objection to defective service. Reassessment proceedings cannot validly commence where the notice has not been properly served.]]></description>
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<title>Immediate preventive suspension requires prompt action; unexplained departmental delay invalidates Customs Broker licence suspension orders.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regulation 16(1) permits exceptional preventive suspension of a Customs Broker licence only where available material demonstrates a genuine need for urgent action; pending enquiry or serious allegations alone are insufficient. "Immediate" requires reasonable promptness, assessed from the investigation, offence report and licensing authority's response. Circular No. 9/2010-Customs remained binding and permitted only reasonably explained departure from prescribed timelines. Substantial unexplained delay meant the immediate-action requirement was unmet, so the High Court set aside suspension and continuation orders while preserving proceedings on the underlying allegations.]]></description>
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<title>Sentencing for customs misdeclaration of red sander exports follows the lower penalty where Section 123 coverage remains unproved.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sentencing for customs misdeclaration involving attempted export of prohibited red sander wooden logs depends on whether the goods are established as attracting the statutory regime for specified goods. Misdeclaration of the logs as granite cobble stones supported criminal liability under the Customs Act. Where coverage under Section 123 was not established, the lower sentencing provision under Section 135(1)(ii), with a maximum three-year term, applied rather than the higher penalty. The custodial sentence was reduced to the period already undergone, while convictions were maintained subject to revised fines and default sentences.]]></description>
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<title>Special Advance Authorisation imports retain duty exemption despite Minimum Import Price conditions for polyester knitted fabric imports.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special Advance Authorisations permit duty-free imports of polyester knitted fabrics for manufacturing and exporting apparel under paragraph 4.04A of the Foreign Trade Policy. The Minimum Import Price condition does not by itself displace this exemption because the relevant DGFT notification expressly recognises imports by Special Advance Authorisation holders, subject to the stipulated restriction on sale in the Domestic Tariff Area. Eligibility for duty exemption therefore depends on compliance with the authorisation framework and the applicable Domestic Tariff Area condition, rather than on the Minimum Import Price condition alone.]]></description>
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<title>Prospective customs notification amendments cannot block provisional release of specialised second-hand equipment shipped under earlier Bills of Lading.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs exemption notification amendments operate prospectively unless they expressly provide for retrospective effect. An amendment commencing after the relevant Bills of Lading cannot govern imports of second-hand highly specialised equipment covered by those earlier Bills or justify refusal to consider provisional release. The request for provisional release must instead be considered under the law applicable to those imports; upon satisfaction of imposed conditions, the goods are to be released provisionally, without prejudice to independent adjudication proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>Anti-dumping duty on castings does not extend to imported wind-turbine gear boxes as complete components.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anti-dumping duty on castings for wind-operated electricity generators extends to castings incorporated in a sub-assembly, equipment or component, but not to complete equipment or components themselves. The unchallenged Tribunal interpretation of that limitation had attained finality and bound Customs authorities, and identical imports had been assessed consistently. Consequently, final assessment imposing anti-dumping duty on imported wind-turbine gear boxes lacked statutory authority; the self-assessment was to be accepted, with release of the bond and bank guarantees.]]></description>
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<title>Written Acceptance of Customs Reassessment Does Not Bar Challenges to Unsupported Valuation Enhancements under Statutory Valuation Safeguards</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Written acceptance of customs reassessment waives only the proper officer's obligation to issue a speaking order under section 17(5); it does not bar the importer's statutory challenge to the reassessment's basis or merits. Rejection of declared transaction value requires the proper officer to form and record reasonable doubt about its truth or accuracy and, where required, disclose the grounds in writing. Valuation enhancement based solely on NIDB data requires independent, cogent material; undisclosed contemporaneous-import details cannot substantiate the enhancement.]]></description>
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<title>Specific tariff classification for LCD panels overrides vehicle-parts treatment, eliminating differential duty, interest, and penalties.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Liquid crystal display panels imported for assembly into automotive instrument clusters are classified as liquid crystal devices under CTI 9013 8010, rather than motor-vehicle parts under CTI 87089900 or 87141090. The specific-heading rule and Chapter 90 Note 2(a) preserve Chapter 90 classification where goods are covered by its heading, despite their sole or principal automotive use. Consequently, the declared classification stands, and differential duty, interest and penalties under vehicle-parts classifications are unsustainable.]]></description>
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<title>Embedded communication modules qualify as apparatus parts and may receive basic customs duty exemption outside excluded consumer devices.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Embedded Wi-Fi, cellular communication and navigation/positioning modules that cannot operate independently are treated as parts rather than complete communication apparatus. Where designed solely or principally for use with data-transmission or reception apparatus, Section Note 2(b) to Section XVI supports classification under Tariff Item 8517 79 90. The specific classification for communication-apparatus parts prevails over the general classification for electronic integrated circuits; modules that are neither aerials nor populated printed circuit boards fall within the residual parts entry. Modules not forming parts of cellular mobile phones or wrist-wearable devices, or inputs for making those excluded parts, qualify for nil basic customs duty subject to prescribed conditions, procedures and import verification.]]></description>
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<title>Membership-consent thresholds for oppression petitions are satisfied by unchallenged voter-list consents, while unsupported forgery claims require proof.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Membership thresholds for oppression and mismanagement proceedings in a company without share capital may be met through written consents exceeding one-fifth of eligible voting members where the voter list underlying those consents remains unchallenged. A later precautionary waiver application does not render the petition incompetent once the threshold is independently satisfied. A party alleging that consents are forged or invalid bears the burden of proof and cannot require suo motu forensic verification without supporting material or testimony. The membership requirement operates as a discretionary safeguard against frivolous proceedings, warrants purposive construction, and does not permit merits-based adjudication at the waiver stage.]]></description>
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<title>Fraudulent CIRP initiation permits recall, but a mature collective process may continue after stakeholder assessment.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fraudulent portrayal of debt, a jurisdictional fact for commencing CIRP, can justify recall of admission and dismissal of a collusive Section 9 application because fraud and collusion undermine the foundation of jurisdiction. Once admitted, however, CIRP becomes a collective in rem process in which creditors acquire statutory interests; misconduct by the original applicant does not automatically require termination. The original applicant must be excluded, while the Adjudicating Authority assesses, after hearing the resolution professional, Committee of Creditors and stakeholders, whether continuation serves statutory objectives with integrity and transparency. Termination was set aside and CIRP restored for that determination.]]></description>
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<title>Mandatory liquidation after CIRP expiry applies despite failed CoC liquidation vote, later expressions of interest, or MSME eligibility claims.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 33(1)(a) requires liquidation when the CIRP expires without a resolution plan submitted under Section 30(6) or a valid extension. This consequence operates independently of liquidation initiated through a Committee of Creditors resolution under Section 33(2); failure of that separate proposal to receive the required vote does not prevent liquidation. The Committee's commercial wisdom remains subject to statutory CIRP timelines and cannot revive an expired process. Post-expiry directions, later expressions of interest, and MSME eligibility cannot replace a resolution plan submitted and processed within the prescribed period.]]></description>
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<title>Further investigation under anti-money-laundering law may continue before charges are framed without prior Criminal Court permission.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Further investigation under the PMLA is a continuation of the original investigation, not a re-investigation, and may bring additional oral or documentary evidence on record. Explanation (ii) to section 44(1) recognises the authorised agency's continuing power to undertake such investigation. The proviso to section 193 of the BNSS requires prior permission of the Criminal Court only during trial, which commences upon framing of charge. Where charges have not been framed, further investigation may therefore proceed without prior leave of the Court, including through investigative notices.]]></description>
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<title>Appellate scrutiny of PMLA bail orders distinguishes invalid grant from cancellation based on subsequent conduct.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Appellate review of a regular-bail order under the PMLA is confined to whether the grant was illegal, perverse, arbitrary, based on irrelevant material, or made without considering relevant factors; it is distinct from cancellation of bail based on post-bail conduct or supervening circumstances. Bail-stage review cannot involve a detailed adjudication of evidence. The High Court found that the Special Court had considered the alleged proceeds of crime, the trial's non-commencement, and bail conditions, demonstrating application of mind. It dismissed the challenge because the alleged failure to satisfy the statutory twin conditions did not establish grounds to set aside the bail order.]]></description>
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<title>PMLA attachment of mortgaged property turns on the secured creditor's due diligence and links to alleged crime.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Release of bank-mortgaged property from PMLA attachment depends on the creditor's bona fide status and due diligence at loan disbursal and recovery. Assets linked to the accused, relatives or associates may be attached as value of proceeds of crime even without direct crime proceeds. Recovery inaction after account irregularity, fund flows involving the cooperative society, and prior associations warranted further investigation; release was therefore declined, subject to recourse before the Special Judge. RBI guidance on NPA treatment for facilities secured by a borrower's own deposits did not apply to overdrafts secured by third-party fixed deposits, including one funded by the society.]]></description>
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<title>Government grants-in-aid lacking service quid pro quo fall outside service tax; recorded reverse-charge liabilities are time-barred.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Government grants-in-aid do not constitute consideration for Business Exhibition Service where agreements impose only utilisation and accounting conditions, without an obligation to provide services, invoices, or quid pro quo. As reimbursement of specified expenditure, they fall outside taxable value, which is confined to amounts charged for taxable services; the related demand was set aside. Extended limitation cannot apply where grants and expenditure were recorded, the taxpayer paid tax on other services, and a bona fide belief of non-taxability negated suppression with intent to evade. Reverse-charge demands were likewise time-barred because recorded liabilities were revenue neutral through available Cenvat credit.]]></description>
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<title>Electronic evidence certification determines whether alleged clandestine removal data can support excise duty quantification and related penalties.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Electronic records used to establish clandestine manufacture and clearance require compliance with prescribed statutory conditions, including the requisite certificate; without it, CD data and computer printouts are inadmissible and cannot determine unaccounted production or removals. Duty demands founded on excluded electronic data require fresh quantification solely from independently admissible evidence. Cross-examination of investigation witnesses is not absolute: unretracted statements may be considered where no evidence of coercion or witness-specific prejudice from denial of cross-examination is shown. Such statements, together with invoices, transport, weighment and statutory records, may support independently established transactions, while interest and penalties must be redetermined with any duty liability ultimately found.]]></description>
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<title>Third-Party Electronic Records Require Proven Authenticity and Independent Corroboration Before Supporting Clandestine Clearance Demands</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Clandestine manufacture and clearance allegations require sufficient tangible evidence establishing a reliable chain from unaccounted inputs and production to transport, buyers and receipt of sale proceeds. Loose handwritten sheets, WhatsApp printouts, Tally data and transporter records maintained or recovered from third parties cannot substantiate a demand unless their authorship, provenance, custody, preservation, integrity and nexus with the manufacturer are proved. Unretracted statements showing a marketing or distribution connection do not remedy defects in electronic evidence. Inferences drawn through assumed material consumption, manufacture and removal are impermissible successive presumptions. Unverified records may justify further investigation but cannot, without independent corroboration, sustain duty, interest or penalties.]]></description>
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<title>Tariff classification distinguishes batter-coated namkeen from oil-fried salted peanuts, while allowing ISD credit and removing interpretational penalties.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Batter-coated, deep-fried Tasty Peanuts containing gram flour, salt and spices constitute a distinct food preparation classified under the food-preparation tariff entry, attracting the stated exemption. Oil-fried Salted Peanuts with salt alone remain within the specific ground-nut entry because it expressly covers nuts roasted in oil or fat with salt, flavours or spices; their exemption is unavailable. ISD-distributed CENVAT credit is available to an authorised contract manufacturing unit producing dutiable goods for the principal, with subsequent amendments curing the earlier lacuna from inception. Penalties do not arise from bona fide tariff-classification and CENVAT-credit interpretation disputes without fraud, suppression, collusion, wilful intent to evade duty or mens rea.]]></description>
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<title>Deemed service of a correctly addressed cheque dishonour demand notice satisfies the statutory requirement despite receipt by a family member.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Statutory demand notice sent by registered post to the drawer's correct address is deemed served under a rebuttable presumption, even if received by the drawer's mother; giving notice does not require the drawer's personal receipt. The drawer must rebut service by proving an incorrect address, non-delivery at that address, or lack of knowledge. Where the address was undisputed and used for summons and proceedings, the presumption remained unrebutted, the notice requirement was met, and the conviction was restored. A coordinate-Bench ruling treating receipt by a spouse as invalid service was per incuriam for disregarding binding larger-Bench authority and lacked binding force under Article 141.]]></description>
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<title>Juridical seat versus arbitral venue determines supervisory court jurisdiction, while timely award challenges remain within the prescribed limitation period.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Arbitral sittings at Cuttack, chosen merely for the arbitrator's convenience, constituted a venue rather than the juridical seat and did not give Cuttack courts supervisory jurisdiction. An arbitrator's appointment by a High Court exercising statewide jurisdiction did not confine jurisdiction to courts at its location or trigger exclusive jurisdiction under Section 42 on that basis. The contractual forum clause made the District Judge where the work was executed competent to hear applications to set aside the award. Applications filed within the prescribed three-month period were not time-barred.]]></description>
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<title>Judicial review of disciplinary complaint closures remains limited to legality, leaving plausible disciplinary findings undisturbed.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Judicial review of closure of a disciplinary complaint concerning alleged unauthorised access to and alteration of an income-tax account is confined to examining the legality of the decision-making process. Writ jurisdiction does not permit reappreciation of evidence or substitution of the disciplinary authority's view. The absence of a fiduciary relationship did not itself exclude misconduct, but was material where the prima facie view assumed that the Chartered Accountant was the petitioner's tax consultant, which both denied. The closure rested on lack of cogent evidence of mala fide intent or deliberate facilitation, rather than merely pending criminal proceedings; the writ petition was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Minimum import price condition for Virgin Multi-layer Paper Board imports remains extended under existing terms.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Minimum Import Price (MIP) of INR 67,220 per metric tonne on the CIF value of imports of Virgin Multi-layer Paper Board under specified Chapter 48 ITC (HS) codes is extended until 31 March 2027. The extension retains all other terms and conditions set out in the earlier MIP notification, continuing the import-price condition for the listed paper-board products.]]></description>
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<title>RoDTEP Scheme continuation preserves export duty remission eligibility and existing rates, caps, and conditions for eligible exporters.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The RoDTEP Scheme continues until 31 December 2026 for eligible exports made by Domestic Tariff Area units, Advance Authorisation holders, Special Economic Zone units and Export Oriented Units. Existing RoDTEP rates and value caps applicable on 30 September 2026 remain unchanged throughout the extended period. All other scheme terms and conditions also continue without modification, preserving duty and tax remission benefits for qualifying exports within the stated categories.]]></description>
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<title>Clearing corporation recognition renewed subject to ongoing regulatory conditions throughout the three-year recognition period.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recognition of BSE Clearing Limited as a clearing corporation is renewed for three years from 3 October 2026 to 2 October 2029 under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) framework. The renewal is subject to compliance with conditions specified by SEBI from time to time, preserving ongoing regulatory oversight of the clearing corporation throughout the renewed recognition period.]]></description>
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<title>Special additional excise duty on exported aviation turbine fuel is revised under the amended central excise rate framework.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel cleared for export is revised to Rs. 10.5 per litre by substituting the corresponding table entry in the central excise rate schedule. The revised rate applies from 1 October 2026 to export clearances of Aviation Turbine Fuel, replacing the earlier rate prescribed for that category.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026 - rate of Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel when cleared for exports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel cleared for export is amended by substituting the rate specified against serial number 1 in the applicable exemption table with Rs. 10.5 per litre. The substitution takes effect from 1 October 2026 and applies to the existing framework governing duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel export clearances.]]></description>
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<title>Customs tariff values for edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts take effect prospectively.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tariff values for specified edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts are substituted for customs valuation. Per metric tonne, values are fixed at US$1,229 for crude palm oil, US$1,240 for RBD palm oil, US$1,235 for other palm oil, US$1,248 for crude palmolein, US$1,251 for RBD palmolein, US$1,250 for other palmolein, US$1,280 for crude soya bean oil and US$8,149 for brass scrap. Qualifying gold and specified gold forms are valued at US$1,339 per 10 grams, while specified silver forms are valued at US$1,965 per kilogram. Areca nuts remain at US$11,574 per metric tonne. The substituted tariff-value tables apply from 1 October 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Special additional excise duty on fuel exports is revised through a substituted rate with prospective effect.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The special additional excise duty schedule governing petrol and diesel exports is amended: the entry in column (4) against serial number 2 is substituted with a rate of Rs. 16 per litre. Effective 1 October 2026, the substituted rate replaces the prior rate specified for that serial number under the existing duty schedule.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026 - Special Additional Excise Duty on export of petrol and diesel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special additional excise duty on exports of petrol and diesel is revised by substituting the duty-rate entry in column (4) of the table against serial number 2. Exercising powers under the Central Excise Act, 1944, read with the Finance Act, 2002, the Central Government prescribes a rate of Rs. 16 per litre, effective from 1 October 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Revised wage ceiling extends pension scheme membership to eligible provident fund members previously outside the scheme.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Employees' Pension Scheme eligibility is extended to persons who were members of the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme but were not members of the pension scheme, provided their wages on the date the revised wage ceiling is notified are equal to or below that ceiling. The inserted eligibility clause brings qualifying EPF members within pension-scheme coverage based on the revised wage threshold. The amendment takes effect from 17 September 2026.]]></description>
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<title>ESIC coverage expands across designated Madhya Pradesh districts, making employer-employee contributions payable and extending statutory insurance benefits.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[From 1 October 2026, employer and employee contributions become payable under the Code on Social Security, 2020 for establishments across Niwari and the entire areas of 24 previously partially implemented districts in Madhya Pradesh. Employees of those establishments will receive Employees' State Insurance Corporation benefits under Chapter IV, extending ESIC coverage throughout the specified district areas.]]></description>
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<title>Minimum import price for Sulfadiazine API continues, preserving existing CIF-based import conditions for a further prescribed period.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Minimum Import Price condition on imports of Sulfadiazine API under Chapter 29 of ITC HS 2022, Schedule I, is extended until 30 November 2026. Imports remain subject to an MIP of Rs. 1,774 per kg on CIF value. All other conditions governing the MIP continue unchanged, maintaining the existing import-policy restriction for this active pharmaceutical ingredient.]]></description>
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<title>Research institution approval enables donation-linked tax treatment subject to SIRO status, annual reporting, donor certification, and rule compliance.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Institute for Financial Management and Research is approved as an institution for social science or statistical research under the university, college or other institution category for the specified Income-tax Act purposes. The approval applies for tax years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031, subject to continued Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation approval in every relevant tax year. The institution must comply with prescribed conditions, submit an annual donation statement in Form No. 15 by 31 May following the tax year of receipt, and issue donors a Form No. 16 certificate stating the donation amount.]]></description>
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<title>Scientific research institution approval enables donation-related tax treatment subject to ongoing SIRO status and annual reporting compliance.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[UPASI Tea Research Foundation is approved as an 'Other Institution' for scientific research purposes under the Income-tax Act, enabling the specified donation-related tax treatment. The approval applies for tax years 2026-2027 to 2030-2031 and remains conditional on the foundation retaining Scientific and Industrial Research Organization approval throughout each relevant tax year. It must also comply with prescribed conditions, submit an annual donation statement in Form No. 15 by 31 May following the relevant tax year, and provide donors with Form No. 16 certificates stating the donation amount.]]></description>
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<title>Research institution approval grants tax-law recognition, subject to continuing SIRO status and annual donor-reporting compliance.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Santhigiri Ashram is approved as a university, college or other institution for social science or statistical research under the Income-tax Act, 2025, for tax years 2026-27 to 2030-31. The approval requires continuing Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation status in each effective tax year, compliance with rule 34, annual Form 15 donation statements delivered by 31 May following the tax year in which donations are received, and Form 16 donation certificates issued to donors.]]></description>
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<title>Raw sugar tariff-rate quota surrender deadline extended, with existing CIF-value payment condition and allocation terms unchanged.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The deadline for TRQ holders to surrender unutilised quantities allocated for import of raw sugar is extended to 15 October 2026. Surrender remains subject to payment of 0.5% of the CIF value of the quantity surrendered, under the existing modalities. All other terms and conditions governing the tariff-rate quota allocation for raw sugar imports remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Investor awareness messaging becomes mandatory on broker websites and trading apps, alongside risk disclosures under phased implementation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Stock brokers must prominently display SEBI-supplied investor awareness messages on websites and trading apps under a phased framework. From October 5 to 31, 2026, websites must display both the messages and risk disclosures, while app display is voluntary and may replace risk disclosures on days the messages are shown. From November 1, 2026, brokers must place the specified messages on website landing pages and display investor awareness messages and risk disclosures on alternate days on trading-app landing pages. Stock exchanges and depositories must disseminate the requirements, display the messages unchanged, and amend relevant rules. Existing risk-disclosure requirements otherwise remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Gross and Net GST revenue collections for the month of September, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gross GST revenue for September 2026 distinguishes domestic collections and IGST on imports; after domestic and ICEGATE refund adjustments, net revenue is calculated separately for domestic and customs GST. Cumulative collections through September similarly distinguish gross receipts, refunds and net revenue. SGST reporting compares pre-settlement receipts with post-settlement amounts that include the SGST portion of IGST settled to States and Union Territories. State and Union Territory revenue comparisons exclude GST on imported goods, while April-September domestic collections are split between Central and State formations.]]></description>
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<title>Extension of timeline for surrender of unutilised TRQ quantity allocated for import of 10 LMT of Raw Sugar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[TRQ holders allocated quantities for raw sugar imports may surrender unutilised quantities until 15 October 2026. Surrender requires payment of an amount equal to 0.5% of the CIF value of the surrendered quantity under existing modalities. The extension alters only the surrender deadline; all other conditions governing the raw sugar TRQ allocation and surrender framework remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Extension in Minimum Import Price (MIP) Condition of specific items covered under Chapter 48 of ITC HS, 2022, Schedule -I (Import Policy)</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Minimum Import Price condition on imports of Virgin Multi-layer Paper Board under Chapter 48, Schedule I, and ITC (HS) codes 48059100, 48059200, 48059300, 48109200 and 48109900 is extended until 31 March 2027. The MIP remains INR 67,220 per metric tonne on CIF value, while all other terms and conditions under the prior framework remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Display of “investor awareness message(s)” by stock brokers on their trading apps and websites, under Project Jagrook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Project Jagrook requires stock brokers to display investor awareness messages alongside risk disclosures. Between October 5 and October 31, 2026, website display of both is mandatory, while trading-app display of investor awareness messages is voluntary and risk disclosures are optional where such messages are displayed. From November 1, 2026, brokers must place investor awareness messages on website and trading-app landing pages and display investor awareness messages and risk disclosures on alternate days on trading apps. Stock exchanges and depositories must disseminate, display and implement these requirements.]]></description>
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<title>Extension of Minimum Import Price (MIP) Condition on Sulfadiazine API covered under Chapter 29 of ITC HS, 2022, Schedule -I (Import Policy)</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Minimum Import Price condition on Sulfadiazine API imports is extended until 30 November 2026. Imports remain subject to an MIP of Rs. 1,774 per kg on a cost, insurance and freight basis. The extension preserves all existing terms and conditions of the earlier MIP measure and continues the applicable import-policy condition under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and the Foreign Trade Policy 2023.]]></description>
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<title>Extension of Minimum Import Price (MIP) Condition of specific items covered under Chapter 29 of ITC HS, 2022, Schedule -I (Import Policy)</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Minimum Import Price requirements for ATS-8 imports under specified Chapter 29 ITC HS classifications are extended until 30 November 2026. The MIP remains USD 111 per kilogram on the cost, insurance and freight value of the imported goods. All existing terms and conditions governing the import restriction continue unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Release of the Annual Survey of Industries (2024-25) results</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ASI 2024-25 records broad-based growth in registered manufacturing, including establishments, output, Gross Value Added, employment, emoluments, fixed capital, invested capital, net income and net profit. The survey covers specified registered factories, bidi and cigar establishments, certain electricity undertakings, and qualifying large units in State-maintained business registers. Data are collected electronically under the statutory framework for collection of statistics using an establishment-based approach, with quality checks and caution required because the estimates arise from a sample survey.]]></description>
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<title>5th Kautilya Economic Conclave to be held in New Delhi from 3 to 5 October 2026 under the theme “Resilience in an Age of Flux”</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave will examine economic resilience amid global shocks through discussions on macroeconomic stability, monetary policy, financial stability, investment, fiscal federalism and capital-market development. Its agenda also covers digital economy governance, artificial intelligence, trade fragmentation, strategic autonomy, climate resilience, food systems, demographic change and global health security. Plenaries, parallel sessions and closed-door roundtables will consider policy responses and mobilisation of domestic and foreign capital for long-term investment.]]></description>
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<title>Renewal of recognition to BSE Clearing Limited under Regulation 12 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Recognition of BSE Clearing Limited as a clearing corporation is renewed for a three-year period, subject to compliance with conditions specified by SEBI from time to time and any further conditions that may be prescribed or imposed. The renewal is granted under statutory powers concerning recognition of clearing corporations and is based on the interests of trade, the securities market, and the public interest.]]></description>
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<title>Continuation of RoDTEP Scheme till December 31st, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[RoDTEP Scheme availability continues until 31 December 2026 for exports by Domestic Tariff Area units, Advance Authorisation holders, Special Economic Zone units, and Export Oriented Units. Existing rates and value caps under Appendix 4R and Appendix 4RE remain unchanged, and all other scheme terms and conditions continue to apply to eligible exports.]]></description>
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<title>Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 05:41:32 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customs tariff values under section 14(2) of the Customs Act, 1962 are revised through substitution of Tables 1, 2 and 3 in the tariff-value framework. The revised values apply from 1 October 2026 and cover specified edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts. Areca nuts retain a tariff value of US$ 11,574 per metric tonne without change.]]></description>
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<title>ESIC Coverage Extended to Niwari and 24 Partially Implemented Districts in Madhya Pradesh from October 1, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Employees' State Insurance coverage extends from 1 October 2026 to establishments throughout Niwari district and designated areas of 24 partially implemented districts in Madhya Pradesh. Employers and employees of covered establishments become liable to pay contributions under section 29 of the Code on Social Security, 2020. Employees of these establishments become entitled to benefits under Chapter IV relating to the Employees' State Insurance Corporation, subject to the applicable statutory framework.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment to Employees’ Pension Scheme, 2026 to Cover Eligible EPF Members Based on Revised Wage Ceiling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Paragraph 7(1) of the Employees' Pension Scheme, 2026 receives a new eligibility category for persons who were members of the Employees' Provident Funds Scheme, 2026 but were not members of the pension scheme. Coverage depends on wages, on the date the new wage ceiling is notified, being less than or equal to the wage ceiling notified by the Central Government. The amendment takes effect from 17 September 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 7816 [S.O. 359(E)] dated 30th March, 1988 - Control of Notified Subordinate Officer under Income-Tax Authorities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Administrative subordination of Joint Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) and Additional Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) is revised. They are subordinate to the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income-tax or Chief Commissioners of Income-tax within whose jurisdiction they perform their functions. The amendment modifies the framework for control of notified subordinate officers under section 238 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, and takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette.]]></description>
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<title>Control of appellate income-tax commissioners now rests with jurisdictional Principal Chief Commissioners or Chief Commissioners.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Joint Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) and Additional Commissioners of Income-tax (Appeals) are placed under the control of the Principal Chief Commissioners of Income-tax or Chief Commissioners of Income-tax within whose jurisdiction they perform their functions. This substitutes the existing clause governing their subordination under the 1988 notification and takes effect from 30 September 2026, the date of publication in the Official Gazette.]]></description>
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<title>Minimum import price conditions for ATS-8 imports are extended, preserving existing CIF valuation requirements until late November.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Minimum Import Price condition of USD 111 per kg on the CIF value of ATS-8 imports under specified Chapter 29 ITC (HS) codes is extended until 30 November 2026. All other terms and conditions imposed under the earlier MIP measure continue unchanged, so imports of the specified chemical remain subject to the existing minimum-price requirement through that date.]]></description>
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<title>RELIEF Component II eligibility timelines extend for delivery and transshipment shipments, supporting exporters facing continuing logistics disruptions.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Eligibility and validity timelines under Component II of the Resilience  Logistics Intervention for Export Facilitation (RELIEF) intervention are extended until 31 March 2027 for shipments intended for delivery or transshipment. The extension applies under the Export Promotion Mission and is intended to improve utilisation, facilitate trade resilience, support Indian exporters, and mitigate logistics challenges linked to the continuing West Asia Crisis. All other provisions governing the RELIEF intervention remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Scientific research approval requires continuing SIRO status, annual donation reporting, and donor certification for tax compliance purposes.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Approval under section 45(4)(b) authorises the Indian Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur, to conduct scientific research as a university, college or other institution for the specified income-tax purposes. The approval applies for tax years 2026-27 to 2030-31, conditional on continuing SIRO approval in each relevant tax year, compliance with prescribed conditions, annual submission of Form 15 by 31 May following the tax year in which donations are received, and issuance of Form 16 donation certificates to donors.]]></description>
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<title>Scientific research approval requires continuing SIRO status, annual donation reporting, and donor certificates throughout its effective tax years.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scientific-research approval is granted to Bhartiya Sanskriti Darshan Trust under the university, college or other institution category for the statutory donation-related provisions. Its continued applicability requires uninterrupted Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation approval for each effective tax year, compliance with prescribed conditions, annual filing of Form No. 15 by 31 May following the tax year in which donations are received, and issuance of Form No. 16 donation certificates to donors. The approval applies for tax years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031.]]></description>
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<title>Scientific research approval requires continuing SIRO status, annual donation reporting, and donor certification for tax-recognised contributions.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Voluntary Health Services, Chennai is approved as an "other institution" for scientific research under the Income-tax Act, 2025, enabling the specified tax treatment for donations. The approval applies for tax years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031, subject to continued Scientific and Industrial Research Organization approval for each relevant year. The institution must comply with prescribed rules, submit an annual donation statement in Form No. 15 by the required deadline, and issue donors Form No. 16 certificates stating the donation amount.]]></description>
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<title>Debenture trustee oversight: consolidated rules mandate independent security diligence, continuous covenant monitoring, default action, and investor grievance controls.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Master Circular consolidates the regulatory framework for debenture trustees and rescinds the earlier master circular while preserving prior actions, rights, liabilities, penalties, proceedings and pending applications. It requires portal-based registration requests and prior approval for change in control, and regulates business transfers, surrender, regulatory communications, and non-regulated activities through ring-fenced separate business units. Trustees must independently conduct security due diligence, issue prescribed certificates, validate charge creation and registration, and continuously monitor security cover, covenants, payments, ratings and defaults through the depository-hosted Security and Covenant Monitoring System. Issuers.....]]></description>
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<title>Customs-controlled cargo movement now includes GDL, subject to EXIM prioritisation, segregation, verification, reconciliation and enforcement safeguards.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The standard operating procedure for moving domestic or customs-cleared cargo with EXIM cargo between port terminals and hinterland ICDs/CFSs now extends to Gateway Distriparks Limited. Its operations require separate identification and stacking of domestic and EXIM cargo, pre-advice and train/container details, verification of container and seal particulars, and immediate reporting of discrepancies. Suspected tampering bars further processing without the proper officer's permission and may require full examination. Reworking or repacking requires permission; at least 50% of outbound cargo must be EXIM cargo. Weekly reconciliation, random Customs checks, an indemnity bond and custodian compliance responsibility apply. Violations may trigger action under applicable customs law. The amendment takes immediate effect.]]></description>
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<title>Make a very big as well as final full stop for Section 74 of the CGST Act.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Invocation of Section 74(1) of the CGST Act is confined to cases involving fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression of facts undertaken to evade tax. Non-payment or delayed payment of GST alone is insufficient. Investigations must yield material evidence of the relevant elements, and the show-cause notice must set out that evidence. A notice lacking foundational facts of fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression cannot rest merely on delayed tax payment.]]></description>
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<title>CONSUMER COMPLAINT PENDING MORATORIUM UNDER IBC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 14 moratorium under the IBC restrains continuation of proceedings against the corporate debtor after admission to corporate insolvency resolution process. It does not, without an independent legal basis, shield co-respondents from a consumer complaint. Where liability of those parties remains unresolved, consumer adjudication may continue against them, while objections concerning privity, maintainability, and independent contractual obligations must be determined on their merits.]]></description>
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<title>GST Officers must explore alternate service modes u/s 169, beyond portal upload or portal reminders if no response to SCN is made after portal upload</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST notice service through the common portal is a recognised method under Section 169, but persistent non-response may require the proper officer to consider another prescribed mode, preferably registered post with acknowledgement due. Competing approaches treat portal-only service differently: one requires further steps where communication appears ineffective, while another regards any statutory mode as sufficient. The issue is linked to the taxpayer's opportunity for a personal hearing before an adverse determination.]]></description>
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<title>ARRESTS UNDER GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (PART-1)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST arrest powers permit the Commissioner to authorise, through a written order, a Central Tax officer to arrest a person only where there is reason to believe that specified offences involving tax evasion, wrongful input tax credit, or wrongful refund have been committed. Arrest is confined to offences meeting the prescribed monetary threshold, while a person previously convicted for a specified offence may be arrested irrespective of the amount involved. The framework treats arrest as an exceptional enforcement measure requiring prior authorisation and satisfaction of statutory criteria.]]></description>
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<title>Excess Stock Does Not Mean Automatic Confiscation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Unaccounted goods must ordinarily be addressed through tax determination under Section 35(6), read with Sections 73 or 74, rather than through automatic confiscation. The proper officer must determine quantity, value, tax period, taxability, applicable rate, and the taxpayer's explanation through a notice-based adjudicatory process. Confiscation under Section 130 requires independent proof of its statutory conditions and cannot replace tax assessment. A fine in lieu of confiscation depends upon valid confiscation proceedings and cannot survive independently where that foundation is absent.]]></description>
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<title>Building a Corporate IP Strategy: From Innovation to Competitive Advantage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Corporate intellectual-property strategy integrates identification, protection, ownership, commercialisation, enforcement, valuation and portfolio management with products, technology, markets and growth objectives. It begins with an IP inventory recording ownership, creation, protection status, jurisdiction, renewal requirements, commercial importance and risks. Innovation should be captured through internal disclosures before public dissemination, enabling a choice between patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, designs and contractual protection.]]></description>
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<title>Paying Admitted Tax Does Not Discharge the Deposit on Disputed Tax</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST appellate pre-deposit conditions require separate satisfaction of two cumulative obligations: full payment of admitted tax and related dues, and deposit of the prescribed percentage of remaining disputed tax. A voluntary payment through a belated Form GSTR-3B return, without protest and accompanied by acceptance of related interest, retains the character of admitted self-assessed tax even if later appropriated against a confirmed demand. Payment during investigation may be considered towards disputed-tax deposit only where contemporaneous evidence establishes that it was made under protest for a liability that remained contested.]]></description>
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<title>Rule making powers under The Income Tax- Act of 2025 and 1961 analysed and discussed.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 533 confers broad Board rule-making power, subject to Central Government control, for implementing the Income-tax Act, 2025. It covers income determination, non-resident and composite income, perquisites, depreciation, anti-avoidance rules, taxpayer identification, electronic returns, reports, appeals, refunds, interest, foreign-tax relief, and prescribed procedures. Retrospective rules may operate only from the Act's commencement and cannot prejudicially affect assessees unless expressly or necessarily implied. The analysis identifies possible disputes over whether the specifically worded depreciation power supports rules for intangible assets or depreciation based on actual cost.]]></description>
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<title>Trade Secrets and Confidential Information: Protecting Business Know-How</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Trade-secret protection safeguards commercially valuable business information that is not generally known or readily accessible and is subject to reasonable secrecy measures. Protection in India arises through contracts, confidentiality and equity principles, employment arrangements, NDAs, intellectual-property principles, and applicable information-security obligations rather than a dedicated registration regime. Businesses should identify and classify sensitive information, restrict access on a need-to-know basis, use tailored confidentiality agreements, maintain evidence of secrecy, and apply technical and physical security controls. Patent-versus-secrecy decisions should consider patentability, reverse-engineering risk, independent discovery, commercial life and the feasibility of maintaining confidentiality.]]></description>
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<title>IP Valuation, Licensing and Commercialisation in India.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[IP commercialisation requires valuation of legal, technical and commercial factors, including ownership, protection, market demand, revenue potential, remaining life, licensing potential and enforceability. Cost, market, income and relief-from-royalty methods may be used according to the asset and available information. Licensing preserves ownership while granting defined rights, unlike assignment, which transfers ownership. Effective arrangements should define scope, territory, exclusivity, royalties, confidentiality, improvements, enforcement, audit and termination. Due diligence should address title, existing rights, third-party claims and freedom to operate, alongside competition, tax, accounting and cross-border considerations.]]></description>
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<title>Prior communication of CGST arrest authorisation is required; summonses cannot replace a distinct pre-arrest notice.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CGST arrest commences when the person is actually deprived of liberty and placed in custody, not merely when present during a search, inquiry or statement recording. The twenty-four-hour period for production before a Magistrate runs from that actual arrest. Where a judicial undertaking requires seven working days' prior notice of arrest, a summons requiring attendance, evidence or documents is insufficient because it does not communicate a contemplated arrest. The Commissioner's arrest authorisation must contain and disclose reasons to believe, supporting material and application of mind before arrest. An arrest memo cannot substitute for that authorisation; failure of prior communication vitiates the arrest and later remand cannot cure the defect.]]></description>
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<title>GST search seizure powers exclude cash and securities absent a statutory nexus, requiring return or refund of unlawfully seized funds.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 67(2) of the CGST Act does not permit seizure of cash or securities merely because they are found during a GST search. Goods excludes money and securities, and the residuary expression "things" cannot be used to include items expressly excluded from goods. Cash being allegedly unaccounted, or an unsatisfactory explanation of its source, does not by itself establish the necessary nexus with GST proceedings. Money seized without authority must be returned or refunded. Interest and compensation for the unlawful seizure were not awarded, and other remedies remain available in law.]]></description>
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<title>Inverted duty refunds remain available where higher-taxed packing materials create accumulated ITC, despite restrictive administrative circulars.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Refund of unutilised input tax credit under an inverted duty structure remains available where higher-taxed packing materials used to make sulphur marketable in customised packets cause credit accumulation, even though the principal goods at input and output stages are identical. Statutory refund conditions do not exclude such claims based on identity of the principal goods. CBIC circulars issued for uniform implementation cannot add restrictions or curtail the statutory entitlement. The Tribunal upheld the taxpayer's refund and directed release of the sanctioned amount, dismissing the Revenue's appeal.]]></description>
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<title>Misdescription of goods in transit records supports section 129 tax and penalty; post-interception documents cannot cure the breach.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Transporting separately identifiable higher-value copper scrap under transit documents describing aluminium scrap constitutes more than a classification dispute or clerical error and supports an inference of intent to evade tax. Tax and penalty under section 129 may follow where the discrepancy conceals higher-value goods, particularly alongside repeated document irregularities. An invoice and e-way bill generated only after interception are post-detection measures; without statutory authority, they cannot validate the original transit-document breach or rebut the inference of tax evasion.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-movement e-way bill compliance makes post-interception documents ineffective, supporting detention and penalty for undocumented goods in transit.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Pre-movement e-way bill compliance requires the e-way bill to be generated before goods begin moving, with the tax invoice and e-way bill carried by the person in charge. Generating those documents only after interception does not cure transportation undertaken without them. Their absence at interception creates a rebuttable presumption of intent to evade tax, which may be displaced only by a reasonable explanation. The explanation did not rebut that presumption, and the detention-related penalty under section 129 was sustained.]]></description>
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<title>E-invoice procedural lapse alone cannot sustain detention penalty where transport records establish a genuine taxable supply without tax evasion.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Non-generation of an e-invoice bearing IRN/QR Code before movement of goods is a procedural breach, but it does not by itself warrant detention penalty under Section 129. Where the tax invoice, e-way bill and lorry receipt identify the parties, goods, value and tax liability, and a later e-invoice matches the transaction, the lapse does not conclusively establish intent to evade tax absent fictitious documents, mismatched goods, value suppression or concealed supply. On these facts, the Section 129 penalty was unsustainable, the appellate order was set aside, and consequential relief was granted subject to statutory procedure.]]></description>
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<title>Tariff classification of oversized kitchen exhaust hoods places integral-fan units in the residual entry rather than fans.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Kitchen exhaust hoods exceeding a 120 cm maximum horizontal side and incorporating factory-fitted Capture Jet fans are classified under CTH 8414 80 90 as "Other", rather than as fans under CTH 8414 59 90. Heading 8414 separately identifies fans and ventilating or recycling hoods incorporating a fan. An integral fan does not change a structurally complex hood assembly's essential character where its components and market identity remain those of a hood. The specific hood entry under CTH 8414 60 00 applies only where the maximum horizontal side does not exceed 120 cm.]]></description>
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<title>Defence end-use customs exemption covers missile-warning components, but each import requires prescribed certification and customs verification.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Defence end-use customs exemption applies on a functional, end-use basis to missile-warning-system components with a demonstrable nexus to military aircraft; tariff classification is not determinative. The specified imaging lens, sensor front-end and coupling unit qualify in principle as aircraft sub-assemblies and, alternatively, accessories because they are engineered exclusively for a missile-warning system fitted in military helicopters; specified weapon exclusions do not apply. Private defence suppliers may use the exemption, but Condition 17 requires a prescribed Ministry of Defence certificate issued by an officer not below Joint Secretary rank at import. An Indian Air Force end-use certificate alone is insufficient. Each consignment remains subject to mandatory certification and Customs verification.]]></description>
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<title>Fraud-based GST recovery requires show cause notices to state foundational facts, not merely recite statutory grounds.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 74(1) may be invoked for delayed GST payment only where the show cause notice discloses foundational facts permitting an inference of fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression with intent to evade tax. Mere mechanical reproduction of those statutory expressions does not satisfy that condition. Because the notice contained no such factual basis, recourse to section 74(1) was unwarranted; the Tribunal sustained the setting aside of the proceedings and dismissed the Revenue's appeal.]]></description>
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<title>GST cross-empowerment remains effective without conditional notification, while duplicate proceedings require established safeguards against overlapping inquiries.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST cross-empowerment permits Central and State officers to undertake intelligence-based enforcement action. A notification under section 6(1) is intended to prescribe conditions for that authority rather than operate as a precondition; its absence therefore does not make cross-empowerment inoperative or restrict its exercise. Protection against duplicate proceedings and the treatment of overlapping inquiries remain subject to applicable Supreme Court conclusions and guidelines. The writ-court orders were set aside, and the matters were remanded for fresh disposal under those principles.]]></description>
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<title>Expiry of seizure period requires release of seized mobile phones and debit cards where no extension order exists.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 67(7) of the CGST Act prevents continued retention of seized articles beyond six months unless an order extends the seizure. Where no extension order existed, the seized mobile phones and bank debit cards could no longer remain under seizure. The investigating officer was directed to return the articles immediately upon production of a certified order copy and acknowledgement.]]></description>
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<title>Cash seizure under GST search powers was impermissible, requiring interest on refunded cash and release of retained devices.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cash does not fall within the category of articles that may be seized during a search under section 67 of the CGST Act. Retention of seized cash until refund is illegal, and refund does not extinguish entitlement to accrued interest; the interest must be calculated and paid. Following issuance of a demand-cum-show-cause notice, seized mobile phones, pen drives and a bank card are liable to be released forthwith upon production of a certified copy of the order.]]></description>
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<title>Electronic Cash Ledger balances do not discharge GST liabilities until debit, sustaining delayed-payment interest and recovery.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Self-assessed GST liability is discharged only when amounts credited to the Electronic Cash Ledger are debited and appropriated towards the relevant liability through the return. Mere deposit in the ledger before the return due date does not constitute payment or prevent interest under Section 50(1); interest accrues until actual debit, notwithstanding unsubstantiated technical difficulties. Recovery of the resulting interest after issuance of notice and consideration of objections does not breach principles of natural justice. The challenge to the interest demand and recovery proceedings was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Doctrine of merger preserves writ review after time-barred GST registration appeal and enables conditional registration restoration.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Doctrine of merger did not apply where a statutory appeal against GST registration cancellation was summarily dismissed as time-barred; the original cancellation order therefore remained open to challenge under Articles 226 and 227. HC held that dismissal on limitation did not bar writ relief. On the registrant's bona fide explanation for failing to answer the show-cause notice, HC adopted a justice-oriented approach, quashed the cancellation, and directed restoration conditional on timely filing of returns and payment of outstanding tax, interest and penalty. Relief was confined to the peculiar facts and declared non-precedential.]]></description>
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<title>Input tax credit requires supplier tax payment; insolvency proceedings do not remove the recipient's statutory condition.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit remains conditional on actual payment of the tax charged by the supplier to the Government. The statutory conditions for credit operate conjointly; a recipient who avails credit without ensuring that the supplier paid the corresponding tax cannot retain it, and the credit is recoverable according to law. Supplier insolvency and an approved insolvency resolution plan do not waive or displace this statutory tax-payment condition. The writ petition challenging recovery of the credit was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Retrospective input tax credit relief protects timely GSTR-3B claims from limitation-based denial and consequential liabilities.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Retrospective section 16(5) permits input tax credit for specified financial years where claimed through GSTR-3B filed by the prescribed deadline, overriding the earlier limitation in section 16(4). GSTR-3B functions as the section 39 return for this purpose. Credit is availed when claimed and credited to the Electronic Credit Ledger; later utilisation does not constitute delayed availment. Discrepancies in GSTR-9 or GSTR-9C cannot by themselves extinguish credit already claimed through GSTR-3B. A demand founded solely on limitation cannot be sustained on new substantive grounds absent from the show-cause notice and original adjudication. Interest and penalty dependent exclusively on an invalid credit denial lack an independent basis.]]></description>
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<title>Blocked Input Tax Credit Requires Specific Exclusions, While Interest Applies Only to Credit Actually Utilised</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Blocked input tax credit must be assessed against the specific statutory exclusion applicable to each supply; the blocked-credit provision cannot operate as a generic residuary ground. Claimants must prove eligibility, any exception, and invoice-to-asset and business-use nexus through contemporaneous records, while assets claimed as plant and machinery must meet the statutory definition. Credits for gifts, food and catering, and unsupported expenditure were disallowed. A lawfully leviable cess separately charged must be included in taxable value. Interest on inadmissible credit applies only where wrongly availed credit is utilised, from utilisation until reversal or payment. Penalty depends on the prescribed statutory conditions and is limited to tax legally sustained, subject to recomputation.]]></description>
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<title>E-way bill vehicle-number mismatch raises competing views on tax-evasion intent and penalty where commercial records identify the correct vehicle.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An e-way bill showing a wholly different vehicle number generated differing views on whether a penalty for tax-evasion intent could arise. The Judicial Member considered correct Part B vehicle particulars mandatory, treated post-interception correction as ineffective, and found that the circumstances created a rebuttable presumption of evasion that remained unrebutted. The Technical Member treated invoices and commercial records showing the correct vehicle as evidence of a genuine transaction, concluding that a mismatch alone, absent a finding of evasion intent, could not support penalty. The point of difference was referred to another Member; the departmental appeal remains undecided.]]></description>
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<title>Subsequent-Year Transaction Inclusion Invalidates Cash-Deposit Assessment Where Revision Failed to Address the Assessee's Material Challenge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cash and transfer entries from a subsequent financial year were included in the Assessment Year 2022-23 assessment, despite the relevant year being Financial Year 2021-22. The High Court treated the unresolved revisional challenge to those entries as material and held that its inadequate consideration vitiated both the assessment and revisional orders. Those orders were set aside, and the assessing authority must make a fresh determination within two months in accordance with law. The merits of the unexplained cash-deposit addition remain open.]]></description>
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<title>Bank investment revaluation and non-rural bad-debt deductions remain allowable despite rural doubtful-debt provisions under settled tax principles.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Government securities held to maturity by a bank are treated as stock-in-trade and may be valued at cost or market value, whichever is lower. Resulting revaluation loss is deductible. Bad debts actually written off in respect of non-rural advances remain deductible despite a provision for bad and doubtful debts relating to rural advances. The proviso to section 36(1)(vii) prevents double deduction for rural advances but does not restrict deductions for actual write-offs of non-rural debts.]]></description>
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<title>TMI Updates - Newsletter dated: October 04, 2026</title>
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