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<title>Woman passenger from Sharjah held with undeclared gold chain at Ahmedabad airport</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs enforcement against undeclared gold importation involved interception of a passenger arriving from Sharjah at Ahmedabad airport following passenger profiling. A gold chain concealed inside clothing was recovered after it was not declared for customs purposes. The chain was seized and the passenger was arrested under the Customs Act, 1962, before being released on bail, with further investigation continuing.]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: Retired railway employee put under 'digital arrest', duped of Rs 30 lakh; one held</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Digital arrest cyber fraud allegedly used impersonation of law-enforcement and central banking officials, fabricated notices, threats of arrest and continuous video communications to coerce a retired railway employee into disclosing financial details and transferring funds for purported verification. The alleged proceeds were routed through mule and shell accounts. Banking records, KYC details, digital evidence and transaction trails allegedly connected a recipient account with suspicious transactions and multiple cyber-fraud cases; part of the cheated amount was recovered or refunded.]]></description>
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<title>CPI(M) accuses ED of ‘politically targeting’ Pinarayi Vijayan in CMRL case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CPI(M) alleges that enforcement action under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the CMRL matter is politically motivated targeting of Pinarayi Vijayan, family members and party associates. It contends that searches, questioning and public communications during the investigation were used to create suspicion without incriminating evidence, and characterises references to hawala as a new investigative narrative. The party also alleges selective anti-money-laundering enforcement against opposition leaders and states that the company will address the CMRL-related matter.]]></description>
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<title>ED arrests ex-Andhra minister K Nageswara Rao in liquor transport 'scam'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Money-laundering proceedings concerning alleged financial irregularities in liquor transport led to the arrest of former Andhra Pradesh minister Karumuri Nageswara Rao under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The inquiry concerns alleged wrongful loss to the government exchequer arising from liquor-transport operations. Investigative measures included raids and the arrest of Rao's son, along with arrests of a former state beverages corporation managing director and the person described as the principal accused.]]></description>
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<title>Orris Infrastructure MD Amit Gupta arrested in cheating case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alleged forgery, cheating, criminal breach of trust and conspiracy concern purported unauthorised changes to LLP statutory records filed with the Registrar of Companies. The allegations include use of false documents to remove a nominated partner, substitute another person as partner and transfer a partner's interest in the LLP. The matter also draws attention to separate land-collaboration allegations and delayed possession claims by homebuyers in a halted housing project.]]></description>
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<title>In a knot: Surat weaving units take voluntary two-day holiday as yarn prices shoot up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Voluntary production curtailment by weaving units is being adopted in response to increased polyester yarn and related input costs. Units may reduce shifts or observe periodic holidays according to individual commercial feasibility to limit yarn consumption until prices and fabric-market conditions stabilise. Industry representatives allege that yarn-price increases exceed corresponding input-cost movements and seek examination of possible artificial pricing, along with customs-duty relief on yarn and relevant inputs.]]></description>
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<title>Interest on non-compliance with Rule 86B</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 86B non-compliance raises whether use of eligible ITC for the entire output tax liability creates unpaid tax for Section 50 interest. One view treats the breach as a mode-of-utilisation restriction rather than delayed tax payment, unless a statutory basis deems the cash portion unpaid. Sufficient Electronic Cash Ledger funds credited before the due date and continuously available may support a defence against compensatory interest, subject to ledger chronology and jurisdictional views. A contrary view distinguishes cash-ledger deposits from actual tax payment and treats the prescribed cash portion as payable.]]></description>
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<title>RoDTEP / Duty Drawback Benefits for Exports to Nepal  Bhutan Should be Governed by FTP or Respective Customs Notifications in Case of Inconsistency?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Eligibility for Duty Drawback and RoDTEP on exports to Nepal and Bhutan is governed by the respective Customs notifications where specific conditions differ from amended FTP provisions. INR-denominated settlement permitted under the FTP does not itself confer export-incentive entitlement. Drawback and RoDTEP conditions operate independently under the Customs framework and continue unless the relevant notifications are amended. The FTP governs the permissibility and manner of export and payment, whereas Customs notifications determine admissibility of fiscal benefits.]]></description>
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<title>DTA removal of duty paid goods by SEZ Developer after exit of Unit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[DTA removal of identifiable goods taken over by an SEZ Developer after payment of applicable customs duty and IGST through a Bill of Entry for home consumption may not create a second customs-duty or customs-IGST incidence if the goods were not processed or transformed in the SEZ. Rule 49(4)(a) permits removal of already-duty-paid goods without duty where identity is established, and relevant Unit procedures apply to Developers. Depreciation need not apply if this relief is available. A later sale or supply may independently attract GST, and clearance requires permission, records and applicable DTA documentation.]]></description>
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<title>Interstate Sale by Composition Dealer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST composition dealers cannot directly make inter-State outward sales of goods while remaining under the composition scheme. Movement of goods from one State to another pursuant to sale attracts the restriction, and payment or invoicing arrangements cannot cure it. A customer or payment originating in another State does not itself make a supply inter-State; actual delivery, movement and place-of-supply facts govern. A genuine independent reseller may separately make an inter-State sale, while businesses undertaking direct inter-State sales should operate under the regular GST scheme.]]></description>
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<title>Applicability of GST exemption under Entry 66(a) to clinical postings provided by a specialised hospital/educational institution to students of another educational institution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST exemption under Entry 66(a) for mandatory clinical postings may apply where the posting is part of a curriculum leading to a qualification recognised by law and the training institution is approved for that component. The further requirement that services be provided "to its students" is significant. Exemption is more defensible if students are formally posted, attached or registered with the institution and receive structured training, supervision, attendance monitoring or assessment. Mere clinical exposure for students of another institution without a formal academic or regulatory relationship creates a litigation-prone position.]]></description>
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<title>Duty Drawback  RoDTEP claim on post export with Free shipping Bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Post-export amendment of a Free Shipping Bill may be pursued under section 149 of the Customs Act, 1962, where documentary evidence supporting eligibility existed at export. Duty Drawback claims have comparatively stronger support for conversion or processing of Free Shipping Bills, although departmental time limits may be raised. RoDTEP is more fact-sensitive because its declaration is ordinarily required in the Shipping Bill. Lack of AD Code registration is not necessarily a substantive disqualification, and contemporaneous records should support the reasons for filing under a Free Shipping Bill.]]></description>
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<title>Need for registration under CGST Act</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST registration depends on whether personal fixed-deposit interest is included in aggregate turnover and whether commercial rent is wholly subject to reverse charge. Interest from personal investments, where the individual does not conduct a lending or financing business, may be outside the scope of supply and excluded from aggregate turnover. If commercial renting is the only GST supply and the registered tenant pays the entire tax under reverse charge, the exemption for exclusively reverse-charge supplies may apply. Contrary views treating deposit interest as an exempt supply create litigation risk.]]></description>
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<title>Supply to SEZ unit WITH PAYMENT OF TAX</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Supplies to an SEZ Unit or Developer for authorised operations are zero-rated. The supplier may supply under LUT without IGST and claim refund of eligible unutilised input tax credit, or pay IGST and seek refund subject to SEZ endorsement and refund conditions. The discussion raises whether IGST collected from the SEZ recipient is compatible with the supplier's refund declaration that tax has not been collected. A differing view is that the supplier should recover only the pre-tax value from the SEZ and independently obtain refund of tax paid.]]></description>
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<title>Generating response Copilot said: GST Advance Received - Rule 50(ii) Inter-State Supply but Place of Supply Unknown for GSTR-1 Reporting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Advances received where the nature of supply is indeterminable are treated as inter-State supplies and liable to IGST, but no deemed State is prescribed for the place of supply. GSTR-1 nevertheless requires a State selection. Where identifiable, the recipient's State may be reported if the prospective supply can reasonably be linked to it, subject to applicable PoS provisions and facts. If no actual or reasonably connected State can be identified, no express default State exists; the advance should later be reconciled with the actual PoS.]]></description>
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<title>GST | Refund or Adjustment of Tax Paid Pursuant to Favourable Advance Ruling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST paid on transactions subsequently found exempt or non-taxable under a favourable advance ruling may generally be recovered through a refund claim under Section 54, subject to the two-year limitation period and unjust-enrichment requirements. Historical GST should not ordinarily be adjusted by reducing liability in a later GSTR-3B, as this does not generally substitute for the statutory refund process. Where limitation has expired, constitutional or writ remedies may require fact- and jurisdiction-specific examination.]]></description>
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<title>One Star Export House status now accepts export performance in any two of the preceding three financial years.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign Trade Policy 2023 now permits applicants outside the Gems  Jewelry Sector to obtain One Star Export House status based on export performance in any two of the three preceding financial years, subject to the other requirements of paragraph 1.25. The general requirement of export performance across all three preceding financial years remains applicable for grant of status, while the Gems  Jewelry Sector continues to require performance in both preceding financial years. The amendment takes immediate effect.]]></description>
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<title>Diamond Imprest Authorisation imports retain Integrated Tax exemption as Compensation Cess exemption is removed from Foreign Trade Policy provisions.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Para 4.63 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 is amended with immediate effect to remove the reference to exemption from Compensation Cess on imports under Diamond Imprest Authorisation. The amendment reflects discontinuation of Compensation Cess from 1 February 2026. Imports under Diamond Imprest Authorisation continue to be exempt from Basic Customs Duty, additional customs duties, Education Cess, anti-dumping duty, countervailing duty, safeguard duties where applicable, and the whole of Integrated Tax levied under the Customs Tariff Act.]]></description>
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<title>Raw sugar TRQ allocation requires in-house refining, domestic refined sugar sales, and strict utilisation or surrender compliance.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[TRQ allocation for raw sugar imports is available online to millers and refiners with functional in-house refining capacity, subject to capacity evidence, scrutiny and preference for import completion by the prescribed date. Quota holders must provide Letters of Credit or confirmed contracts, use or timely surrender allocations, and process imported raw sugar at their own facilities. Each specified quantity of raw sugar must yield refined sugar for domestic sale within the stipulated period; non-compliance may trigger customs duty, interest, cancellation or future allocation restrictions. Existing Advance Authorisation holders under SION E52 may elect one-time conversion to TRQ for eligible imported raw sugar, subject to payment of exempted GST, prescribed documentation and domestic-sale reporting.]]></description>
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<title>Automated export obligation extensions remove separate regional applications after committee approval for Advance Authorisation and EPCG authorisations.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Export obligation extensions approved by the PRC/EPCG Committee for Advance Authorisation and EPCG Authorisation will be processed automatically through the DGFT system. Exporters need not submit a separate extension application to the Regional Authority after committee approval. The system will issue a fee-payment letter on the committee file; once the prescribed fee is paid through the portal and the response is submitted, it will create and approve the extension file and generate the extension letter. The revised export obligation expiry date will update the relevant authorisation records and be transmitted to ICEGATE, reducing manual processing and verification.]]></description>
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<title>Customs custody at Kamarajar Port shifts to APM Terminals for import handling and export cargo until clearance or export.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. is appointed under Section 45(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 as custodian of imported goods landed at Kamarajar Port and received at its container freight station, until clearance for home consumption, warehousing or transhipment. It is also appointed custodian of export cargo brought into its premises until export from that port. The custodian must comply with Section 45, the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, and applicable rules, regulations and instructions. The appointment takes effect from 3 August 2026.]]></description>
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<title>International cargo transhipment through Indian ports continues with Customs-controlled storage, re-export safeguards, and coordinated multi-station movement procedures.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[International transhipment of FCL and LCL cargo is permitted from all seaports and international airports, including movement through other Customs stations, subject to the Customs Act and applicable rules. Liquid bulk, break bulk and solid/dry bulk cargo diverted to Indian ports may be temporarily unloaded, stored and transhipped or re-exported with case-specific permission, Customs supervision, secure custody, inventory controls, testing and safeguards against home consumption or diversion. Multi-station transhipment requires prior nodal-officer consent and controlled movement. Custodians remain responsible for cargo security, handling, accounting and reporting irregularities. These measures operate until 31 October 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Digitally signed Powers of Attorney now satisfy FPI address proof requirements without notarisation, apostillisation or consularisation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign Portfolio Investors may submit a Power of Attorney to custodians specifying their address through a digital signature compliant with the Information Technology Act, 2000. Such digitally executed Powers of Attorney are admissible as proof of address under the FPI KYC framework, replacing the requirement for notarisation, apostillisation or consularisation. The amendment to the FPI Master Circular takes effect on August 20, 2026, enabling faster digital onboarding of FPI applicants.]]></description>
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<title>KRA interoperability permits IFSCA-regulated entities to access KYC systems subject to securities-market KYC and FPI data-security requirements.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[IFSCA-regulated entities may access the systems of SEBI-registered KYC Registration Agencies to undertake client KYC, enabling interoperability and information sharing. Entities accessing KRA systems become subject to the SEBI KRA Regulations and must comply with the applicable KYC norms prescribed in the securities-market Master Circular, as amended. Where clients are registered as Foreign Portfolio Investors, such entities must also comply with the prescribed data-security guidelines for FPIs, designated depository participants and eligible foreign investors. These requirements apply with immediate effect.]]></description>
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<title>Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on US goods beginning Sept 8 as trade negotiations collapse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Retaliatory tariffs are set to escalate bilateral trade restrictions after the United States imposed tariffs of up to 50 per cent on specified Canadian imports. Canada proposes dollar-for-dollar countermeasures covering sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics. Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 is invoked as the legal basis for the United States measures, permitting presidential import duties up to 50 per cent without a prior investigation or prescribed maximum duration. Escalation creates uncertainty for supply chains and renewal of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.]]></description>
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<title>Trade war between Canada, US deepens rupture in what had been close and durable alliance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Canada-United States trade relations are described as entering a confrontational phase after tariff negotiations collapsed. The United States imposed tariffs on specified Canadian goods, while Canada committed to reciprocal import taxes and suspended negotiations. The dispute marks a retreat from preferential market access and continental integration. Canada's export dependence on the United States may limit retaliation and increase risks to output, employment, investment and integrated supply chains. Trade diversification, non-United States investment and expanded Pacific export infrastructure are identified as responses to a potentially enduring protectionist bilateral relationship.]]></description>
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<title>Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on US good beginning Sept 8</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Retaliatory tariffs on United States goods will take effect from 8 September in response to United States tariffs on Canadian products and unsuccessful negotiations. The dollar-for-dollar measures will cover steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics, with product-specific details to follow. Canada had been willing to remove certain retaliatory tariffs if corresponding United States tariffs were substantially reduced, but considered the final demands unacceptable.]]></description>
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<title>J-K parties oppose hike in power tarrif</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Power tariff regulation in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has been revised through approval of an average tariff increase, effective from 1 September 2026. Political representatives have opposed the increase on the ground that it adds to consumer hardship amid unemployment, inflation, and sectoral difficulties. The criticism also contrasts the revised tariff with prior commitments concerning free domestic electricity and gas.]]></description>
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<title>IAS officer Gangwar not ‘missing’, away in UP over father’s health: Karnataka minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reported absence of an IAS officer was attributed to a family medical emergency and a pending leave request, rather than enforcement searches concerning an alleged recruitment-examination scam. The officer denied any connection with those searches and expressed willingness to face an inquiry. Enforcement searches at the Karnataka Public Service Commission concerned a money-laundering investigation into alleged recruitment irregularities. The State Cabinet decided to advise suspension of the commission chairperson and initiation of an inquiry after an earlier suspension was set aside for lacking the Cabinet's aid and advice.]]></description>
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<title>J-K Dy CM terms ED case against his brother 'selective targeting'</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Enforcement proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act concern allegations that suspended police officer Vijay Choudhary managed numerous assets through benami transactions and engaged in money laundering. An Anti-Corruption Bureau FIR had already been registered in relation to the allegations. Surinder Choudhary characterised the action as selective targeting but maintained that investigating agencies and the judiciary should address and decide matters concerning his family.]]></description>
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<title>T'gana HC CJ calls for timely, expert dispute resolution in telecom, broadcasting, airport sectors</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Specialised, timely and effective dispute-resolution mechanisms are necessary for technically complex disputes in telecom, broadcasting, airport tariffs and cyber sectors. Technology may assist legal reasoning but cannot replace judicial reasoning, requiring verification, professional responsibility and meaningful human oversight. Effective specialised adjudication should combine domain expertise with judicial discipline, respond to technical complexity, and protect natural justice, transparency and reasoned decision-making. Mediation and other consensual mechanisms can support dispute resolution.]]></description>
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<title>Latur CA booked for issuing certificates to facilitate remittance of hundreds of crores abroad</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alleged misuse of Form 15CB certification has resulted in criminal proceedings concerning certificates issued for foreign remittances without verification of underlying documents. Form 15CB requires certification of applicable taxability and tax-deduction particulars for specified remittances to non-residents before processing by an authorised dealer. The allegations concern certificates that potentially enabled cross-border transfers through shell or non-existent companies, involving cheating, false certification, false evidence and common intention.]]></description>
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<title>Stock Market for Beginners: How to Start Investing Without Feeling Overwhelmed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Beginner stock market investing requires a bank account, a trading or broking account with a SEBI-registered broker, and a Demat account for electronic holding of securities. Investments involve risk of loss and should align with financial goals, time horizon and loss-bearing capacity. Investors should understand primary and secondary markets, distinguish long-term investing from short-term trading, assess companies before purchase, diversify holdings, consider charges, maintain records and avoid borrowed-money investing, rumours and momentum-driven decisions.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Para 1.25 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[One Star Export House status under paragraph 1.25(d) of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 may be granted, other than in the Gems  Jewelry Sector, where export performance is established in any two of the three preceding financial years, subject to other applicable conditions. Export performance remains necessary in all three preceding financial years for other status categories, while the Gems  Jewelry Sector continues to require performance in both preceding financial years.]]></description>
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<title>CGST Zone detects clandestine pan masala, tobacco unit, detects tax evasion of Rs 160 cr</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Clandestine manufacture and clearance of pan masala, scented jarda and tobacco products without registration or payment of GST, HSNS Cess and central excise duty was detected through an intelligence-led search. Undeclared Form-Fill-Seal packing machines, workers, finished goods, raw materials, transport vehicles, packing materials and records indicated unaccounted production and clearance. Capacity-based monthly HSNS Cess for pan masala is computed according to the number, type and capacity of installed packing machines, while a corresponding capacity-based central excise levy applies to chewing tobacco, jarda and gutkha.]]></description>
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<title>Korea Industry Expo (KoINDEX) 2026 Opens at Yashobhoomi on 27 August</title>
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<description><![CDATA[KoINDEX 2026 is a business-to-business trade exhibition bringing Korean manufacturers and exporters together with buyers in India and South Asia. It focuses on beauty and personal-care products, processed and functional foods, and construction, building and safety products. Commercial engagement includes pre-matched export consultations with project owners, contractors, distributors, wholesalers, e-commerce platforms and food distribution businesses. A seminar addresses Bureau of Indian Standards certification and market-entry requirements for Korean products entering the Indian market.]]></description>
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<title>Protection in predicate offence doesn't automatically extend to PMLA case: Delhi HC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Protection in a predicate-offence FIR does not automatically extend to independent PMLA proceedings. Anticipatory bail in a money-laundering investigation must be assessed under the applicable PMLA condition and on the material connecting the applicant to alleged proceeds of crime. Relevant considerations include the financial trail, recorded statements, bank-account analysis, compliance with summonses, cooperation with inquiry, and the need for personal participation in evidence collection and confrontation with documentary and digital material.]]></description>
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<title>GST appeal limitation permits exclusion for bona fide rectification proceedings, but rectification does not automatically restart the appeal period.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[For GST appeals, limitation under Section 107 runs from communication of the specific order challenged and is not automatically suspended or restarted by a rectification petition. Statutory condonation limits cannot be enlarged through principles underlying Section 5 of the Limitation Act. Principles underlying Section 14 may nevertheless permit exclusion of time spent pursuing a rectification petition where it concerns the same parties and matter and was pursued with due diligence and good faith. Good faith requires an arguable rectification basis, not a meritless attempt to introduce material absent from the original proceedings. Where exclusion is established, the appeal period is computed after excluding the rectification period; otherwise, reconsideration may be subject to agreed remittance conditions.]]></description>
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<title>RECOVERY OF DEBT DETERMINED BY ‘DRT’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Debt determined by the Debts Recovery Tribunal is recovered through a recovery certificate executed by the Recovery Officer. Recovery may proceed through attachment and sale of property, possession and sale of secured property, receivership, arrest, third-party debt notices, court-held funds, asset disclosures, and distraint and sale of movable property. The defendant cannot dispute the certified amount before the Recovery Officer. Payment time may be granted subject to the stipulated down payment, an unconditional undertaking, and forfeiture of appellate rights; default ends the stay. Recovery Officer orders are appealable to the Tribunal subject to the required debt deposit.]]></description>
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<title>IBC: MORATORIUM AND SECTION 138 OF NI ACT</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 138 cheque-dishonour proceedings are treated as predominantly criminal, so moratoria under Sections 96 and 101 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code do not restrain prosecution or personal criminal liability. The moratorium may, however, apply to recovery of unpaid compensation ordered in such proceedings because it operates in respect of debt obligations. Sections 124 and 128 are distinguished as bankruptcy-stage protections directed at actions against the debtor's property and preservation of the bankrupt estate. Unresolved issues remain on whether Section 138 is quasi-criminal and the extent to which Part III moratoria cover its compensatory component.]]></description>
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<title>Your supplier pocketed the GST. Here's why you lose the ITC, and what to fix in your next purchase order</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit is available only when the supplier has actually paid the charged tax to the Government, besides invoice, receipt, return-filing and GSTR-2B conditions. Supplier default can require reversal of credit even where the recipient paid the supplier in full and possesses evidence of genuine supply. Rule 37A requires timely reversal where GSTR-1 is filed but GSTR-3B is not, with re-availment available after supplier compliance. Recipients should monitor supplier filings, reconcile GSTR-2B, preserve evidence, and use contractual withholding, rectification, indemnity and set-off clauses to manage vendor risk.]]></description>
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<title>Layers of SVB Assessment and Its Correlation with Transfer Pricing under Indian Law.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SVB assessment determines customs value of related-party imports by examining whether the relationship influenced the declared price and whether statutory additions, including relevant royalties, licence fees, commissions and services, are required. Transfer pricing separately tests international transactions under the arm's-length principle. Common evidence such as agreements, pricing policies, comparables, functions, risks and profitability may be relevant in both regimes, but neither regime automatically determines the other. Year-end transfer-pricing adjustments require separate customs analysis of their substance, contractual basis, nexus with imported goods and effect on the price payable.]]></description>
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<title>GST Paid Under The Wrong Head - Should The Taxpayer Pay Again?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST payment under an incorrect head must be distinguished from wrong characterisation of a supply. If a supply was wrongly treated as inter-State, the statutory route involving Section 77, Section 19 and the refund procedure applies. If an admittedly intra-State supply was merely paid under IGST instead of CGST and SGST, the issue is accounting allocation rather than classification. Taxpayers should submit reconciliations during scrutiny, examine invoices, returns and electronic ledgers, and seek lawful appropriation of the payment towards the correct liabilities where permitted.]]></description>
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<title>My 200th Article On Tax TMI - Learning Has No Retirement Age- The Journey Ends Only When Curiosity Ends</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:54 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Continuous learning in professional life is not limited by age, employment, or retirement. Experience should support further study rather than intellectual complacency, especially where legal frameworks, judicial interpretation, and factual contexts evolve. In indirect taxation, the transition from central excise and service tax to an evolving GST regime demonstrates the need to keep reading, questioning, and correcting understanding. Writing and knowledge-sharing deepen legal research by exposing gaps, inviting alternative interpretations, and encouraging intellectual humility in a changing legal field.]]></description>
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<title>Layers of Customs Declaration under Indian Customs Law.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs declarations are multi-layered statutory representations for import and export transactions. Importers and exporters remain responsible for accurate, complete declarations, authentic supporting records and compliance with restrictions, even when filings are made through authorised representatives. Classification, valuation, origin, quantity, duty, exemptions, trade remedies and regulatory permissions must be correctly established and mutually consistent. Assessment, verification and post-clearance audit may test the declaration against commercial records and physical goods. Genuine errors may be corrected where permitted, but material misdeclaration or non-compliance can attract reassessment, duty recovery, interest, confiscation, penalties or other statutory consequences.]]></description>
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<title>GST Risk Management: Building an Effective Internal Tax Control Framework - A Detailed Legal Analysis.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST risk management requires a continuous internal tax control framework covering classification, documentation, tax determination, ERP recording, e-invoice and E-Way Bill compliance, return reporting, reconciliation, review and remediation. Registered persons remain responsible for GST correctness despite outsourcing. Core controls include maker-checker approval of tax-sensitive master data, reconciliation of outward supplies and returns, substantive ITC eligibility review in addition to invoice matching, separate reverse-charge controls, and documented explanations for material differences. Governance should allocate responsibilities across operations, tax, finance, logistics, ERP, internal audit and senior management.]]></description>
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<title>ISO 31000:2018 Enterprise Risk Management: A Comprehensive Guide to Risk Identification, Assessment, and Mitigation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Enterprise risk management requires an integrated, structured, customized, inclusive, dynamic, and continually improving approach to the effect of uncertainty on organizational objectives. The process includes stakeholder communication, establishing internal and external context, risk identification, analysis of likelihood and consequences, evaluation against risk criteria, treatment, and continuous monitoring. Treatment may involve avoidance, reduction through controls, sharing through insurance or contractual arrangements, or acceptance within defined limits. Leadership commitment, defined responsibilities, embedded processes, reliable information, and regular review support effective governance, resilience, compliance-risk management, and informed decision-making.]]></description>
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<title>AI-generated legal material requires independent verification and human oversight; GST cancellation proceedings require fresh reasoned adjudication.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Use of AI-generated legal material in quasi-judicial orders requires independent verification, human oversight, and the issuing officer's own application of mind. Reliance on non-existent or irrelevant AI-generated precedents prompted an unconditional apology, and non-compliance with departmental safeguards was directed to be treated as contempt of court. GST registration cancellation proceedings were quashed because the authorities proposed to revise the challenged orders and issue a fresh notice. Fresh adjudication must consider the taxpayer's reply and defence and result in a reasoned order in accordance with law; the merits remain open.]]></description>
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<title>Transitional credit refunds require Electronic Credit Ledger proof, while belated writs cannot bypass expired statutory appeal limitation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Transitional SGST input tax credit refund requires proof that the unutilised erstwhile-regime credit stood as an opening balance in the Electronic Credit Ledger on 1 July 2017. In the absence of the prescribed TRAN-1 declaration or other satisfactory evidence of that balance, the refund claim fails. Writ jurisdiction under Article 226 ordinarily cannot be used to revive a statutory challenge after the taxpayer's own default has allowed the appeal limitation to expire, particularly where the delay is inordinate. The writ petition was dismissed because the transitional credit was unsubstantiated and the statutory appellate remedy had become time-barred.]]></description>
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<title>Passport renewal during criminal proceedings can run full term where prior court approval effectively safeguards foreign travel.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Passport renewal may be granted for its regular ten-year term during pending criminal proceedings where prior court permission remains mandatory for foreign travel. Travel restrictions, reinforced by directions to investigating and immigration authorities, provide sufficient safeguards against unauthorised departure regardless of the passport's validity period. In the absence of plausible reasons, substantive harm, or reasonable apprehension, limiting renewal to three years was not justified, particularly given the accused's stated roots in India. Renewal for ten years operates subject to all continuing conditions requiring prior court approval before travel abroad.]]></description>
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<title>GST registration cancellation requires a specified personal hearing and uploaded verification records; non-compliance invalidates the proceedings.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST registration cancellation proceedings require a show-cause notice in Form GST REG-17 that allows seven working days for a reply and specifies the date and time of personal hearing. Omission of hearing particulars breaches the prescribed form and principles of natural justice. Where cancellation is based on physical verification, Rule 25 requires the verification report, supporting documents and photographs to be uploaded in Form GST REG-30 on the common portal within fifteen working days; non-upload invalidates proceedings founded on that verification. Writ jurisdiction remains available despite an alternative revocation remedy where natural justice is violated or the action is ultra vires. Fresh proceedings may be initiated only in compliance with these requirements.]]></description>
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<title>Special input tax credit procedure is authorised, while safeguards for the six-month rectification period remain under consideration.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 148 permits the Government, on the Council's recommendations and subject to conditions and safeguards, to notify classes of registered persons and special procedures for registration, returns, tax payment and administration. Notification No. 22/2024-Central Tax, prescribing a procedure to implement retrospective input tax credit entitlement under Section 16(5), therefore falls within that power. The validity of the stipulated six-month period for rectification, particularly whether it contains adequate safeguards despite no extension mechanism for extraordinary circumstances, remains under consideration. The writ petitions were kept pending on that limited issue.]]></description>
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<title>Effective service of GST show cause notices requires more than portal upload before ex parte adjudication can stand.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Service of a show cause notice solely by uploading it to the common portal was treated as ineffective where there was no acknowledgement of receipt or response from the assessee. An ex parte adjudication under Section 73 of the CGST Act founded on such notice could not be sustained because the assessee lacked an effective opportunity to reply. The ex parte order was set aside, with liberty to submit a response to the show cause notice. The competent authority must then conduct fresh adjudication and pass an order in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Electronic cash ledger refunds require notice, hearing and a reasoned Commissioner determination before withholding during a pending revenue appeal.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Withholding an electronic cash ledger refund during the Revenue's pending appeal requires a specific determination by the Commissioner under Section 54(11) of the CGST Act. Payment or withholding cannot be decided without initiating the statutory process, issuing a show cause notice, and providing the claimant a proper opportunity of hearing. The Commissioner must then pass a reasoned order determining whether the claimed refund should be paid or withheld while the appeal remains pending.]]></description>
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<title>GST appeal limitation restricts delay condonation to the statutory extension, barring appeals filed after both prescribed periods.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST appeals must be filed within three months of communication of the order. The appellate authority may admit a delayed appeal only on sufficient cause and only during the further one-month period expressly permitted by the statute. The Limitation Act does not apply to enlarge this limited condonation power where the GST appellate scheme does not provide for such application. An appeal filed after both periods, particularly where the substantial delay remains inadequately explained, is time-barred and cannot be entertained.]]></description>
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<title>GST portal upload without valid communication does not trigger appeal limitation; delayed statutory appeal restored for merits review.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST appeal limitation does not begin merely because an order-in-original is uploaded on the common portal without valid communication to the assessee in the stated circumstances. Although the Appellate Authority remains bound by the statutory limitation under the RGST/CGST Act, delay may be condoned where the assessee could not file the appeal for reasons beyond its control and refusal of merits review would cause grave prejudice. The time-bar dismissal was set aside and the statutory appeal restored for merits determination, subject to the directed deposit of outstanding tax.]]></description>
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<title>Collateral challenge to GST adjudication order failed, but bona fide pursuit of writ remedy preserved statutory appellate recourse.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Collateral challenge to a CGST adjudication order through an interlocutory application in a pending writ petition was not maintainable because the earlier AGST notice challenge had no connection with the subsequent CGST proceedings. No interim restraint covered the adjudication, and no jurisdictional error by the Proper Officer was established; the writ challenge became infructuous and the interlocutory challenge was misconceived. Bona fide and diligent pursuit of the wrong writ remedy justified allowing recourse to the statutory appellate remedy despite expiry of limitation. Petitioners received liberty to file an appeal under the CGST Act within 30 days, to be considered on merits without limitation objection; prior interim protection was vacated.]]></description>
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<title>Portal-only GST notice after registration cancellation is ineffective, requiring fresh adjudication and personal hearing when requested.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST show cause notices served only through the portal after cancellation of registration do not constitute effective service where the taxpayer cannot access the portal. Adjudication based on such service is liable to be set aside, with the tax authorities permitted to restart proceedings from the show cause notice stage in accordance with law. In fresh proceedings, a personal hearing must be provided where the taxpayer requests it under the statutory requirement. The discussion relies on decisions treating portal-only communication after cancellation as inconsistent with effective notice and procedural fairness.]]></description>
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<title>IGST export refund restrictions under omitted Rule 96(10) cannot sustain proceedings without a saving clause.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rule 96(10) of the CGST Rules restricted IGST refunds on exports in specified circumstances. The High Court's earlier ruling in M/s Hikal Limited treated the rule as ultra vires section 16 of the IGST Act and manifestly arbitrary. Its subsequent omission without a saving clause meant that proceedings based exclusively on an alleged breach of Rule 96(10) could not continue. Accordingly, a show cause notice seeking to deny or recover an IGST export refund under that rule, along with consequential proceedings, was quashed.]]></description>
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<title>Duplicate GST adjudication for identical issues and periods is unsustainable when earlier Central GST proceedings remain under appeal</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Duplicate GST adjudication on the same issues and assessment period is unsustainable where Central GST authorities have already issued an order and that order remains under appeal. The subsequent State GST assessment and rectification orders addressed identical issues for the identical period, thereby duplicating the earlier Central GST adjudication. The State GST orders were quashed, and the writ petition was allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Suppression under GST requires proven intent to evade; ineligible ITC or audit non-response alone cannot sustain demand.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 74 of the CGST Act requires evidence of fraud, willful misstatement or deliberate suppression with intent to evade tax; mere availment of ineligible self-assessed input tax credit does not meet that standard. Disclosure of ITC reconciliation in GSTR-9C and annual returns on the GST portal negates an allegation of concealed facts absent contrary evidence. Failure to reply to an audit enquiry or final audit report is likewise not suppression where the underlying data is disclosed and no statutory reply is required. A demand also cannot be sustained on a ground introduced beyond the show cause notice, as this denies the taxpayer an opportunity to respond and breaches natural justice.]]></description>
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<title>Legal-heir GST liability requires estate-based notice, while retrospective input tax credit relief overrides belated-return disallowance.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 93 of the CGST/KGST Act limits a legal representative's liability where a deceased proprietor's business has discontinued: recovery may be made only from the deceased's estate and only after notice, inquiry and ascertainment of that estate. Continuation of proceedings without notice to the legal heir or examination of inherited assets is treated as procedurally unsustainable. Separately, Section 16(5), retrospectively effective from 1 July 2017, overrides the belated-return restriction in Section 16(4) for invoices relating to FY 2017-18 to 2020-21 where the relevant Section 39 return was filed by 30 November 2021. Eligible input tax credit is therefore available where that deadline is met.]]></description>
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<title>Psyllium seed classification under Heading 1211 makes dried, godown-stored supplies taxable and excludes fresh-seed GST exemption.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Psyllium seeds (Isabgol) fall under tariff sub-heading 1211 90 13 because Heading 1211 specifically covers Psyllium seed and includes Plantago psyllium herbs and seeds used primarily in pharmacy. GST exemption for fresh or chilled seeds depends on the condition of goods when supplied. Storage in dry, ventilated godowns constitutes drying; without evidence that the seeds remained fresh from harvest until supply, they are treated as dried goods. Dried Psyllium seeds are taxable at 5 per cent under the entry for frozen or dried plants and plant parts, while exemptions for fresh or chilled goods and goods of seed quality do not apply.]]></description>
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<title>Specificity of penalty charge is mandatory: notices retaining both section 271(1)(c) limbs cannot sustain penalty proceedings.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Penalty notices under section 271(1)(c) must clearly identify whether the charge concerns concealment of income or furnishing inaccurate particulars. The two limbs are independent and may require different explanations and treatment; therefore, a notice retaining both alternatives without specifying the applicable limb denies the assessee a proper opportunity to defend. Recording satisfaction to initiate penalty proceedings does not cure this defect. Applying this principle, the High Court treated the defective notice as invalid, upheld deletion of the penalty, and dismissed the revenue's appeal.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-reassessment procedural safeguards permit prima facie review without oral hearing, but require meaningful hearing during reassessment proceedings.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-reassessment procedure requires the Assessing Officer to issue a show-cause notice, consider the taxpayer's reply and form only a prima facie view that income has escaped assessment. Absence of an oral hearing at that preliminary stage does not by itself invalidate the pre-reassessment order or consequential reassessment notice where a substantive opportunity remains available during reassessment. Information concerning unsecured loans and cash deposits may be considered collectively where intrinsically connected to the alleged escaped income; the genuineness of the loan is to be examined in reassessment. The reassessment must provide a meaningful personal hearing and consider further documents and explanations, with merits left open.]]></description>
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<title>Subletting charges required under a lease reduce rental income before the standard house-property deduction is applied.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Subletting charges paid to MIDC as a mandatory condition for subletting leasehold property are treated as an integral cost of earning rental income. Taxable income from house property is therefore computed on net rental income after reducing those charges. The standard deduction available for house property income under section 24(a) does not prevent deduction of such pre-receipt expenditure, because the charges are necessary to commercially exploit the leasehold property through subletting. The disallowance of the charges was deleted and the deduction was allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Cash receipts for immovable property transfers fall under specified sum rules, but penalty fails for the wrong assessment year.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cash consideration receivable, whether as advance or otherwise, for transfer of immovable property falls within "specified sum" and is governed by section 269SS; the contention that section 269ST exclusively applied was rejected. However, penalty under section 271D could not be sustained for an assessment year in which no cash consideration was received. As the relevant receipts occurred in an earlier financial year, the penalty levied for AY 2017-18 was held invalid and deleted. The Tribunal also noted that part of the receipts preceded the amendment extending section 269SS to specified sums connected with immovable property transfers.]]></description>
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<title>Section 87A rebate remains available against short-term capital gains tax under the concessional tax regime.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rebate under section 87A is available against tax payable on short-term capital gains chargeable under section 111A where an individual has opted for the concessional tax regime under section 115BAC. The position follows Tribunal precedent supporting the rebate, with no contrary High Court or Supreme Court authority identified. The Revenue's challenge to the rebate was rejected, sustaining its grant for assessment year 2024-25.]]></description>
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<title>Agricultural income from date sales remains exempt when yield and expenditure estimates lack contrary evidentiary support.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Agricultural income from date sales cannot be partly treated as income from other sources merely on a mathematical estimate of probable yield based on an earlier field report concerning damaged plants. Where agricultural operations, plantation, source of produce and recorded sale proceeds are accepted, contrary material is required to reject the disclosed quantity or receipts; the addition was deleted. Agricultural expenditure also cannot be enhanced to a fixed percentage of gross receipts without evidence that specific expenses are false or inadmissible, or cogent comparable, agricultural or expert material. The ad hoc expenditure addition was deleted, with consequential interest to be recomputed.]]></description>
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<title>Section 115BBE requires income to fall within deeming provisions; survey surrender alone attracts taxation at normal rates.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 115BBE applies only to income properly brought within the deeming provisions in sections 68 to 69D; it does not independently tax income merely because it was surrendered or undisclosed during a survey. Each deeming provision has distinct foundational conditions that must be identified and satisfied. Where the assessment neither invoked a relevant deeming provision nor established that the surrendered income fell within sections 68 to 69D, the special rate cannot apply. The surrendered income was therefore taxable at the assessee's normal applicable rate.]]></description>
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<title>Donor-directed corpus contributions retain capital character despite exemption claims under section 10(23C)(vi), preventing their treatment as taxable revenue.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Donor-directed corpus contributions received by an approved educational institution retain their corpus character where donors specifically earmark them, even when exemption is claimed under section 10(23C)(vi) rather than section 11. Such contributions are materially distinct from ordinary voluntary receipts available for application towards institutional objects. The absence of identically worded corpus provisions in section 10(23C)(vi) during the relevant year does not by itself recharacterise genuine corpus receipts as taxable revenue, absent material showing that the corpus designation is a facade. Accordingly, the addition for these corpus contributions was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Enhanced tax-audit threshold applies where banking records establish compliant non-cash receipts and payments, eliminating penalty exposure for audit failure.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tax-audit obligations do not arise where turnover remains below the enhanced threshold available to taxpayers whose cash receipts and cash payments stay within prescribed limits. Financial statements, bank statements and reconciliation may establish that operational revenue was received through banking channels; differences between bank credits and reported revenue may be attributable to GST and tax deducted at source. Absence of opening or closing cash-in-hand, supported by these records and the tax audit report, can demonstrate that no disqualifying cash transactions occurred. Consequently, penalty for failure to obtain a tax audit is not sustainable where the enhanced threshold applies.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer pricing consistency protects identical non-interest-bearing debenture terms from a later notional-interest adjustment without valid statutory proceedings.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Consistency in transfer pricing assessment required deletion of a notional-interest adjustment on non-interest-bearing Non-Convertible Debentures where identical terms had been accepted at arm's length in an earlier year. The debentures provided no periodic interest and included a redemption premium linked to the holding period. Although res judicata does not apply to tax assessments, unchanged fundamental facts and arrangements require consistent treatment. The Transfer Pricing Officer could not reverse the earlier accepted position by imputing interest on both current and prior subscriptions without initiating a permissible statutory proceeding. The notional-interest adjustment was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Rectification of debatable deduction claims cannot reverse scrutiny-approved co-operative society interest income deductions as apparent record errors.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rectification under section 154 cannot withdraw a deduction under section 80P(2)(a)(i) that was expressly claimed and accepted after scrutiny where its eligibility involves a debatable statutory question. Interest income was claimed as business income attributable to a co-operative society's activities and allowed after verification under section 143(3). The subsequent view that the claim was inconsistent with decisions concerning section 80P(2)(d) required reconsideration of an already examined claim, rather than correction of a mistake apparent from the record. The rectification and appellate orders reversing the deduction were therefore set aside.]]></description>
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<title>Sub-contract cost deductions allowed where contractual arrangements showed the assessee bore transportation, labour cess and copy charges.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transportation expenditure incurred before contract work was handed to a sub-contractor remained deductible where a memorandum recorded the parties' prior understanding that the assessee would bear that cost. The later execution of the definitive sub-contract did not displace that arrangement, and no duplicate claim by the sub-contractor was alleged; the disallowance was therefore deleted. Labour cess and copy charges deducted from the assessee's contract bills under tender terms were also deductible because the assessee incurred and bore them, their genuineness was undisputed, and the sub-contractor had not claimed them. The related disallowance of sublet expenses was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Cash-method accounting bars presumptive interest taxation, while unsupported securities and share-trading additions require reliable material and verification.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cash-method accounting precludes taxation of notional interest, dividend or interest income unless actual receipt is established; rejection of books does not by itself justify mercantile or presumptive assessment. Ready-forward securities transactions are treated in substance as short-term lending and do not necessarily generate share-trading profit. Negative opening stock, undelivered securities transactions, brokered trades and prior-year advances cannot be treated as unexplained investment for the relevant year without supporting material. Unexplained bank credits remain taxable where their nature and source are not satisfactorily explained. Appellate enhancement requires opportunity, while disclosed-source claims may require verificatio.....]]></description>
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<title>Head office expenditure rules restrict full deduction of overseas NRI Desk costs as direct business expenditure.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Overseas NRI Desk costs, including allocable staff, administrative, support, internal audit, financial control, IT, human resources, operations, rent, maintenance, depreciation and advertising expenses, fall within the Explanation to section 44C when incurred by a non-resident banking company. They are therefore treated as head office expenditure subject to the statutory limitation under section 44C, rather than direct business expenditure fully deductible under section 37(1). The disallowance of full deduction under section 37(1) was sustained, consistently with the settled treatment in earlier years and the cited Supreme Court authority.]]></description>
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<title>Offshore principal-to-principal sales avoid Indian taxation where no business connection or fixed place or agency permanent establishment exists.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=102953</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Offshore principal-to-principal sales of CKD kits, raw materials, spare parts and CBU cars may fall outside Indian taxation where contracts are concluded abroad and no further sales activity occurs in India. Mere ownership of an Indian subsidiary does not create a fixed place permanent establishment where the foreign enterprise has no right to use its premises, no place of management there, and conducts no operations in India. An Indian entity acting only as a communication channel, without contract-concluding authority or habitual order securing role, is not a dependent agent. In the absence of a permanent establishment, no profits are attributable to India under the treaty.]]></description>
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<title>Owner knowledge of share allotment and buy-back defeats benami classification and prevents confirmation of provisional attachment.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 2(9)(C) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act requires the purported owner to be unaware of, or deny knowledge of, ownership. Acknowledgements by alleged benamidars during cross-examination that they knew of share allotments and buy-backs, and received the consideration in their bank accounts, prevent the transactions from meeting that requirement. Such acknowledgements prevail over conflicting statements made in income-tax proceedings. Potential tax evasion reflected in trade-payable entries does not, by itself, establish a benami transaction. Consequently, provisional attachment cannot be confirmed where the statutory knowledge requirement is not satisfied.]]></description>
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<title>Retrospective Foreign Trade Policy amendments cannot extinguish accrued SEIS benefits for eligible services rendered under the operative scheme.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Retrospective amendment of the Foreign Trade Policy cannot deprive exporters or service providers of SEIS benefits accrued while an operative scheme covered their eligible services. The power to formulate or amend the policy does not authorise retrospective withdrawal of such accrued rights. Services rendered and foreign exchange earned during FY 2019-20 remained eligible despite later notifications introducing Appendix 3X and excluding specified services under Appendix 3E. The notifications operate prospectively from their respective issue dates, requiring processing of accrued SEIS claims and consequential benefits, including claims that could not previously be filed.]]></description>
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<title>Redemption of confiscated foreign currency requires case-specific discretion, with release available on lawful payment of redemption fine.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Redemption of confiscated prohibited foreign currency is discretionary, but the discretion must be exercised judiciously on the facts rather than rejected mechanically because the currency is prohibited. Where no material establishes a previous violation and the imposed penalty has been paid, refusal to permit redemption requires reconsideration. Redemption fine must remain within the statutory ceiling and follow principles governing release of confiscated foreign currency. The refusal of release was set aside, with redemption fine to be determined according to law and the currency released upon payment.]]></description>
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<title>Aluminium hollow profile classification follows imported condition, preserving Solar PV Module end-use exemption where certified procedures are met.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Classification of aluminium hollow profiles depends on their objective characteristics, nature and physical attributes when presented for assessment, rather than commercial description or intended downstream use unless the tariff makes end use relevant. Uniform cross-section profiles cut to shorter lengths remain profiles and fall under CTI 76042100, not the residuary heading for other aluminium articles, absent evidence that they constitute complete frames or finished articles. The concessional customs exemption for Solar PV Module manufacture applies where the prescribed import procedure and valid end-use certificates are satisfied; it cannot be denied based on hypothetical alternative uses. The exemption remains available for qualifying bills of entry filed before the amendment took effect.]]></description>
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<title>Personal-use keyboard classification cannot invoke baggage tariff treatment where its specific customs entry carries a free duty rate.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Personal-use classification under Customs Tariff Heading 9804 applies only to articles that are otherwise dutiable. A keyboard specifically classifiable under CTH 8471 6040 at a free rate is not "dutiable goods" because it is not chargeable to duty. Importation for personal use does not alter that status or move the keyboard into CTH 9804 9000. The same requirement governs the IGST Schedule IV entry for dutiable articles intended for personal use. Accordingly, no Basic Customs Duty or IGST was leviable on the freely importable keyboard.]]></description>
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<title>Certificate-of-origin verification failures undermine preferential tariff denial when specific certificates remain untested and retracted statements lack corroboration.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Preferential tariff treatment based on Certificates of Origin requires prescribed, time-bound verification of the specific certificates presented and communication of the grounds for doubt. Verification concerning different certificates, general information about a supplier, or assumptions about the goods' origin does not displace documentary certificates. Retracted statements require independent corroboration and appropriate examination and cross-examination before reliance; an admission is not invariably conclusive. On these principles, denial of the preferential duty exemption, consequential duty demand, confiscation, redemption fine and penalties could not be sustained where the specific Certificates of Origin were neither statutorily verified nor rebutted by reliable corroborative evidence.]]></description>
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<title>Customs transaction value prevails where unauthenticated export records and absent contemporaneous import evidence fail to prove under-valuation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs transaction value cannot be rejected or enhanced on the basis of unauthenticated certificates of origin or purported export shipping bills obtained from third parties. Where the declared price is supported by the overseas sale contract, no excess payment is alleged or proved, and the Department produces no evidence of contemporaneous imports of identical or similar goods at higher prices, under-valuation is not established. Uncorroborated acknowledgment of unverified documents does not prove their correctness. The enhanced assessable value of imported cigarettes was therefore set aside. Penalty proceedings against a deceased individual appellant abate upon production of a death certificate.]]></description>
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<title>Roasted nut classification places heat-treated walnuts under prepared edible plant products, while preferential duty requires proof of origin.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Advance ruling was barred for roasted areca nuts because their classification had already been upheld by the High Court and no new facts were presented; the application was therefore disallowed without a merits ruling. Roasted walnuts subjected to severe heat treatment were distinguished from dried nuts, as roasting materially changes moisture, colour, appearance and flavour. Because Chapter 8 does not contemplate roasting, the walnuts fall under Heading 2008 and are classified as other roasted nuts and seeds under CTI 2008 19 91. Preferential customs duty is available only where the importer proves origin to the competent customs officer under the applicable origin rules and the Customs (Administration of Rules of Origin under Trade Agreements) Rules, 2020.]]></description>
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<title>Specific IGST classification for veterinary APIs as drugs prevails over the general organic chemicals entry, subject to nil-rate exclusion.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Veterinary active pharmaceutical ingredients used to prevent and treat coccidiosis in poultry qualify as drugs and medicines where they have established therapeutic use, regulatory recognition and import licensing as drugs. The inclusive definition of "drug" covers substances used as drug components, so bulk drugs and APIs retain that character when used directly or in formulations. The specific description-based IGST entry for drugs and medicines applies across tariff chapters and prevails over the general entry for organic chemicals. Clopidol (VET) and Amprolium 100% (VET) are therefore taxable at the 5% IGST rate, provided they are not covered by the nil-rate entry.]]></description>
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<title>Prior judicial determination bars repeat advance rulings; oven-roasted walnuts fall under roasted nuts, subject to origin-based duty concessions.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prior judicial determination of an identical classification issue bars an advance-ruling application where no material distinguishing facts or new circumstances are shown. Roasted areca nuts therefore could not be reconsidered on merits. Oven-roasted walnuts, whose roasting changes their flavour, colour and texture and makes them ready for consumption, are not treated as merely preserved nuts under Chapter 8. They fall under Customs Tariff Item 2008 19 91 as other roasted nuts and seeds. Concessional customs duty requires strict compliance with the applicable exemption notification, tariff entry and origin conditions prevailing on import; the importer must prove origin to the competent customs officer's satisfaction.]]></description>
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<title>Interim moratorium exclusion applies to pending personal-guarantor insolvency applications, preventing its use to bar recovery suits.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 96(4) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code applies retroactively to pending insolvency applications involving personal guarantors to corporate debtors. The exclusion removes the pre-admission interim moratorium that could otherwise delay recovery proceedings; it affects pending transactions rather than completed transactions. The phrase "is filed" includes applications filed before the amendment's commencement but still pending thereafter. Consequently, the personal guarantor could not rely on an interim moratorium to bar the suit, and the request to reject the plaint on that basis was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Section 7 admission requires established financial debt and default, not precise interest quantification, while post-suspension defaults remain actionable.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 7 admission of a corporate insolvency resolution process requires establishment of financial debt and default exceeding the applicable threshold; exact quantification of the payable amount or disputed interest is not required at the admission stage. Assigned loan debt and continuing non-payment under a subsequent one-time settlement supported admission where the debtor repeatedly failed to meet repayment commitments. Section 10A immunity does not apply where the settlement was revoked before the statutory Covid exclusion period and the stated default date fell after that period, despite the default continuing through it. The insolvency admission was therefore affirmed, and the exclusion plea was rejected.]]></description>
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<title>Disproportionate assets can constitute a predicate offence for money-laundering, supporting attachment limited to the unlawful asset value.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Possession of assets disproportionate to known sources of income under the Prevention of Corruption Act is treated as a scheduled or predicate offence for money-laundering purposes. An independent allegation of bribery or undue benefit is not required where disproportionate assets involve their concealment, possession, acquisition or projection as untainted property. Provisional attachment may be confined to the assessed value of disproportionate assets after accounting for legitimate income and expenses. Attachment requires recorded reasons to believe, supported by the predicate offence and apprehension that the properties may be alienated. Jointly held disproportionate assets may support attachment of a spouse's property.]]></description>
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<title>CCI imposes monetary and non-monetary sanctions on Agro Input Dealers Association, Agro Input Welfare Association for indulging in anti-competitive conduct</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cartelisation by the two agro-input dealer associations and named individuals contravened Section 3(3)(b) read with Section 3(1) of the Competition Act, 2002. Monetary sanctions were imposed, and association office-bearers were held liable under Section 48. The parties and liable officials were directed to cease and desist from future anti-competitive conduct and to organise competition-compliance training to promote awareness and compliance within the associations.]]></description>
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<title>CCI imposes penalty on Rekha Agencies and SS Marketing for indulging in anti-competitive conduct in respect of Himachal Pradesh Tender 2013 for the procurement of tyres</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bid rigging in tyre procurement was established where Rekha Agencies and SS Marketing exchanged commercially sensitive price-bid information before submitting bids for the Himachal Pradesh Tender 2013. The concerted conduct contravened the prohibition on anti-competitive agreements and bid rigging. Monetary penalties and cease-and-desist directions were imposed on both enterprises. An official of Rekha Agencies was also penalised for liability arising from the contravention, while proceedings against the official of SS Marketing stood abated following his death.]]></description>
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<title>DFS Concludes Two-Day Workshop on Enhancing Accessibility of Financial Services for Divyangjans</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Accessibility of financial services for Divyangjans was examined through a workshop focused on public sector banks, insurance companies, regulators and public financial institutions. Discussions covered accessibility standards, compliance requirements, legal provisions, practical implementation challenges and institutional best practices under the Sugamya Bharat initiative. Participants considered operational measures to strengthen institutional capacity, inclusivity and equitable access to financial services.]]></description>
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<title>National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) conducts sixth outreach programmes with focus on small and medium auditors under the theme “Creating a Better Financial Reporting Ecosystem” in Ahmedabad</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Audit quality and financial reporting reliability were the focus of NFRA's outreach programme for small and medium audit firms. The programme promoted professional capacity-building, alignment with contemporary global standards, adoption of appropriate audit technology, and the public-interest role of the accountancy profession. Technical sessions covered audit strategy documentation, risks of material misstatement, and practical lessons from audit-firm oversight to support improved day-to-day audit practice and high-quality financial reporting.]]></description>
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<title>Corrigendum to Notification No. S.O. 2701(E) dated 29th May, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Corrigendum to the Ministry of Labour and Employment notification dated 29 May 2026 substitutes the figure "0.35" with "0.18" at page 2, line 31 of that notification.]]></description>
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<title>India-Finland cooperation takes centre stage at circular economy forum</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[India-Finland circular economy cooperation is being developed through business, technology, investment and commercial partnerships supporting resource-efficient and sustainable growth. Discussions focused on competitive and resilient value chains based on circularity, traceability, resource efficiency and sustainable business practices. Circular economy principles extend beyond waste management into product design, value chains, resource use, skills development and new business models. The India-EU free trade agreement remains subject to legal review and formal ratification and is not yet in force.]]></description>
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<title>Notification regarding designation of Career Centres (Central) under the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Career Centres (Central) comprise the Central Employment Exchange and the National Career Service Portal for the Social Security (Central) Rules, 2026. Career Centres must collect and furnish information digitally. Employers must digitally report vacancies and changes to supplied particulars, while Regional Career Centres must digitally share collected information with the Career Centre (Central) through prescribed forms. Technical and scientific vacancies meeting the prescribed pay threshold must be reported digitally to the Career Centre (Central) in Form XXV.]]></description>
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<title>Approval under Section 45(4)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 2025 for "International Institute of Bio Technology and Toxicology, Tamil Nadu".</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Scientific research approval is granted to the International Institute of Bio Technology and Toxicology, Tamil Nadu, as a Research Association for donor-related tax treatment. The approval applies for tax years 2026-2027 through 2030-2031, subject to compliance with prescribed conditions. The institution must submit an annual donation statement in Form No. 15 by the specified deadline and furnish each donor with a Form No. 16 certificate stating the donation amount.]]></description>
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<title>Issuance of Public Notice in respect of M/s. APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. - Appointment of Custodian under Section 45(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 for goods imported/exported through Kamarajar Port, Ennore</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Custodianship under section 45(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 is extended to M/s. APM Terminals India Pvt. Ltd. for imported goods landed at Kamarajar Port, Ennore, and received at its container freight station. The appointment covers export cargo brought into its premises until export. Imported goods remain in custody until clearance for home consumption, warehousing, or transhipment. The custodian must comply with section 45, the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, and applicable rules, regulations, and instructions.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 47/2021-Customs (ADD), dated the 26th August, 2021</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Anti-dumping duty notification No. 47/2021-Customs (ADD) is amended under section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, read with rules 18 and 23 of the Anti-dumping Duty Rules, 1995. The date in paragraph 3 is extended from 25 November 2026 to 25 February 2027, continuing the applicable anti-dumping duty framework for the extended period.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to exempt 10 lakh MT of raw sugar falling under tariff heading 1701 from the whole of the customs duty leviable thereon under the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, up to 31st October, 2026, when imported under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Scheme (Open General Licence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs duty exemption for raw sugar imports applies to goods under tariff heading 1701 within a Tariff Rate Quota of 10 lakh MT, until 31 October 2026. Eligibility requires quota allotment by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade. Electronic authorisation must contain importer identification, Importer-Exporter Code, customs notification, tariff heading, quantity and validity period, and must be transmitted to the Indian Customs EDI System. Imports are permitted only upon electronic debit in that system.]]></description>
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<title>US is set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Import tariffs on Canadian products are set to be imposed by the United States at a 50% rate after bilateral negotiations did not produce an agreement. The measures cover products including hockey sticks and tongue depressors and affect a limited share of Canada's annual exports to the United States. Canada has indicated possible retaliatory levies, intensifying the bilateral trade dispute.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee settles 3 paise higher at 95.71 against US dollar</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign Trade Policy amendments facilitate export invoicing and receipt of payments in Indian rupees. For exports to countries outside the Asian Clearing Union, export contracts and invoices may be denominated in Indian rupees or any foreign currency. The earlier general requirement that export earnings be received in a freely convertible currency is thereby eased, while applicable rules continue to vary according to destination.]]></description>
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<title>29 FDI Investments Worth Rs.4,895.65 Crore Reported Under Revised Framework</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign direct investment may use the automatic route where non-controlling beneficial ownership from a land-bordering country in the investor entity does not exceed 10%, subject to sectoral caps, entry routes and other applicable conditions. The beneficial ownership test applies at the investor-entity level. Eligible investors need not obtain separate prior Government approval after reporting relevant information to the Government. The framework replaces the earlier approval requirement applicable even to minimal beneficial ownership from land-bordering countries.]]></description>
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<title>India and ADB sign $230 million loan to modernise water supply and sanitation in Chennai</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Chennai Climate-Resilient Water Security and Sewerage Project modernises and expands water supply and sanitation infrastructure through a loan arrangement between the Government of India and the Asian Development Bank. Measures include new pipelines, upgraded pumping stations, performance-based utility operations, and a comprehensive ring-main system to improve water-pressure balance, distribution efficiency, reliability and climate resilience. Digital monitoring and advanced blockage-detection technology are intended to improve operational decisions, customer responsiveness and worker safety while eliminating hazardous manual sewer inspections.]]></description>
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<title>DGGI unearths clandestine pan masala and tobacco manufacturing network in Uttar Pradesh; 27 undeclared pouch-packing machines seized, evasion of about Rs.185 crore detected</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Capacity-based taxation of pan masala and specified tobacco products is determined by the number, type and capacity of installed pouch-packing machines. Searches at interconnected manufacturing and trading premises detected unregistered operations using undeclared machinery for clandestine manufacture and clearance of pan masala, scented jarda and gutkha without payment of GST, HSNS cess and central excise duty. Finished goods, raw materials, packing materials and machinery were seized. The manufacturing firm's proprietor was prima facie identified as managing the operation and was arrested under the applicable cess and central excise laws.]]></description>
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<title>Mission SAKSHAM: Scaling Capability through Co-operation - Keynote Address by Shri Swaminathan J, Deputy Governor at Mission SAKSHAM Programme for Directors, MDs and CEOs of Urban Co-operative Banks in Telangana, Hyderabad on August 7, 2026</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Urban Co-operative Banks must strengthen digital and risk-management capabilities as technology dependence exposes them to cyber threats, fraud, service-provider failures and common-platform vulnerabilities. Outsourcing critical systems does not transfer the bank's responsibility for oversight, safeguards and continuity. Boards and senior management must retain sufficient knowledge to supervise external providers effectively. Mission SAKSHAM supports role-specific, continuous capability building through physical and online learning, while collective infrastructure and shared expertise can supplement individual institutional capacity.]]></description>
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<title>India’s Foreign Exchange Markets: Getting ready for the next Decade [Keynote Address delivered by Deputy Governor Shri Rohit Jain on the Annual Day of the Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India (FEDAI) on August 14, 2026] - Keynote Address delivered by Shri Rohit Jain, Deputy Governor on the Annual Day of the Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association of India (FEDAI) on August 14, 2026</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign exchange market modernisation advances a facilitative, principles-based framework based on delegated decision-making by Authorised Dealers, risk-based reporting, and customer-centric service standards. Authorised Dealers must apply clear internal policies, avoid unnecessary documentation, disclose charges, timelines and grievance mechanisms, and ensure consistent treatment of comparable transactions. Local-currency settlement requires viable trade corridors, competitive hedging, correspondent relationships and robust AML/CFT controls. Digital workflows, electronic trading and reporting infrastructure should improve transparency and resilience, while automated tools remain subject to explainability, review and data-protection safeguards.]]></description>
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<title>Introduction of Automated Facility for Grant of Export Obligation Extension through PRC/EPCG Committee - Ease of Doing Business</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automated processing of Export Obligation extension applies to Advance Authorisation and EPCG Authorisation cases approved by the PRC/EPCG Committee. Exporters need not submit a separate EO-extension application to the Regional Authority. After approval, the system issues a fee-payment letter; upon portal payment and submission of the response, it automatically creates and approves the extension file and generates the EO Extension Letter. The revised EO-expiry date is updated in authorisation records and transmitted to ICEGATE.]]></description>
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<title>Govt rejects ethanol link to sugar price surge, says duty free imports allowed to curb prices</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sugar price containment measures include stock limits for dealers, consumption-based inventory restrictions for bulk consumers, duty-free raw sugar imports, and physical verification of mill stocks to prevent hoarding and artificial scarcity. Price increases are attributed to lower domestic output, festive demand, crop damage, tighter global supplies, and speculation rather than sugar diversion for ethanol. Earlier crushing is advised to improve seasonal availability, while the ethanol programme supports management of sugar surpluses, mill liquidity, and timely sugarcane payments.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment to Para 4.63 of FTP-2023</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Diamond Imprest Authorisation imports continue to receive exemptions from specified customs duties and the whole of Integrated Tax. Para 4.63 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 omits the reference to Compensation Cess exemption following its discontinuance. The amendment preserves the Integrated Tax exemption for imports under Diamond Imprest Authorisation.]]></description>
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<title>China moves to wrap up saga of troubled property giant Evergrande after founder gets life sentence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Evergrande's insolvency process involves liquidation proceedings for its mainland property-development unit and its Hong Kong-listed holding company. Cross-border recovery is constrained by separate Hong Kong and mainland China legal systems, particularly because most operational assets are located in mainland China. Liquidators are pursuing asset-tracing and recovery measures against the founder and connected persons, as well as claims concerning pre-collapse audits. Investigations identified revenue overstatement through manipulated financial data. Creditor recoveries are expected to be limited due to substantial liabilities and constraints on asset realisation.]]></description>
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<title>India's forex kitty swells USD 9.9 bn to USD 716.9 bn</title>
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<description><![CDATA[India's foreign exchange reserves increased during the reporting week, led by higher foreign currency assets and gold reserves. Foreign currency assets include the dollar-value effects of movements in non-US currencies held as reserves. Special drawing rights declined marginally, while the reserve position with the International Monetary Fund increased marginally. Concessional swap arrangements formed part of measures to attract foreign-exchange inflows, while earlier reserve movements were linked to rupee pressure and dollar-sale intervention in the foreign-exchange market.]]></description>
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<title>Bengaluru airport: AERA slashes user development fee to Rs 300 for domestic passengers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[User development fees and airport tariffs for Bengaluru International Airport have been revised for the April 2026 to March 2031 control period. The incremental Average Revenue Requirement framework excludes costs of identified high-value capital projects from tariffs until the relevant assets are completed, commissioned and available for users. Incremental tariff recovery may begin only upon operational availability, aligning charges with infrastructure use, reducing premature recovery risk for passengers and airlines, and encouraging timely completion of major capital works.]]></description>
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<title>NUMR Inc. helps deliver Axis Bank's data-driven excellence in customer experience</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customer experience analytics is used in banking to transform customer data and real-time feedback into operational improvements across key customer journeys. Operational teams retain responsibility for strategy and execution, supported by in-house analytics and technology platforms for multi-channel journey mapping, journey analytics and prioritisation of high-value customer segments. AI-driven customer experience management tools capture customer signals, analyse journey performance and operationalise actionable insights across teams.]]></description>
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<title>ED can't add old FIR to Enforcement Case Information Report to sustain PMLA proceedings: Delhi HC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Predicate-offence dependency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act requires an ECIR to rest on a subsisting scheduled offence. Closure of the FIR forming its basis through an accepted cancellation report prevents continuation of money-laundering proceedings unless that closure is overturned. A previously registered FIR cannot be belatedly added merely to preserve an existing ECIR and coercive powers. Where statutory requirements are met, an independently registered ECIR may be required. Expansion of an ECIR cannot rest solely on tenuous factual links between successive disputes.]]></description>
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<title>Provisional release of imported areca nuts granted on personal bond while classification and customs duty await adjudication.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Classification of imported roasted areca nuts as roasted or dried remained pending adjudication. Laboratory classification as dried areca nuts based solely on physical appearance was treated as insufficient for continued withholding because moisture content was within the prescribed limit and comparable consignments had been released on personal bond. The imported goods were directed to be provisionally released on personal bond, without a bank guarantee, while classification and consequential customs duty remain subject to pending proceedings. Consignments declared fit for consumption were to be physically delivered within a fortnight.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee settles on flat note, 3 paise higher at 95.71 against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign Trade Policy provisions were amended to facilitate invoicing of overseas exports and receipt of export payments in Indian rupees. For exports to countries outside the Asian Clearing Union, export contracts and invoices may be denominated in Indian rupees or any foreign currency, replacing the earlier general requirement that export earnings be received in a freely convertible currency. The applicable requirements vary according to the destination country.]]></description>
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<title>VinFast India Partners with Federal Bank to Strengthen Dealer Financing Ecosystem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dealer inventory financing is to be provided by Federal Bank to VinFast India's authorised dealer network under a memorandum of understanding. The tailored financing is intended to improve dealers' working-capital flexibility, support maintenance of vehicle inventory, strengthen operational capability, and enable timely response to demand as the electric-vehicle distribution network expands.]]></description>
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<title>Sugar prices soar to Rs 70 per kg ahead of festive season in Bengal, jaggery also dearer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sugar prices in Bengal have risen sharply ahead of the festive season, with higher prices also affecting jaggery and other sugar-derived products. Supply constraints, mill stock releases, lower production in Brazil, ethanol diversion and possible hoarding have been identified as contributing factors. Raw-sugar imports have been permitted to augment availability, while stockholding restrictions limit inventories of specified bulk consumers. Lower projected closing stocks and possible future production effects from El Nino may sustain pressure on sugar availability and increase costs for sweetmeat producers.]]></description>
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<title>Return of export cargo from international waters due to closure of the Strait of Hormuz - Section 143AA of the Customs Act, 1962</title>
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<description><![CDATA[International transshipment of FCL and LCL cargo is permitted through seaports, international airports and other Customs stations, subject to Customs compliance and priority verification. Diverted liquid bulk, break bulk and solid/dry bulk cargo may be temporarily unloaded, stored and onward transshipped or re-exported under Customs supervision, approved-custodian custody, inventory controls, testing, quantity verification and suitable bonds or undertakings. Such cargo must remain under Customs control and cannot enter home consumption or the Domestic Tariff Area. Multi-station movement requires prior consent, secure-storage verification and Customs-controlled transport.]]></description>
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<title>Modalities for Application and Distribution of TRQ for Import of 10 Lakh MT of Raw Sugar and one-time conversion from Advance Authorisation (AA) Scheme to Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Scheme</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Raw sugar TRQ allocation is available to eligible millers and refiners with functional in-house refining capacity, subject to online application, capacity evidence and scrutiny of declarations. The Exim Facilitation Committee assesses capacity, requested quantity and import history. Holders must submit contractual evidence, utilise or timely surrender quota, and process imported raw sugar at their own facility. Every 1.05 kg of authorised raw sugar must yield and support domestic sale of 1 kg of refined sugar by the prescribed deadline. Specified Advance Authorisation holders may elect one-time conversion to TRQ upon GST payment, required declarations and domestic-sale reporting.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Para 2.52 and 2.53 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign Trade Policy 2023 provisions are amended to permit export contracts and invoices, except those involving Asian Clearing Union member countries, in foreign currency or Indian Rupees, with proceeds realised in either form. Exports to countries other than Nepal and Bhutan, where proceeds are realised in Indian Rupees through prescribed banking channels and qualifying Indian Rupee accounts of persons resident outside India, are eligible for export benefits, incentives and fulfilment of export obligations at par with foreign-currency realisations.]]></description>
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<title>Extension of time for filing appeals before the GST Appellate Tribunal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST Appellate Tribunal filing timelines are extended until 31 July 2026 for appeals concerning orders communicated before 1 May 2026 and applications concerning orders passed before 1 February 2026. Appeals relating to orders communicated on or after 1 May 2026 remain subject to a three-month filing period from communication. Applications relating to orders passed on or after 1 February 2026 remain subject to a six-month filing period from the date of the order.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee gains 9 paise to 95.65 against US dollar in early trade</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The rupee strengthened marginally against the US dollar as the dollar index softened, but elevated crude oil prices, geopolitical uncertainty, reduced foreign participation and net foreign equity outflows constrained currency sentiment. RBI measures to attract foreign currency inflows, including FCNR(B) deposits, were expected to generate substantial inflows, although these had not produced meaningful rupee strength. Energy-market disruption and restrictions on fuel exports through the Strait of Hormuz added to external-sector pressures.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in import policy of Raw Sugar classified under Exim Code 170114 of Chapter 17 of Schedule–1 (Import Policy) of ITC (HS), 2022 and one-time conversion from Advance Authorisation Scheme to Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) Scheme</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Raw sugar under Exim Code 170114 is freely importable within a duty-free Tariff Rate Quota of 10 lakh MT up to 31 October 2026, subject to prescribed conditions. Advance Authorisations issued under SION E52 may be converted once to the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme for raw sugar actually imported up to 20 August 2026. Conversion covers refined sugar produced or to be produced from such imports, subject to payment of exempted GST, domestic sale by 31 October 2026, and further prescribed conditions.]]></description>
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<title>Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary participated virtually in 21st Award Ceremony of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) in New Delhi.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[SPMCIL performs a sovereign production mandate covering secure currency, coinage, passports and other products of national importance through its mints, currency presses, security presses and paper mill. Modernisation, compliance, transparency, efficiency, productivity, quality and corporate governance support the fulfilment of sovereign requirements. Individual employees and units were recognised for performance in productivity, environment and safety, energy conservation, knowledge and development, vigilance, and official-language implementation.]]></description>
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<title>TECHNICAL STANDARDIZATION IS NOT COMMERCIAL CONTROL: Critically Analysing the Bloomberg LP Permanent Establishment Ruling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Digital-platform distribution requires a distinction between technical standardisation and commercial control. Exclusivity, standard operating procedures, price limits, and inability to modify software or data feeds may be technical requirements of a single global platform and do not alone establish a Dependent Agent PE. Service PE analysis excludes auxiliary stewardship activities and included services qualifying as technical or consultancy services. Where an Indian distributor contracts, invoices, collects fees, and bears risks in its own name, and receives arm's-length compensation for its functions, risks, and assets, further profit attribution to an assumed PE requires additional functions performed in India.]]></description>
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<title>Layers of E-Way Bill under the Provisions of GST Laws.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[E-Way Bill compliance under GST requires pre-movement assessment of whether goods movement is covered, exempted or specially regulated, followed by generation by the responsible consignor, consignee or transporter. The E-Way Bill must correspond with the tax invoice, bill of supply or delivery challan and actual goods movement. Vehicle details require updating when conveyances change, and validity must be monitored during transit. Discrepancies may be examined on interception and can result in detention or seizure under the statutory enforcement framework. Reconciliation with invoices, records, inventory and GST returns supports an effective audit trail.]]></description>
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<title>Known Facts Cannot Become Suppression - The Limits of Extended Limitation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Extended limitation for duty recovery requires more than an incorrect valuation or short payment. The Revenue must independently establish wilful misstatement or suppression of material facts with intent to evade duty. Where material valuation facts were already known to the Department, an assessee's omission cannot, without more, be treated as suppression to overcome expiry of normal limitation. A show-cause notice must identify the factual basis for concealment, wilfulness, and intent; statutory labels alone are insufficient. This distinction remains relevant to GST proceedings involving fraud, wilful misstatement, or suppression.]]></description>
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<title>No Secret Arrest Order Under GST - Communication Must Precede Arrest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST summons and arrest operate at distinct statutory stages. Summons under Section 70 do not by themselves establish an apprehension of arrest, whereas Section 69 arrest requires the Commissioner's reasons to believe and an authorisation order. That order must be communicated before arrest so the affected person can meaningfully seek anticipatory bail or other remedies. Communication does not guarantee bail, create immunity from investigation, or impose an automatic cooling-off period. It is separate from communication of grounds of arrest and enables judicial review of the statutory satisfaction underlying arrest.]]></description>
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<title>ISO 26000:2010 - Social Responsibility in Modern Organizations: A Comprehensive Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Ethics, and Sustainable Development.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ISO 26000:2010 provides voluntary, non-certifiable guidance for integrating social responsibility into organizational strategy, governance and operations. It applies across organizational types and promotes accountability, transparency, ethical behaviour, stakeholder engagement, respect for law and international norms, human rights and sustainable development. Its core subjects cover governance, human rights, labour practices, environmental responsibility, fair operating practices, consumer issues, and community development. Implementation includes stakeholder identification, assessment of existing practices, priority-setting, action planning, operational integration, training, monitoring, transparent reporting and continual improvement.]]></description>
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<title>Lean Manufacturing: Eliminating Non-Value-Adding Activities for Increased Efficiency and Sustainability.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lean Manufacturing maximises customer value by eliminating or reducing non-value-added activities and redesigning processes for improved quality, safety, speed, and efficiency. It addresses defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilised talent, unnecessary transportation, excess inventory, motion, and extra processing through tools such as Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Just-In-Time, Kanban, Total Productive Maintenance, Poka-Yoke, pull production, and Kaizen. Implementation depends on management commitment, employee involvement, process analysis, performance measurement, and continuous improvement, while also reducing material waste, energy use, emissions, and resource consumption.]]></description>
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<title>Genchi Genbutsu ( ): "Go and See" Problems at the Source for Better Decision-Making and Faster Problem Solving.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Genchi Genbutsu requires leaders to visit the actual workplace, observe the process, and assess real conditions before taking corrective action. It promotes fact-based decisions, root-cause identification, faster problem solving, and continuous improvement instead of reliance solely on reports or assumptions. Implementation includes identifying the issue, observing people, machines, materials, methods, and environment, asking focused questions, applying root-cause tools, implementing corrective measures, and monitoring results. Effective use requires regular workplace visits, open communication, careful observation, employee involvement, and combination of direct findings with performance data.]]></description>
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<title>Criminal antecedents justified bail refusal, while appointment of a Special Judge was sought to expedite charge framing.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Bail was refused because the petitioner's criminal antecedents indicated habitual offending. The Supreme Court found no reason to allow the bail petition and directed the petitioner, who was on interim bail, to surrender before the concerned court within two weeks. Delay in framing charges resulted from the absence of a posted Special Judge; the Chief Justice of the High Court was requested to appoint a Special Judge promptly so that charges could be framed and the trial expedited.]]></description>
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<title>Real estate anti-profiteering methodology requires fresh GSTAT consideration after the input-tax-credit-to-turnover computation order was quashed.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Anti-profiteering computation for real estate projects based on pre-GST and post-GST input-tax-credit-to-turnover ratios requires reconsideration in light of the Delhi High Court's determination on the applicable methodology. The High Court quashed the anti-profiteering order and remanded the computation issue to GSTAT for fresh consideration under that determination. It expressed no view on the merits, kept all parties' contentions open, and left the challenge to the validity of the statutory provision and rules unresolved.]]></description>
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<title>Portal-only service of contested GST adjudication orders does not trigger limitation for statutory appeal filing.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST adjudication orders uploaded only on the common portal do not trigger the limitation period for a statutory appeal where the order-in-original was passed after contest. An assessee that replied to the show-cause notice cannot claim ignorance of those proceedings, but may pursue the appellate remedy within the prescribed period under the applicable principle for portal-only service. The writ petition was disposed of on that basis, leaving the assessee to file the statutory appeal.]]></description>
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<title>Interest on refunded ocean freight IGST must be granted under the applicable precedent within the prescribed timeframe.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Interest on refunded IGST collected on ocean freight for July 2017 to March 2021 is to be granted in accordance with the principles specified in Paradeep Phosphates Ltd. The claim was treated as identical to that precedent, and the authorities were directed to pay the applicable interest within six weeks. The operative relief concerns interest on the refund of illegally collected IGST, rather than the refund entitlement itself.]]></description>
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<title>Ex parte GST rectification cannot replace fresh adjudication when replies were ignored and personal hearing was denied.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rectification of an ex parte GST adjudication order cannot become a merits review through another ex parte order. Where the authority omitted to consider the assessee's replies, the defect went to the root of adjudication and required recall of the original order followed by a fresh personal hearing. Although the authority could correct an apparent error on its own motion and exercise inherent procedural-review power to cure denial of hearing, it could not sustain a revised demand without considering the replies and hearing the assessee. The subsequent ex parte rectification order was set aside and the matter remitted for fresh adjudication after granting an opportunity of hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Regular bail in alleged excise-duty evasion refused due to pending investigation and risk of influencing evidence.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Regular bail was refused in allegations of operating an unregistered filtered tobacco manufacturing unit and evading central excise duty. Ownership of the unit and the occurrence of duty evasion were treated as matters to be proved at trial. Given the gravity of the allegations, the pending investigation and charge-sheet, and the risk that release could enable influence over evidence, bail was considered inappropriate at that stage. No opinion was expressed on the merits, and expeditious prosecution and trial were requested.]]></description>
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<title>Regular bail in pending GST evasion investigation declined due to alleged unaccounted stock, undocumented purchases, and offence gravity.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Regular bail in a pending GST evasion prosecution was declined at the investigation stage, given alleged excess stock, mismatches between documented sales and inventory, and unrecorded purchases and storage without invoices. The alleged conduct involved taxable goods not entered in the books of account and was treated as an economic offence. With investigation continuing and no charge sheet presented, the gravity of the allegations was considered insufficiently compatible with granting bail at that stage, without addressing the merits of the prosecution.]]></description>
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<title>Reasonable apprehension of arrest is essential for pre-arrest bail; a CGST summons alone does not establish it.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-arrest bail under the BNSS requires a reasonable apprehension of arrest. A summons under section 70 of the CGST Act requiring a person to provide a statement and documents does not, by itself, establish that apprehension where no notice under section 35(3) of the BNSS has been issued. An application for anticipatory bail in those circumstances is not maintainable. The applicant may seek appropriate protection if a notice under section 35(3) is subsequently issued.]]></description>
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<title>Valid GST service requires acknowledgment or response; portal-only uploads do not trigger appeal limitation or sustain ex parte adjudication.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Portal-only uploading of a show-cause notice or order-in-original in the GST Common Portal's "View Additional Notices and Orders" tab does not by itself constitute valid service. Service is sufficient only where receipt is acknowledged or the taxpayer files a reply. The retrospective amendment permitting GST Rules functions through the Common Portal does not designate it as a formal mode of service for notices or adjudication orders. Consequently, portal-only upload does not commence the appeal limitation period for contested adjudication orders; where ex parte adjudication followed without a reply, proceedings are restored to the show-cause notice stage.]]></description>
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<title>Bill-to ship-to export refunds survive toll-data objections when undisputed transport and export records prove physical movement.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Refund of accumulated input tax credit on exported goods remains available where bill-to ship-to supplies are supported by undisputed e-way bills, transportation, export and banking records establishing delivery and export. GST law does not require movement to commence from the supplier's registered premises, and toll plaza receipts are not a mandatory condition for credit; toll data cannot override documentary proof of physical movement. Cancellation of upstream suppliers' registrations does not by itself invalidate credit where the direct supplier is validly registered and the claimant lacks involvement in upstream irregularities. Fresh allegations and unsupported evidence beyond the show cause notice cannot be raised at the Tribunal stage, absent exceptional circumstances under the applicable evidence rules.]]></description>
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<title>Excess ITC reversal through DRC-03 remains valid despite blank reasons column, while interest and penalty waiver may apply.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Excess input tax credit relating to invoices for FY 2018-19 to 2020-21 was treated as validly reversed through debit entries in the electronic cash and credit ledgers reported in Form GST DRC-03. Absence of reasons in column 8 did not invalidate the reversal, as that field was not mandatory; Form GST DRC-04 acknowledged payment and the reconciliation statement supported full reversal. Section 16(5) extended the relevant ITC entitlement. For a Section 73 demand within Section 128A, interest and penalty require fresh computation after hearing, with waiver available subject to the prescribed procedure.]]></description>
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<title>Belated Form 10B filing during Covid-19 cannot defeat charitable exemption where genuine hardship warrants condonation and substantial justice prevails.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Belated furnishing of Form 10B for charitable exemption under Section 12A should not defeat the exemption where the audit report is produced before the Assessing Officer or appellate authority on sufficient cause. Covid-19-related inability to file the report within time constituted genuine hardship, particularly where the Income Tax Department raised no objection. Substantial justice prevails over technical considerations, and refusal to condone delay without properly assessing genuine hardship is arbitrary. The delay for Assessment Year 2021-22 was directed to be treated as condoned, requiring consideration of the exemption claim and consequential relief.]]></description>
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<title>Non-resident share premium remains capital receipt; reassessment cannot shift from alleged share sale to uncommunicated genuineness objections.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Share premium received on a fresh issue of equity shares to a non-resident shareholder is treated as a capital-account receipt rather than taxable income, unless another charging provision applies. The limited statutory rule taxing excess premium over fair market value is identified as applying to premiums received from residents. Reassessment based on an alleged sale of shares is unsustainable where the record instead shows a fresh allotment. Introducing an uncommunicated objection to the genuineness of the issue without allowing a response breaches natural justice, particularly where no fresh tangible material supports the shift. CBDT instructions governing capital-account share premium bind field officers.]]></description>
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<title>Section 54 residential-house investment fulfilled the substantive exemption condition despite non-deposit under the Capital Gains Account Scheme.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 54 capital-gains exemption remains available where capital gains are invested in a new residential house within the prescribed period, even if the unutilised amount was not deposited in the Capital Gains Account Scheme before the return-filing due date. Treating section 54 as a beneficial provision, the Tribunal regarded the deposit requirement as procedural where the substantive investment condition was met. The taxpayer's share in the jointly acquired property exceeded the capital gain and the purchase occurred before the extended return-filing due date. Accordingly, the section 54 deduction was allowed and the disallowance was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Consequential assessment orders allowing verified purchases bind the Department, making challenges to purchase disallowances infructuous after remand.</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 05:12:55 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Consequential assessment orders allowing verified purchase expenditure in full bind the Department, leaving it without an aggrieved claim against the allowance. Where an earlier remand required fresh inquiry into allegedly unsubstantiated or inflated purchases, the Assessing Officer's subsequent verification and full acceptance of the claims rendered the surviving purchase-disallowance controversy infructuous. A favourable remand report, and more strongly a consequential assessment order, prevents the Department from contesting the allowance. The purchase disallowances partly sustained at first appeal were therefore deleted fully, the assessee's appeals succeeded on this issue, and the corresponding Revenue grounds failed.]]></description>
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<title>TMI Updates - Newsletter dated: August 24, 2026</title>
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