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<title>Unexplained CESS in GSTR1 Equal to Invoice Amount</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Erroneous Compensation Cess auto-population may occur when GSTR-1 B2B invoices show total invoice value as cess despite no cess being reported, causing incorrect cess liability in GSTR-3B. Correction may be attempted through GSTR-1A, where available, by amending affected invoices to reduce cess to zero. If the facility is unavailable or closed, amendment in a subsequent return may be required, with assistance from the jurisdictional GST office where portal editing is disabled.]]></description>
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<title>Whether commission retained by an overseas freelance marketplace is consideration for OIDAR service or intermediary service under the IGST Act?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Commission-based online freelance marketplace services require classification by reference to the distinct digital platform service supplied to freelancers. The service may be characterised as OIDAR where it is delivered through an electronic network and cannot be ensured without information technology, notwithstanding its role in facilitating freelance contracts. A competing characterisation is intermediary service, making the exact nature of the facilitation decisive for place-of-supply treatment. The discussion records differing views on OIDAR treatment, registration, reverse charge and tax collection, without identified clarification specifically concerning such platforms under the amended OIDAR definition.]]></description>
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<title>GSTR 3B not filled by Supplier</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit auto-populated from a supplier's GSTR-1 may be disputed if the supplier has not filed GSTR-3B or deposited tax. A recipient replying to ASMT-10 should seek supplier compliance and provide GSTR-3B proof, invoices, e-way bills, payment evidence and transportation records. Rule 37A may govern reversal implications, subject to its applicability for the relevant period. Monitoring supplier filing status and vendor due diligence are important compliance measures.]]></description>
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<title>GST obligation on reward points received.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reward points received on meeting a fuel-card usage threshold are treated as an incentive or discount rather than consideration for a taxable supply. A tax deduction at source entry or Form 26AS entry does not by itself create GST liability. Unless the recipient is independently obliged to provide goods or services to the oil company in exchange for the points, no GST is payable and the points need not be reported as an outward supply in the GST return.]]></description>
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<title>Invoice correction in GSTR - 1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GSTR-1 invoice-number correction may be made by amending an erroneously reported duplicate invoice number, including by using an alphabetic suffix, to address a serial-number mismatch in later reporting. An alternative is to revise the invoice number and report a corresponding credit note through GSTR-1A before filing GSTR-3B. Where the recipient is registered, acceptance of the revised invoice and related credit note should be coordinated; amendment in the subsequent month's GSTR-1 with an addendum credit note is also mentioned.]]></description>
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<title>Invoice issued at wrong GSTIN which is now cancelled</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST portal validations may prevent amendment or credit-note reporting for a B2B invoice issued to a GSTIN cancelled before invoice issuance, although cancellation of the recipient GSTIN does not expressly bar issuance of a credit note. The suggested approach is to issue a manual credit note, raise a fresh invoice to the correct GSTIN, and seek written intervention from the jurisdictional GST officer or GSTN for the tax adjustment. A refund route may be considered if return-level adjustment is unavailable.]]></description>
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<title>E way bill requirement for movement of goods from Old premises to New Premises</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Movement of goods from an old to a new business premises, otherwise than by way of supply, should be covered by a delivery challan. An e-way bill is stated to be mandatory where the consignment value exceeds the applicable threshold, regardless of the short distance involved. The e-way bill accompanies rather than replaces the underlying movement document and should identify movement between locations under the same GST registration. Pending registration of the new premises, supporting records should be retained.]]></description>
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<title>GST in case of Affordable Residential Apartments</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST implications in a joint development residential project are discussed for apartments allocated to a landowner and developer but unsold when the occupancy certificate is issued. The views differ on whether the developer pays GST on construction services supplied through apartments transferred to the landowner and on unsold retained apartments. The discussion also addresses the absence of input tax credit and the developer's possible reverse-charge liability on the value of transfer of development rights.]]></description>
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<title>Request clarification on export.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Advance payment received for machinery exports remains subject to FEMA export-completion and monitoring requirements where shipment is delayed by geopolitical disruption. Export is required within three years of receiving advance payment; after that period, refund of unutilised advance or payment of interest requires prior Reserve Bank approval. Receipt without a shipping bill leaves the transaction outstanding in EDPMS until completion, regularisation or closure. The exporter should notify the AD Bank, retain supporting evidence, amend the contract if delivery continues, and process any cancellation refund through the AD Bank.]]></description>
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<title>Eligibility of Input Tax Credit (ITC) on Lease of a Sugar Factory under a Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer (ROT) Agreement Covering Land, Building, Plant  Machinery, and Corporeal Rights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit on GST charged for leasing a functioning sugar factory under a Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer arrangement may extend to the entire taxable leasing service where the lease is documented as a single business lease and invoiced as one taxable leasing service. Credit need not be limited to plant and machinery, subject to fulfilment of input tax credit conditions and documentation requirements. Use of leased assets for both taxable and exempt outward supplies requires proportionate credit reversal or apportionment under applicable rules.]]></description>
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<title>Query Regarding GST, ITR Reporting, and Books of Account for Export of Services</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Income-tax books may be maintained on either cash or accrual basis, but the chosen method should be applied consistently. Where an export invoice has been reported for GST on an accrual basis, the same basis for income-tax reporting is advised to facilitate reconciliation with GST turnover. Records should include invoices, inward-remittance evidence, contracts or work orders, and proof of service delivery. Foreign-exchange receipt timelines, applicable SOFTEX or export declaration reporting, and FEMA-related compliance should be observed. A change in accounting method requires reasonable justification and may attract scrutiny.]]></description>
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<title>Applicability of Rule 86b i.e, 1% payment of tax in cash applicable to cess also?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 86B restricts use of electronic credit ledger balances for discharging output tax liability beyond the prescribed limit. The discussion predominantly treats compensation cess as outside this restriction because it is an independent levy, is not imposed under the CGST Act, and operates through a separate credit pool. A contrary view suggests that compensation cess credit in the electronic credit ledger may be subject to the same restriction.]]></description>
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<title>GST rate for land owner after completion of residential apartments</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST on residential apartments allotted to a landowner under a joint development agreement is discussed by reference to valuation based on similar apartments sold to independent buyers. Where the adopted value includes land or an undivided share of land, tax may be charged at 3.75% CGST and 3.75% SGST after a one-third land deduction. The land component is treated as outside GST under Schedule III, while the developer's tax responsibility for the respective shares depends on the agreement terms.]]></description>
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<title>Whether GST Registration is Mandatory for a Person Exclusively Engaged in Export of Services Exceeding the Threshold Limit – Applicability of Section 23 of the CGST Act</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Export of services is discussed as a zero-rated taxable supply, not an exempt or non-taxable supply. Accordingly, the registration exclusion for persons exclusively supplying exempt or non-taxable goods or services is stated not to cover exporters solely because they have no domestic supplies, do not claim input tax credit or refund, and do not furnish a letter of undertaking. The replies characterise exports as inter-State supplies and state that registration is required where the applicable turnover conditions are met.]]></description>
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<title>Whether GST Cross-Charge is Required on Recovery of Common Development Cost from Group Entities?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Common digital portal development costs allocated by a head office to other GST registrations may be treated as a supply between distinct persons, requiring a cross-charge tax invoice and valuation under the applicable rule rather than treatment as mere reimbursement or cost sharing. Input tax credit on common costs may be distributed through an Input Service Distributor registration among relevant GST registrations; the discussion states that this mechanism is mandatory from 1 April 2025.]]></description>
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<title>Interest on ITC correctly availed but reversed as supplier failed to remit tax to the Govt.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit may be treated as irregular where the supplier has not remitted the corresponding tax to the Government, since supplier tax payment is identified as a condition of entitlement to credit. Interest is considered payable where the resulting ineligible credit has been utilised. The discussion distinguishes unutilised credit from utilised credit, indicating that interest may not arise where sufficient credit remained continuously unutilised to cover the reversal. Continued availability and utilisation of credit made ineligible by supplier non-payment may constitute wrongly availed and utilised credit.]]></description>
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<title>HDFC Bank profit rises 5 pc to Rs 19,060 cr in Q1</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Banking-sector performance reporting records higher profitability, improved asset quality and lower provisions for bad loans, although operating profit declined and capital adequacy moderated. Corporate governance developments include appointment of a part-time chairman following the former chairman's resignation and concerns about internal practices. The chairman's prior financial-services role was associated with actions against shell companies and ponzi schemes targeting black-money structures. Reappointment of the managing director and chief executive officer remains subject to committee consideration.]]></description>
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<title>PMLA twin bail conditions remained unsatisfied as alleged fund diversion, flight risk, and imminent trial defeated regular bail.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Regular bail under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act remained subject to the statutory twin conditions, which the petitioner did not attempt to satisfy. The High Court noted allegations that homebuyers' funds were diverted through group concerns, repeated evasion of summons and warrants, and an attempted flight on apprehension, supporting the assessment of flight risk. It found that trial had reached cognizance and was due to commence without foreseeable prosecutorial delay; custody was not substantial in the circumstances. Bail granted to a co-accused did not establish parity. Regular bail was therefore refused.]]></description>
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<title>Indian-origin woman sentenced to 2 years jail over Covid business loan fraud in UK</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Covid business loan fraud involved false Bounce Back Loan applications based on inflated turnover, duplicate claims, and false declarations that funds would be used solely for business purposes. The loan proceeds were diverted to personal accounts for personal debts, personal finance, stocks and shares, and transfers between company accounts. The borrower pleaded guilty to fraud offences, received a custodial sentence, and faces recovery proceedings for the fraudulently obtained funds under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Delhi Pollution Control Committee in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is notified for the Delhi Pollution Control Committee under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, subject to transitional saving provisions under the Income-tax Act, 2025. Exempt income includes government grants and subsidies, statutory consent, licence and application fees, environmental penalties and fines, and interest on surplus-fund deposits or investments. The Committee must not conduct commercial activity, must retain the same activities and nature of specified income, and must file its income-tax return. Breach may lead to penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Approval under Section 45(4)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 2025 for " Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad ".</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Scientific research approval is granted to the Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad for the specified tax years, subject to compliance with prescribed conditions. The institution must prepare and deliver the required annual donation statement in Form No. 15 to the designated income-tax systems authority by 31 May following the relevant tax year. It must also issue donors a Form No. 16 certificate stating the amount donated.]]></description>
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<title>Transactions not regarded as transfer. - Central Government notifies transfer of capital asset from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited u/s 47(viiaf) of IT Act 1961 and U/s 536(2) of Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Central Government notifies the transfer of a capital asset by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited to Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Limited for non-transfer treatment under section 47(viiaf) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with section 536(2) of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The transfer is under a Central Government-approved plan and applies to the year of transfer, Financial Year 2025-26, corresponding to Assessment Year 2026-27. Retrospective application is certified not to adversely affect any person.]]></description>
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<title>Specified income tax exemption for pollution control body remains conditional on non-commercial activity, unchanged income character, and return filing.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Delhi Pollution Control Committee is notified for exemption of specified income under section 10(46) of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961, preserved for relevant proceedings by the transitional provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Exempt income includes government grants or subsidies, statutory consent, licence and application fees, environmental penalties and fines, and interest on surplus-fund deposits or investments. The exemption applies only if the Committee undertakes no commercial activity, retains the same activities and income character, and files its income return as required. Non-compliance may trigger penal action and withdrawal of the exemption. The notification applies to the specified assessment years from 2024-25 through 2026-27.]]></description>
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<title>Principal purpose test curbs treaty shopping under the amended India-Sri Lanka income tax treaty from fiscal year 2027-28.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The India-Sri Lanka tax treaty is amended to expressly prevent non-taxation or reduced taxation arising from tax evasion, avoidance and treaty-shopping arrangements that indirectly benefit third-State residents. It also introduces a principal purpose test: treaty benefits may be denied where, considering all relevant facts and circumstances, obtaining the benefit was one of the principal purposes of an arrangement or transaction, unless granting it accords with the object and purpose of the relevant treaty provisions. The Protocol entered into force on 19 June 2026 and applies in India to income derived in fiscal years beginning on or after 1 April 2027.]]></description>
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<title>Tax exemption for statutory pollution-control income applies subject to non-commercial operations, filing, continuity, and compliance.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption applies to specified income of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Exempt income includes government grants or subsidies, statutory consent, licence and application fees, environmental penalties and fines, and interest on deposits or investments of surplus funds. The exemption applies for tax years 2026-27 and 2027-28, subject to the committee not undertaking commercial activity, filing its income-tax return as prescribed, and maintaining unchanged activities and income character. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of the exemption and initiation of proceedings under the Act.]]></description>
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<title>Standing instructions for demat mutual fund SWP and STP will enable phased unit-based and amount-based automated transactions.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The facility to create standing instructions for Systematic Withdrawal Plans and Systematic Transfer Plans is extended to mutual fund units held in demat form. Phase I will enable unit-based instructions for redemption or transfer of a fixed number of units at specified intervals, to be implemented by January 31, 2027. Phase II will enable amount-based instructions for fixed periodic payouts or purchases in another scheme of the same mutual fund, to be implemented by April 30, 2027. Depositories must act as nodal facilitators, jointly publish an operational framework by October 31, 2026, amend relevant rules, make necessary system changes, and publish the circular. The circular takes immediate effect.]]></description>
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<title>Onion growers welcome agri market near Vadhvan port, urge govt to develop Nashik as export hub</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Onion growers seek development of Nashik as a National Onion Export Hub linked to the proposed agricultural market near Vadhvan port. The proposed framework includes an onion export terminal, grading, sorting, packing, quality testing and customs-clearance facilities, and rail, container and cold-chain logistics. Additional requests include a stable national onion export policy, support for processing industries, direct farmer producer organisation participation in exports, an export promotion cell, and a training, research and export-guidance centre.]]></description>
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<title>Vizhinjam port to begin full EXIM operations from Aug 18</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Full export-import (EXIM) operations at Vizhinjam International Seaport are scheduled to commence from August 18, transitioning the port from a transshipment hub into an international cargo gateway. The launch is intended to reduce logistics costs, improve supply-chain efficiency, enhance export competitiveness, and support investment and employment. The port will continue as an open-access, common-user facility serving shipping companies on an equal basis.]]></description>
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<title>All about pre deposit in GST law- take away from GSTAT Cuttack Bench order.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST Tribunal pre-deposit is discussed as turning on whether the tax remaining in dispute under the first appellate order should determine the aggregate deposit requirement. The article supports recalculation on reduced disputed tax where partial relief is granted, with the first-appeal deposit capable of satisfying the aggregate requirement. A contrary view treats the Tribunal deposit as distinct and additional because the statute requires payment in addition to the first-appeal deposit. Tribunal filing fees are linked to disputed tax, input tax credit, or relevant fine, fee or penalty, subject to prescribed minimum and maximum limits.]]></description>
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<title>Quality control order Process-reg</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Quality Control Order compliance for imported steel pipes requires applicable BIS certification and mandatory registration before Customs clearance. If a product covered by mandatory BIS standards is imported without the required certification, Customs may refuse clearance. The discussion identifies re-export after adjudication as a possible option where clearance cannot be obtained and advises importers to verify product coverage under the applicable standards and follow the prescribed certification process.]]></description>
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<title>Extending facility of creating standing instructions for Systematic Withdrawal Plan (SWP)/ Systematic Transfer Plan (STP) for Mutual Fund units held in demat form</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Standing instructions for SWP and STP are extended to mutual fund units held in demat form. The facility will be introduced in two phases: unit-based mandates for periodic redemption of a fixed number of units, followed by amount-based mandates for fixed periodic payouts or investments. Depositories, as nodal facilitators, must publish a standard operational framework, make necessary regulatory and system changes, and implement both phases within the prescribed timelines. The framework takes effect immediately.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government specifies the bond as zero coupon bond</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ten Year Zero Coupon Bond of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development is specified as a zero coupon bond for purposes of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The bond has a ten-year life and must be issued on or before 31 March 2028. The notification prescribes its maturity or redemption amount, discount, and number of bonds, and remains effective only if the bank fulfils requirements under the Income-tax Act, 2025 and the Income-tax Rules, 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs)</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Special Rupee Vostro Accounts provide an additional Indian-rupee arrangement for settling cross-border export and import transactions and permissible FEMA current-account and capital-account transactions. Authorised Dealer Category-I banks may open SRVAs for overseas branches or banks resident outside India and may open dedicated additional current accounts for exporters or importers. SRVAs may receive inward remittances, transfers from repatriable rupee accounts and proceeds of permissible transactions. Documentation and reporting remain governed by extant FEMA requirements, while debt investments from SRVA balances are subject to applicable non-resident investment directions.]]></description>
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<title>Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Engages with Leading Finnish Technology and Industrial Companies to Deepen India–Finland Partnership</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[India-Finland cooperation was advanced through discussions on telecommunications, digital infrastructure, electronics manufacturing, research and development, innovation, clean technologies, advanced materials, and technology transfer. Further priorities included smart urban infrastructure, sustainable construction, advanced manufacturing, localisation, industrial machinery, clean industrial solutions, and investment. The engagements also explored EV charging infrastructure and reinforced business-to-business linkages for long-term cooperation in technology, sustainable manufacturing, research, and investment.]]></description>
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<title>Retracted Confessional Statement and Uncorroborated Co-Accused Statements Lack Evidentiary Value under Section 108</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Retracted confessional statements recorded under Section 108 of the Customs Act require independent and reliable corroboration when retracted at the earliest opportunity before a judicial authority. Uncorroborated statements of co-accused persons are fragile evidence and cannot alone establish liability against another noticee. Physical recoveries, financial trails, or reliable communication evidence may provide corroboration. Findings based only on retracted statements, co-accused statements, assumptions, and presumptions lack a sufficient evidentiary basis for personal penalties in customs proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>How Indian Investors Can Build a Repeatable Stock Picking Framework</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A repeatable stock-picking framework uses broad screening to identify companies for research, followed by business-model understanding, annual-report review, financial analysis and valuation. Investors should examine management disclosures, notes to accounts, related-party transactions, contingent liabilities and alignment between reported profits and operating cash flow. Key measures include return on equity, operating margins, free cash flow, leverage, promoter holding and pledging. Valuation should be assessed independently through peer and historical comparisons, growth-adjusted measures and conservative cash-flow assumptions. An investment journal helps test and refine the investment thesis over time.]]></description>
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<title>The Complete Guide to Fire Compliance and Fire NOC Across Commercial Establishments [Part 1 of 2]</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Fire compliance requires commercial premises to meet applicable fire safety laws, codes and local requirements through detection, alarm and suppression systems, maintained extinguishers, safe exits, emergency lighting, electrical safeguards, evacuation planning, staff training and records. A Fire NOC may be required, depending on the premises and local rules, before occupation, operations, licensing, changes of use or expansion. The process generally involves installing prescribed measures, submitting required documentation, inspection, correction of deficiencies and certification. Compliance continues after approval through testing, maintenance, drills, training, accessible exits and prompt rectification of defects.]]></description>
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<title>India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA): A Detailed Analysis</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The India-United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement provides for tariff liberalisation, wider market access, services trade, professional mobility, government procurement access, customs facilitation and cooperation on intellectual property and digital trade. Rules of origin limit preferential tariffs to goods genuinely originating in either country and seek to prevent transhipment and misuse of preferences. A related Double Contribution Convention is described as reducing simultaneous social-security contribution obligations for eligible temporary workers. Implementation requires compliance with technical standards, customs and certification adjustments, and management of competition and carbon-border trade issues.]]></description>
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<title>Settlement of Arbitral Award and Withdrawal of Enforcement Proceedings Do Not Constitute ‘Supply’ Under GST</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST treatment of an arbitral-award settlement depends on whether an independent agreement requires a party, for consideration, to tolerate an act, refrain from an act, or perform an act. Payment solely towards damages awarded for contractual breach remains compensatory, even where enforcement proceedings are withdrawn or suspended upon satisfaction of the award. Such enforcement steps may be incidental to discharge of the award rather than a separate supply. CBIC guidance supports the position that breach-related damages are not consideration for taxable supply without a specific agreement and consideration for toleration or forbearance.]]></description>
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<title>CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION ON THE GROUNDS OTHER THAN SHOWN IN THE SHOW CAUSE NOTICE</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST registration cancellation must be based on specified statutory grounds and preceded by a prescribed show-cause notice and opportunity to reply. The proper officer cannot cancel registration on a ground different from that stated in the notice, since the registered person must be specifically informed of the proposed basis and supporting material to respond effectively. Where valid grounds exist, a fresh notice stating those grounds may be issued and decided in accordance with law. Cancellation does not extinguish pre-cancellation tax liabilities or statutory obligations.]]></description>
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<title>Outbound Tour Services to Indian Tourists Taxable Prior to Negative List Regime</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Outbound international tour packages arranged by an Indian tour operator for Indian tourists before the negative-list regime are examined as taxable Tour Operator Service where both provider and recipient are in India. The article explains that overseas performance does not by itself make the service an export, because pre-negative-list taxability is determined under the Finance Act, 1994 rather than taxable-territory principles. Conflicting legal views on the issue may preclude alleging suppression for extended limitation, confining liability and interest to the normal period and excluding penalties.]]></description>
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<title>DEEMED WITHDRAWAL OF BEST JUDGMENT ASSESSMENT</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Best judgment assessment may be made where a registered person does not file the prescribed GST return despite notice. The assessment is deemed withdrawn if a valid return is furnished within the applicable statutory period after service of the order. The period is 60 days from 1 October 2023, with a further 60 days available on payment of an additional daily late fee. Withdrawal of the assessment does not remove liability for interest on delayed tax payment or statutory late fee.]]></description>
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<title>Why There Is No Uniform Maximum Retail Price (MRP) on Alcoholic Beverages in India: A Constitutional, Legal and Regulatory Analysis?</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Alcoholic liquor for human consumption is regulated through State constitutional powers over intoxicating liquors and State excise duties, creating separate State-regulated markets. Although packaged commodities generally carry maximum retail price disclosures, alcohol prices may be approved under State excise mechanisms after accounting for State-specific duties, licence fees, levies, landed cost and prescribed margins. Alcohol remains outside GST, and imported products also undergo customs, import approval, labelling and State pricing processes. A nationwide MRP is therefore impracticable where statutory charges and authorised prices differ across States. Licensed retailers must comply with applicable excise rules, licence conditions and approved price lists.]]></description>
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<title>Mandatory Display of Alcohol Prices at Wine Shops: Transparency Without a Uniform National MRP</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Alcoholic beverages are regulated through State-approved retail selling prices rather than a uniform nationwide manufacturer-declared maximum retail price. Licensed liquor retailers must prominently display authorised price lists and adhere to those prices. State-specific prices reflect applicable taxation, fees and authorised margins. Failure to display prices or charging beyond approved rates may breach licence conditions and may lead to regulatory action. Consumers may compare the displayed price with the bill and payment demanded, retain purchase records, and report suspected overcharging.]]></description>
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<title>Typographical e-way bill discrepancies without tax evasion warrant only minor penalty, not detention proceedings under Section 129.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A typographical discrepancy between e-way bill particulars and tax invoices, where goods otherwise correspond with the e-way bill and transport documents, is treated as a human error when it provides no benefit and does not indicate tax avoidance. The notes state that such a minor inadvertent mistake, without intent to deceive the Revenue or financial implications, should attract only the minor penalty under clause 5 of the circular dated 14 September 2018, rather than detention and penalty action under Section 129. The Section 129 penalty order was quashed, with refund of the deposited amount after deduction of the applicable minor penalty.]]></description>
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<title>Show cause notice and hearing are mandatory before penalty, making an unnotified penalty unsustainable for natural justice breach.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Imposition of a penalty without issuing a show cause notice or affording a hearing breaches the statutory discipline governing penalties and the principles of natural justice. As the revenue did not dispute that no notice initiating penalty proceedings was issued, the High Court found the petitioner had been denied the required opportunity to respond. The penalty was therefore unsustainable, and the writ petition was disposed of accordingly.]]></description>
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<title>Duplicate input tax credit demands cannot target identical supplier transactions, while proceedings concerning distinct suppliers remain available.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Multiple show cause notices for alleged wrongful input tax credit cannot duplicate tax demands arising from the same supplier transactions. The High Court treated the later notice and consequential order as unsustainable to the extent they covered seven suppliers already included in an earlier proceeding, and quashed the duplicated portion. Proceedings concerning two additional suppliers were preserved, with the taxpayer retaining the statutory appeal remedy against that part of the later order. The material therefore distinguishes impermissible duplication of liability from separate allegations involving suppliers not covered by the original notice.]]></description>
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<title>Jurisdictional facts in certificate-of-origin discrepancies can support customs show-cause proceedings, leaving factual explanations for departmental adjudication.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Judicial review of customs show-cause notices may be invoked where jurisdictional facts are absent, including where a notice relies on undisclosed or inconclusive overseas enquiry material. The discussion distinguishes that situation from notices supported by identifiable discrepancies in certificates of origin. A certificate not issued by the stated authority, or an unreconciled mismatch between the certificate's invoice number and the importer's invoice, can provide a factual basis for customs proceedings. Referral of a certificate for further investigation does not itself cure an apparent discrepancy. The importer's explanation is to be examined by the competent customs authority during adjudication.]]></description>
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<title>Specific grounds in GST cancellation notices are essential; cancellation based on an unnotified ground was quashed and registration restored.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST registration cancellation requires a show cause notice to state the specific proposed grounds and provide supporting documents so that the registered person can respond effectively. The notes explain that the notice alleged fraudulent registration, invoicing without supply, and non-operation from the declared business premises, whereas the cancellation order relied on non-filing of consecutive returns, a ground not notified to the taxpayer. On that basis, the cancellation proceedings were quashed and registration restored, while the Revenue retained liberty to issue a fresh, specific notice and determine the matter according to law.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory appellate remedy for GST registration cancellation limits writ jurisdiction despite an unconsidered revocation representation.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Availability of a statutory appeal against cancellation of GST registration is presented as barring recourse to writ jurisdiction. Section 107 of the CGST Act permits an aggrieved person to challenge any order before the appellate authority, including a cancellation order. The discussion notes that a pending representation seeking revocation does not make the appellate remedy unavailable. It also refers to Section 75(4), which requires a hearing where requested in writing by the person chargeable with tax or penalty, or where an adverse decision is contemplated. The writ petition was disposed of with liberty to pursue the statutory appeal, while merits issues remained open.]]></description>
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<title>Extended input tax credit timelines protect delayed returns filed before the statutory cut-off, subject to documentary eligibility.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 16(5) extends the time-limit for claiming input tax credit where the relevant returns were filed before 30 November 2021. The material states that denial based solely on the earlier Section 16(4) deadline is unsustainable in such circumstances, subject to the claimant otherwise satisfying eligibility requirements. It describes partial relief setting aside denial of credit for delayed filing of specified returns and requiring reconsideration under Section 16(5). A separate denial based on absence of supporting documents remains unaffected, so documentary substantiation continues to govern admissibility of the credit.]]></description>
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<title>Occupancy Certificate determines project completion, preserving GST credit benefit restitution for identifiable homebuyers while barring retrospective penalties.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For GST anti-profiteering in an ongoing real-estate project, completion is reckoned from actual issuance of the Occupancy Certificate, not from filing the application. The discussion states that post-GST input tax credit benefits may be quantified by comparing pre- and post-GST ITC-to-purchase-value ratios using certified actual data, and apportioned to purchasers. Where homebuyers are identifiable from supplier records, the profiteered amount must be returned to them with interest; deposit in Consumer Welfare Funds is residual where recipients cannot genuinely be identified. It also notes that a penalty provision introduced after the investigation period cannot apply retrospectively without express statutory authority.]]></description>
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<title>Genuine hardship in revised-return delays requires pragmatic consideration where consistent relief exists for similarly placed voluntary retirement retirees.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Genuine hardship in delayed revised-return filings is addressed in relation to refunds of tax deducted at source from ex gratia compensation received under the BSNL Voluntary Retirement Scheme. The text states that consistent Tribunal relief for similarly placed retirees, where those decisions had attained finality, required a pragmatic and liberal approach to condonation. It records that rejection of condonation without due consideration of those decisions was quashed, with fresh merits consideration after permitting revised returns.]]></description>
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<title>Unexplained investment requires reliable evidence; telescoping fails without timing linkage, while fixed-deposit additions exclude maturity accretions.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unexplained investment in residential property is to be assessed on reliable evidence: an insurance proposal is only an estimate, while the taxpayer's disclosed estimate may be accepted where supported by statements and accounts. Expenditure claimed for old land and building requires evidence and remains unexplained if unproved. Telescoping of undisclosed cash receipts against property investment is unavailable without material showing that both relate to the same period. Unaccounted fixed-deposit additions should be confined to the actual amounts invested, not their maturity values. The discussion describes modification of the property-investment addition, sustenance of the cash-receipts addition, and restriction of the fixed-deposit addition to actual investment.]]></description>
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<title>Minimum alternate tax does not apply to statutory bodies outside the Companies Act, leaving book-profit disallowance challenge unsustainable.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Minimum Alternate Tax under section 115JB does not apply to a statutory body constituted under a Central enactment that is not incorporated under the Companies Act, despite being assessable as a company under the Income-tax Act. Applying the principle that the legal fiction in section 115JB cannot extend to such entities, the High Court found the provision inapplicable. Consequently, the issue of disallowance under section 14A in computing book profit did not survive, as it depended on section 115JB applying. No substantial question of law arose, and the Revenue's appeals were dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment based on inapplicable share-transaction information fails when disclosed intraday profit does not match the recorded reopening reasons.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101843</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reassessment based on inapplicable information is examined where recorded reasons allege manipulated share transactions involving capital gains or losses, but the taxpayer's actual transaction was an intraday share trade with disclosed business profit. The notes state that, where the alleged transactions do not exist in the taxpayer's case and the disclosed profit remains below the reopening threshold cited in the reasons, the factual foundation for reopening fails. They further note that a Tribunal order quashing such reassessment was not interfered with because no substantial question of law arose from those factual findings.]]></description>
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<title>Surplus interest-free funds rebut interest disallowance, while section 14A computations cannot alone increase minimum alternate tax book profit.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Surplus interest-free funds support a presumption that investments were funded from those sources, where such funds exceed the investments. On that basis, interest expenditure could not be disallowed or capitalised as capital work in progress when the building had already been put to use in earlier years. The text also states that a disallowance computed under section 14A read with rule 8D cannot, merely for that reason, be added to book profit under section 115JB. It records that the appellate deletions were upheld, as the issues were covered by binding decisions and concurrent factual findings, with no substantial question of law arising.]]></description>
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<title>Electronic filing delay in charitable trust audit reporting warranted condonation where genuine hardship arose from clerical omission.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Electronic filing delay in Form 10B may constitute genuine hardship where the audit report and Form 10 were obtained before the return was filed but were not uploaded due to an inadvertent clerical omission connected with the trust's Chartered Accountant. The notes state that the applicable CBDT circular covered the relevant assessment year and that an earlier decision involving the same trust required a non-pedantic approach to technical compliance. The rejection of condonation was quashed, requiring condonation of the delay and enabling consideration of the charitable-income exemption claim.]]></description>
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<title>Market value for captive electricity consumption follows industrial consumer tariffs, supporting profit computation for the power generation deduction.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For computing profits of a captive power undertaking under section 80IA(4), the market value of electricity used internally is described as the tariff at which the Electricity Board supplies electricity to industrial consumers. The rate paid by the Electricity Board for surplus electricity generated is not treated as the relevant market value because it is set through statutory regulation and contractual arrangements rather than the rate payable by an industrial consumer. The note states that this approach supports computation of the eligible deduction for captive power generation.]]></description>
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<title>Unverifiable purchases warrant only embedded-profit estimation when accepted sales and records show actual goods were procured.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Primary purchase evidence, accepted sales and unrejected books may discharge the purchaser's burden unless the Revenue produces independent material showing sham supplies or return of consideration. A supplier's failure to substantiate its own procurement chain, alleged excess mining, or direct dispatch to customers does not alone justify disallowance. Where purchase evidence is deficient but sales, audited accounts and quantitative records are accepted, only the profit embedded in unverifiable purchases may be estimated, using the disclosed gross-profit ratio; complete disallowance would create artificial profits. A closing-stock balance in seized electronic records requires corroboration and cannot stand where incomplete consumption entries create a notional, improbable stock figure unsupported by physical stock or other defects.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Reasonable cause for journal-entry loan transfers can protect genuine restructuring transactions from penalties for prescribed loan acceptance modes.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Journal-entry transfers of outstanding loans during restructuring of related concerns may constitute reasonable cause for non-compliance with the prescribed mode of loan acceptance where the original loans were received through banking channels, no cash movement occurred, and the transactions are genuine. The notes explain that journal entries are a recognised method of recording business transactions and that penalty protection may apply if there is no adverse finding of non-business use or movement of money. On the stated facts, transfer of genuine loans through journal entries to support a business takeover and financial transition was treated as supported by reasonable cause, resulting in deletion of the remaining penalty.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Commercial nexus of facilitation services supports deduction of commission expenditure against income from other sources.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Commission expenditure claimed against income from other sources may be deductible where evidence establishes a direct commercial nexus between the facilitation services and the commission earned. Customer purchase orders and sales records may demonstrate the payee firm's customer relationships, overlapping product trade, infrastructure and network. Where the payment is taxed in the recipient's hands and actual payment through banking channels is undisputed, such material can support admission of additional evidence and allowance of the deduction under section 57.]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment limitation for pre-2021 assessment years invalidated a belated notice, while unsupported share-sale cash-credit additions were deleted.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For assessment years beginning on or before 1 April 2021, the first proviso to section 149(1) preserves the pre-Finance Act 2021 limitation for reassessment notices. The note states that a notice for AY 2016-17 issued after the earlier six-year period was time-barred, rendering the reassessment and consequential assessment invalid. It further addresses additions under section 68 on sale proceeds of unquoted shares: where acquisition, holding and sale were supported by banking records, balance-sheet disclosures, sale bills and purchaser confirmations, and no evidence linked the assessee to an alleged cash trail, sale proceeds could not be treated as unexplained cash credit. An ad hoc profit addition without substantive material was also deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Cash repayment of explained family loans between spouses warranted reasonable cause, requiring deletion of the repayment penalty.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cash repayment of a family loan between spouses did not justify penalty under section 271E where the loan was fully explained, used for the benefit of the family, and gave rise to no addition. The Tribunal treated both the husband-wife loan transaction and the partial repayment to the wife as family-benefit transactions, following a co-ordinate Bench decision. It held that these circumstances established reasonable cause and made the penalty unsustainable. The penalty was therefore deleted and the appeal was allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Business expenditure deductibility covers independent brand promotion and unreimbursed inventory price-drop margin losses where commercially genuine and verifiable.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Advertisement, marketing and brand-promotion expenditure incurred by a super authorised mobile-phone distributor is discussed as deductible business expenditure where a lower purchase price reflects a commercial arrangement for independent regional marketing, rather than reimbursement by the brand owner. Third-party confirmation and the absence of evidence that expenditure was fictitious, inflated or unincurred support its business necessity. The notes also address price-drop credits to downstream dealers: brand-owner reimbursement is limited to unsold inventory and its invoice price, while the distributor's unreimbursed margin reversal on sold inventory may constitute a genuine, verifiable commercial loss deductible as business expenditure.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-2021 reassessment limitation survives amended regime, invalidating notices issued after the former statutory time limit expires.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The first proviso to section 149(1) preserves the earlier reassessment limitation for assessment years beginning on or before 1 April 2021. It prevents notice under the amended regime where notice was already time-barred under the pre-Finance Act 2021 limits. For A.Y. 2015-16, the note identifies expiry of the former six-year period on 31 March 2022; therefore, a section 148 notice issued thereafter is treated as time-barred, rendering the consequential reassessment unsustainable.]]></description>
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<title>Third-party loose sheets require independent corroboration before supporting unexplained investment additions for alleged on-money property purchases.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For unexplained investment in property purchases, an addition under section 69 cannot rest solely on an unauthenticated loose sheet seized from a third party. The notes state that the sheet was unsigned, not part of regular accounts, inconsistent with registered conveyance and banking records, and unconnected to the assessee or sellers. Without proof of the document's author, independent seller enquiries, evidence of on-money receipt, a cash trail, or other corroboration, the Revenue does not discharge its burden to prove understated consideration. Loose sheets or dumb documents are not substantive evidence by themselves, and suspicion cannot replace proof. The addition was deleted; issues concerning section 153C validity, the satisfaction note, and cross-examination remained open.]]></description>
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<title>BOT annuity rights are not depreciable intangible assets, while project-cost amortisation may follow provisional completion certification.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rights to receive annuity under a BOT road concession are treated as mechanisms for recouping project costs, comparable to toll-collection rights, rather than distinct intangible assets. The notes state that the broader contractual obligations, exclusive licence and annuity-based compensation do not create a licence, franchise or similar business or commercial right eligible for depreciation; depreciation on the annuity right was therefore disallowed. Capitalised road-project expenditure may, however, be amortised when a Provisional Completion Certificate deems the project complete and open to traffic under the concession agreement and applicable CBDT circular. Accordingly, amortisation was sustained despite the disallowance of depreciation.]]></description>
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<title>Provisional release of seized imports requires enhanced duty payment, bank guarantee and disclosures while customs adjudication proceeds independently.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Provisional release of seized imported multifunctional devices pending customs adjudication may be granted subject to payment of Customs-quantified enhanced duty, furnishing a bank guarantee, and providing stipulated transactional disclosures. Such conditional release operates only at the seizure stage and does not prevent Customs from continuing adjudication. The adjudicating authority must independently consider the importer's objections and contentions and determine the matter in accordance with law, without being influenced by the provisional-release arrangement.]]></description>
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<title>Strict construction of textile duty exemptions excludes omitted schedule entries, while disclosed import claims cannot trigger extended limitation.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Additional customs duty exemption for textile materials is confined to goods listed in the First Schedule to the Additional Duties of Excise (Goods of Special Importance) Act, 1957. Textile headings omitted from that Schedule by the Finance Act, 2011 no longer meet the notification condition, requiring strict construction of the exemption. The text also addresses extended limitation: where assessed ex-bond Bills of Entry disclosed the goods, classification, duties and claimed exemptions, an incorrect exemption claim alone does not establish suppression or deliberate misstatement intended to evade duty. Consequently, demands may be restricted to the normal period, with penalty not sustainable absent the required intent.]]></description>
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<title>Certificate of Origin verification procedures governed preferential customs exemption, rendering denial of treaty benefits and consequential penalty unsustainable.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Preferential customs-duty exemption under the Indo-Thailand Free Trade Agreement depends on compliance with the prescribed process for verifying a Certificate of Origin under the Interim Rules of Origin. The text states that Revenue did not follow the procedure in Notification No. 101/2004-Cus. (N.T.) before challenging the certificate's credibility. It therefore records that denial of exemption under Notification No. 85/2004-Cus. was unsustainable, as was the consequential penalty for alleged improper import. The impugned order was set aside and the appeals were allowed with consequential relief.]]></description>
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<title>In rem liability of a conveyance survives absent owner penalty, while driver penalty for diversion of smuggled goods stands.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Penalty on the truck driver for diverting containers in an attempted smuggling of red sanders was sustained because the driver was found actively involved, and the penalty was considered already meagre. Redemption fine on the conveyance remained maintainable despite no personal penalty on the truck owner, as proceedings against the vehicle are in rem and distinct from personal action against its owner. However, the owner's non-involvement in the show-cause proceedings and the overall circumstances supported reduction of the redemption fine. The appeal was partly allowed to that extent.]]></description>
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<title>Personal guarantor liability permits SARFAESI enforcement despite corporate debtor CIRP where no guarantor insolvency application is pending.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SARFAESI enforcement against personal guarantors may continue while CIRP is pending only against the corporate debtor, because the corporate-debtor moratorium does not extend to guarantors. The notes explain that an interim moratorium for a personal guarantor arises only when a creditor files an insolvency application against that guarantor; a demand notice alone is insufficient. They further state that IBC consolidation provisions do not apply where no guarantor insolvency proceeding exists, and that SARFAESI and debt-recovery proceedings are complementary remedies rather than mutually exclusive elections. On the stated facts, the possession notice, auction and sale certificate were restored by setting aside the contrary DRT directions; the Bank's writ petition was treated as maintainable.]]></description>
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<title>Financial debt requires disbursement for time value of money; a flat allotted against service dues creates no financial creditor status.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Financial debt requires disbursement against consideration for the time value of money. A real estate allottee may be deemed to have advanced a debt with the commercial effect of borrowing only where the claimant has disbursed an amount to the corporate debtor. Where a flat is allotted solely to compensate unpaid advertisement service charges under an invoice, no such disbursement occurs. The claim therefore does not constitute financial debt, and the service provider cannot be recognised as a financial creditor under the insolvency framework.]]></description>
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<title>Prima facie material and strong suspicion justified refusal of discharge in the alleged money-laundering prosecution.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Prima facie material at the discharge and charge-framing stage need only raise a strong suspicion of the accused's involvement; the court must not conduct a roving inquiry or weigh evidence as at trial. The notes state that the petitioner was a trustee when a loan was allegedly obtained through fraudulent documents, diverted from its stated purpose, and linked to laundering of proceeds of crime. On that material, the Trial Court's refusal to discharge was affirmed and the criminal revision was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Suppressed turnover based on unreconciled inspection stock survives revised-return disclosure, with reduced estimated additions and penalty sustained.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unaccounted gold and silver stock detected during income-tax inspection supported findings of suppressed purchases and consequential sales, notwithstanding a revised return filed after inspection. The article distinguishes cases where equal additions rested only on conjectural probable suppression or disclosures preceded audit, stating that inspection-based unreconciled stock differences provide material for assessment. It notes that tax paid on revised disclosure may mitigate an equal addition, but does not protect a dealer unless the failure to maintain true accounts was neither wilful nor intentional. The Tribunal's restriction of equal additions to 10 per cent was sustained. Penalty was also upheld because the dealer did not justify omissions in full and true disclosure, and the statutory penalty provision applied to established suppressed turnover.]]></description>
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<title>US oil firms sign deals with Iraq to develop alternative shipping routes</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Alternative oil export routes from Iraq are being pursued through agreements to develop pipeline capacity that can reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz. Planned pipelines would support larger-scale exports through Syria and Turkey and strengthen energy-security options amid disrupted maritime shipments. Their timing and viability remain uncertain because cross-border construction requires substantial development and coordination. Existing overland shipments through Syria offer a temporary, but less efficient and more costly, route to European markets. Iraq has emphasised its preference for long-term investment partnerships over project-based contracting.]]></description>
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<title>HC transfers probe against ex-MLC Haji Iqbal from UP STF to SFIO</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A fraud investigation concerning an alleged real-estate investment scheme was transferred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office because the named company was stated to be part of a wider alleged shell-company network already under its examination. The FIR was not quashed, as the complainant's individual transaction had not been investigated. A single specialised inquiry was considered necessary to prevent fragmented or conflicting investigations into an allegedly indivisible fraud scheme.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee rises 12 paise to close at 96.30 against US dollar</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign exchange market movement saw the rupee appreciate against the US dollar, supported by positive domestic equity-market performance, lower US Treasury yields and reported possible central-bank intervention. Elevated West Asia tensions, higher global crude-oil prices and cautious foreign investment flows continued to pressure the currency. Market attention remained focused on global developments, crude-oil movements and foreign institutional investment activity, alongside an increase in foreign-exchange reserves.]]></description>
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<title>MP industrial corporation, Amazon ink pact to accelerate e-commerce exports</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A memorandum of understanding supports Madhya Pradesh businesses, including MSMEs, entrepreneurs, direct-to-consumer brands, manufacturers, weavers, artisans and producers, in accessing international customers through the Amazon Global Selling programme. The collaboration will improve e-commerce export awareness, exporter readiness and knowledge sharing, while developing a state export roadmap with policy and infrastructure recommendations. It will also identify interventions relating to logistics, access to finance, payment reconciliation and regulatory enablers for cross-border exports.]]></description>
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<title>Following are the top foreign stories at 2015 hours</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Proposed trade tariffs on purchases of Russian oil would target specified countries, including India and China, while exempting European purchasers of Russian gas. Separately, tighter United States visa regulations for international students, exchange visitors and journalists would end a long-standing arrangement allowing indefinite residence without government oversight. The reported changes may materially affect foreign nationals, including Indian nationals, through differentiated trade treatment and enhanced immigration compliance requirements.]]></description>
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<title>Pending civil suits, arbitral claims stand abated after resolution plan approved under IBC: SC</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The clean slate doctrine under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code is described as abating or extinguishing pending civil suits and arbitration involving pre-insolvency operational claims that had not crystallised into determinable and quantifiable amounts before resolution-plan approval. Claims must be submitted to and determined by the resolution professional, and only crystallised claims incorporated in the approved plan remain payable under its prescribed treatment. Once final, the creditor list and approved plan bind all stakeholders.]]></description>
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<title>GST Evasion Matters cannot be investigated by other enforcement agencies like ED Or CBI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST evasion is primarily addressed through the specialised enforcement machinery under the GST law, but other enforcement agencies may enquire into exceptional serious matters involving offences within their respective domains, such as fake-tax-invoice activity and bribery. Where conduct constitutes offences under more than one enactment, prosecution may proceed under the applicable laws, subject to the bar against double punishment for the same offence. Double jeopardy does not prevent separate proceedings where the alleged offences contain distinct legal ingredients.]]></description>
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<title>India'??s forex kitty jumps USD 964 mn to USD 675.15 bn</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign exchange reserves increased during the reporting week, principally because foreign currency assets rose. Reserve components include foreign currency assets, gold reserves, Special Drawing Rights and the reserve position with the International Monetary Fund. Foreign currency assets, expressed in dollar terms, reflect valuation effects arising from movements in non-US currencies held in the reserves. Gold reserves, Special Drawing Rights and the reserve position with the International Monetary Fund also increased.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee rises 14 paise to close at 96.28 against US dollar</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The rupee strengthened against the US dollar following four declining sessions, reportedly amid possible Reserve Bank of India intervention. Elevated West Asia tensions, higher crude-oil prices and cautious foreign fund flows continued to weigh on the currency, despite consolidation in the absence of major domestic triggers. Market participants were expected to monitor global developments, crude-oil movements and foreign institutional investor activity for the next directional move.]]></description>
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<title>Office of Economic Adviser to Release Revised Index of Core Industries Series with Base Year 2022–23</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The revised Index of Core Industries adopts 2022-23 as its base year and replaces the 2011-12 series. Its weights are derived from the 2022-23 Index of Industrial Production and redistributed pro rata to total 100. Iron Ore is added as a core industry, expanding the basket to nine industries. The Steel Index will use gross production data for consistency with the Index of Industrial Production. In the Coal sector, only Raw Coal is retained; Coal Middlings and Washed Coal are excluded to prevent double counting.]]></description>
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<title>Fourth Edition of IICA’s National Conference on Responsible Business Conduct (NCRBC) 2026 held in New Delhi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ESG-led responsible business conduct requires sustainability disclosures that are relevant, comparable, evidence-based and verifiable, supported by reliable systems, internal controls, documentation, traceability and independent examination. Sustainability should be integrated into board-level decision-making, fiduciary responsibilities, risk management and long-term enterprise value. Stronger governance, accountability and data-assurance frameworks are needed to address greenwashing, with proportionate reporting, technology and capacity-building supporting implementation across value chains and MSMEs.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government specifies the Cost Inflation Index for the financial years 2026-27</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cost Inflation Index for financial year 2026-27 is specified as 384 under section 72(8)(a) of the Income-tax Act, 2025. It applies to tax year 2026-27 from 1 April 2026 and to subsequent tax years.]]></description>
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<title>Prohibition on Import of Goods Produced Using Forced Labour - Insertion of Para 2.20B and Para 11.64 in the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Foreign Trade Policy 2023 prohibits import of goods produced or manufactured wholly or partly through forced labour, effective after expiry of 30 days from publication. Goods may be specified for prohibition by notification on the basis of an enquiry or other material considered appropriate. Enquiries into forced labour are to follow the Handbook of Procedures, 2023. Forced labour means involuntary work or service exacted under menace of a penalty, consistent with the ILO Forced Labour Convention, 1930.]]></description>
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<title>Additional demand in the order, not raised in the SCN but discussed in Personal Hearing.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST adjudication demands must remain within the scope and quantum proposed in the show-cause notice under section 75(7). Discrepancies identified from documents submitted after the notice cannot support an additional demand unless they formed part of the notice proposal. Discussion at personal hearing does not enlarge the notice, as hearing is part of adjudication. An appropriate corrigendum or addendum should be issued before adjudication where additional grounds or liability are proposed, ensuring the taxpayer has notice of the case to be answered.]]></description>
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<title>Reliance promoters raise stake by 0.5 pc through Rs 8,500-9,000 cr worth of share purchases</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Promoter and promoter-group shareholding in Reliance Industries Ltd increased by nearly 0.5 percentage points through market purchases during the June quarter. The purchases were reported to be within SEBI creeping acquisition limits, allowing gradual promoter acquisitions without triggering a mandatory open offer where prescribed thresholds are met. The increase may strengthen promoter control and marginally reduce public float, and was characterised as reflecting confidence in long-term growth, earnings trajectory and capital-allocation plans.]]></description>
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<title>Agreement and Protocol between the Republic of India and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The India-Sri Lanka tax treaty protocol is notified for implementation and applies in India to income derived in fiscal years beginning on or after 1 April following the calendar year of its entry into force. It strengthens the treaty's anti-abuse framework by adopting a principal purpose test. Treaty benefits may be denied where obtaining the benefit was one of the principal purposes of an arrangement or transaction, unless granting the benefit is consistent with the object and purpose of the relevant treaty provisions. The amended preamble also addresses tax evasion, avoidance and treaty shopping.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Granting Tax Exemption to the Delhi Pollution Control Committee under Section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Income-tax exemption is notified for the Delhi Pollution Control Committee in respect of government grants or subsidies, statutory consent, licence and application fees, environmental penalties and fines, and interest on surplus-fund deposits or investments. The exemption applies for tax years 2026-27 and 2027-28, subject to no commercial activity, prescribed return filing, and no change in the Committee's activities or specified income. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of exemption and initiation of proceedings under the Act.]]></description>
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<title>US Senate bill seeks 100% tariffs on India, 4 other nations for buying Russian oil</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Proposed United States Senate legislation would impose mandatory tariffs on imports from leading purchasers of Russian oil or gas and leading facilitators of Russian oil-sanctions evasion. It provides for periodic reassessment and tariff adjustments, while exempting qualifying countries reducing Russian gas imports. Russian uranium purchases for specified nuclear and medical needs, and certain nuclear and space cooperation activities, would be excluded.]]></description>
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<title>All-industry duty drawback rates for specified gold and silver jewellery exports are revised through amendments to the drawback schedule.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The all-industry rates of duty drawback for specified gold jewellery, silver jewellery and silver articles under Chapter 71 are revised by amending the schedule to Notification No. 77/2023-Customs (N.T.). The revised rates apply to tariff items 711301, 711302 and 711401, replacing the previously prescribed entries in the drawback schedule. This updates the duty drawback entitlement applicable to exports covered by those tariff items under the Customs and Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 2017.]]></description>
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<title>Specified authority composition under section 72A is amended by substituting the designated fifth committee member.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The notification amends the composition of the specified authority constituted under the Explanation to section 72A of the Income-tax Act, 1961. It substitutes item 5 in Notification S.O. 710(E) to designate the Member (Legislation), Central Board of Direct Taxes, serving ex officio as Additional Secretary in the Department of Revenue, as a member of that authority. The amendment changes the listed membership of the committee responsible for functions assigned to the specified authority under section 72A.]]></description>
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<title>Cost Inflation Index for financial year 2026-27 is notified, applying from the corresponding tax year onward.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cost Inflation Index is prescribed at 384 for financial year 2026-27 under the Income-tax Act, 2025. The index applies to tax year 2026-27 from 1 April 2026 and to subsequent tax years, establishing the notified inflation-indexation value for the relevant period.]]></description>
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<title>NRIs can bring USD 70-80 bn into India through FCNR deposits: expert</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign Currency Non-Resident deposits allow Non-Resident Indians and Persons of Indian Origin to maintain overseas earnings as foreign-currency fixed deposits with Indian banks without conversion into Indian rupees. Banks may offer enhanced interest rates for a limited period under an initiative intended to strengthen foreign-exchange reserves and support the rupee. The framework covers the investment process, regulatory requirements, taxation aspects and advantages for eligible overseas investors.]]></description>
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<title>Pension fund tax exemption applies to eligible Indian investments subject to reporting, asset-use, borrowing and governance conditions.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Social Protection Fund is specified as an eligible pension fund for tax exemption on qualifying investments made in India from publication of the notification until 31 March 2030. Exemption requires timely income-tax returns with an accountant's compliance certificate, quarterly investment disclosures, and separate accounts for exempt investments. The fund must remain regulated under Omani law, use assets and earnings solely for statutory and defined-benefit obligations, avoid India-investment borrowings, and not participate in investees' day-to-day operations, subject to permitted investment-protection monitoring. Breach of any prescribed condition makes the fund ineligible for the exemption. The notification takes effect upon Gazette publication.]]></description>
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<title>Customs tariff values revised for edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver, while areca nut valuation remains unchanged.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tariff values for specified edible oils, brass scrap, gold and silver are substituted for customs valuation purposes from 16 July 2026. The revised values cover crude and refined palm oil and palmolein, crude soya bean oil, and brass scrap on a per-metric-tonne basis. Separate tariff values apply to eligible gold and silver imports, specified gold bars, coins and findings, and specified silver forms, medallions and coins, subject to the stated exclusions and conditions. The tariff value for areca nuts remains unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026 - effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel when cleared for exports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel cleared for export is amended by revising the rate specified under the central excise exemption framework to Rs. 14.5 per litre. The revised rate takes effect from 16 July 2026 and is issued under the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with the Finance Act, 2002.]]></description>
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<title>Special Additional Excise Duty on export-cleared Aviation Turbine Fuel is revised under the amended effective-rate notification.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise is amended to substitute the rate specified against serial number 1 in its table with a Special Additional Excise Duty rate of Rs. 14.5 per litre for Aviation Turbine Fuel cleared for export. The revised effective rate applies from 16 July 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Special additional excise duty on exported petrol and diesel is revised through substituted per-litre rates effective immediately.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special additional excise duty rates under Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise are amended for exported petrol and diesel. The table rate for petrol is substituted with Rs. 2.5 per litre, while the rate for diesel is substituted with Rs. 15.5 per litre. These revised duty rates take effect from 16 July 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026 - Special Additional Excise Duty on export of petrol and diesel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special additional excise duty on exports of petrol and diesel is amended by substituting revised duty entries in the existing notification's table. The revised rates are Rs. 2.5 per litre for petrol and Rs. 15.5 per litre for diesel, effective from 16 July 2026.]]></description>
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<title>India-UK CETA tariff concessions introduce preferential customs treatment, origin verification, and quota-based rates for specified United Kingdom imports.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The notification implements the first tranche of tariff concessions under the India-UK CETA for goods imported into India from the United Kingdom. It caps basic customs duty, Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess, and, where applicable, Health Cess at the preferential rates specified across Tables I and II. Table III provides tariff-rate quota treatment for specified completely built motor vehicles, applying distinct in-quota and out-of-quota duty rates. Preferential treatment requires the importer to establish UK origin under applicable trade-agreement origin rules. TRQ benefits require electronic authorisation and electronic quota debit through the customs system. The notification takes effect on 15 July 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Forced-labour import enquiries now permit evidence gathering and recommendations to prohibit affected goods from entering India.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Para 2.50A of the Handbook of Procedures, 2023 establishes a process for determining whether imported goods were produced wholly or partly using forced labour. DGFT may initiate an enquiry on its own motion or on credible information or a supported complaint, obtain information from importers, exporters, manufacturers and other persons, and consult government bodies, stakeholders, international organisations and expert bodies. After completing the enquiry, DGFT must prepare findings and may recommend that the Central Government prohibit imports of goods found to involve forced labour under the foreign trade framework.]]></description>
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<title>Accredited export test reports must be considered without mandatory CRCL referral where no risk-based intervention or intelligence exists.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Exporters may voluntarily obtain test reports from NABL-accredited laboratories, Export Promotion Council-recognised laboratories or other recognised agencies to meet destination-country regulatory requirements. Where such reports are submitted and no risk-based intervention or intelligence exists, the proper officer must consider them without mandatorily referring samples to CRCL, reducing duplicate testing. Where risk-based intervention or intelligence applies, existing procedures for drawing and testing samples, including referral to CRCL or other accredited laboratories, continue. Procedures for testing import consignments remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>GST 'as is where is' regularisation accepts lower tax positions but denies refunds and excludes unreported non-payment.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST regularisation on an "as is" or "as is, where is" basis accepts, as full discharge of liability for the regularised period, tax paid at the lower competing rate or nil rate claimed under a genuinely doubtful exemption entry and declared in returns. Taxpayers who paid a higher rate are not entitled to a refund. The regularisation applies where competing rate entries or divergent interpretations caused genuine doubt; it does not protect cases where no tax was paid when the dispute concerned only competing positive rates. In those cases, tax at the clarified applicable rate remains recoverable.]]></description>
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<title>Suo-moto audit and scrutiny proposals require documented reasons, estimated evasion, DETC recommendation and range-level approval before initiation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Proposals for suo-moto audit or scrutiny under the HGST Act, 2017 must state clear, specific and duly justified reasons, supported by available records, intelligence inputs, data analysis or another verifiable information source. Each proposal must also specify the tentative quantum of tax evasion. The concerned DETC must first examine and recommend the proposal, after which the case file must be sent to the Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Range) for necessary approval. Field formations must comply strictly; suo-moto action initiated without this prescribed process will be viewed seriously.]]></description>
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<title>Multi-year GST audit coverage requires examination of subsequent financial years through the current year for full compliance review.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Audits selected under the Haryana GST Act must cover a comprehensive period extending from the selected financial year through all subsequent financial years up to the current financial year. Officers must examine records, returns, statements and financial documents for the entire period to assess compliance, tax liability, input tax credit and other applicable statutory requirements. Field formations must conduct audits within the prescribed GST provisions and timelines; departures from these directions will be treated seriously.]]></description>
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<title>NetAcct Solutions Launches Entries ERP Powered by the Entries AI Platform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The unified cloud platform combines accounting, manufacturing, inventory, procurement, human resources, payroll, compliance, reporting and document management with an embedded AI agent. Its compliance functions include GST validation, purchase-register reconciliation with GSTR-2B, input tax credit support, supplier filing-gap detection, e-invoicing, e-way bills, TDS and statutory due-date tracking. Financial and operational workflows are intended to use common real-time data, with automation for invoices, journal entries, reconciliations, reporting, workflow approvals and compliance-risk monitoring.]]></description>
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<title>Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in the case of M/s. Inditech Trent Retails India Pvt. Ltd. IEC: 0509065597) – Consolidated Adjudication of Multiple Show Cause Notices arising from SVB Investigation Report No. Cus/SVB-DEL/164/2018-19 dated 27.12.2018</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Consolidated adjudication of multiple customs show cause notices concerning Inditex Trent Retail India Pvt. Ltd. is assigned to a Common Adjudicating Authority under the Customs Act, 1962. The Principal Commissioner/Commissioner of Customs (Import), Air Cargo Complex, Sahar, Mumbai is appointed to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the respective adjudicating authorities for the listed notices arising from an SVB investigation report. The notification centralises the specified adjudicatory functions for those notices before the designated authority.]]></description>
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<title>Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal Leads High-Level Delegation to Finland to Strengthen Trade and Investment Ties</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bilateral trade and investment cooperation was advanced through ministerial discussions and industry engagements concerning financial markets, innovation, enterprise financing and commercial relations. Two institutional Memoranda of Understanding established mechanisms for industry collaboration and greater business engagement. Sector-specific interactions covered digital and frontier technologies, space, clean energy, bioeconomy, circular economy, infrastructure and advanced manufacturing, focusing on collaboration, investment and technology partnerships.]]></description>
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<title>India Achieves Major Milestone at Codex Commission with Adoption of Three Global Standards for Spices</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Codex standards for large cardamom, coriander and vanilla establish harmonised international quality benchmarks following review by relevant committees on analytical methods, food additives and food labelling. The standards are intended to promote consistent quality requirements, facilitate trade, improve market access and support export competitiveness. India was also accepted as Co-Chair of an Electronic Working Group developing policy guidance on risk analysis for new food products.]]></description>
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<title>Centre for Trade and Investment Law launches guidebook to help Indian MSMEs expand into global markets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Export readiness for Indian MSMEs is supported through practical guidance on identifying export opportunities, market-access requirements, trade intelligence tools, international standards, sustainability requirements and buyer identification. International expansion strategies include using preferential Rules of Origin and cooperation mechanisms under Free Trade Agreements, selecting export destinations, product positioning, diversification and value addition. Trade remedy awareness and guidance on unfair trade practices and import surges, together with institutional support, partnerships and trade-exhibition participation, can strengthen global competitiveness and integration into global value chains.]]></description>
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<title>Revenue precluded from imposing a Section 117 penalty if not proposed in the Show Cause Notice</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customs penalties for improper export and use of false material require evidence linking the individual to overvaluation, misclassification, or the knowing use of a materially false declaration, statement or document. Peripheral involvement in a separate unlawful act does not itself establish liability for improper export. Where allegations concerning cleared consignments rest on uncorroborated statements, specific material connecting the person to the export contravention remains necessary. A separate residual customs penalty cannot be introduced at the appellate stage if it was not proposed in the show cause notice.]]></description>
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<title>Is Cashew a Fruit? A Tax Question Beyond Botany</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16962</link>
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<description><![CDATA[Service tax exemption for transportation of fruits by road depends on the meaning of "fruits" in the exemption notification. Where the term is undefined, it should ordinarily receive its popular or commercial meaning, read with the exemption's purpose, rather than a strictly botanical meaning. Processing of cashew through cleaning, drying, shelling or grading does not necessarily alter its agricultural origin. In the absence of an express exclusion, the notification should not be curtailed by importing an unstated limitation, and administrative interpretation cannot substitute legislative language.]]></description>
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<title>GST PORTAL NOTICES ARE REAL NOTICES: DIGITAL VIGILANCE IS NOW NON-NEGOTIABLE</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16961</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Electronic availability of GST notices and orders on the common portal is a legally valid mode of service, and physical delivery is not invariably required. Taxpayers must monitor portal communications, respond within time, and pursue revocation or appellate remedies within applicable limitation periods. Digital service must nevertheless afford a real and fair opportunity to respond: genuine portal defects, confusing notice categorisation, or communication failures may be relevant where they render service ineffective. Writ jurisdiction ordinarily does not replace unavailed statutory remedies or cure prolonged inaction.]]></description>
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<title>Applicability of Legal Metrology Laws to Alcoholic Beverages in India.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Alcoholic beverages may be regulated under Legal Metrology law as packaged commodities for net quantity or volume and manufacturer or importer declarations. State Excise law, rules, licence conditions and excise directions principally govern manufacture, licensing, brand registration, label approval, price approval, retail sale and display of approved selling prices. Alcohol-content declarations are largely addressed through excise and food-safety requirements. Accordingly, Legal Metrology does not wholly cease to apply, but State Excise legislation predominates in regulating liquor pricing, retail display and sale conditions.]]></description>
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<title>Bringing Wine from Europe/Foreign Country to India: Customs Rules, FSSAI Requirements, Duty Implications and Practical Guidance for Indian Travellers.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16959</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wine carried by a traveller in accompanied baggage for personal use is assessed under passenger baggage rules and generally does not require an FSSAI import licence. Eligible adult passengers may bring up to two litres of alcoholic liquor or wine duty-free, calculated by total volume. Excess wine should be declared through the Red Channel for assessment. Duty payment does not create an unrestricted right to import wine, as Customs may consider quantity, packaging, value, travel frequency and personal-use explanation when deciding whether goods qualify as bona fide passenger baggage.]]></description>
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<title>IPR Enforcement at Borders: International Best Practices - Exhibits, Examples, and Real-Life Case Laws</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=16958</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Border enforcement of intellectual property rights uses customs recordation, risk-based inspection, detention, seizure, destruction and information sharing to prevent infringing goods from crossing borders. TRIPS-based border measures, WCO risk-management practices and WIPO capacity-building support customs action. Effective enforcement combines electronic filing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, product-authentication support from right holders, and cross-border cooperation. India's framework permits electronic recordation of registered rights, suspension of suspected infringing imports and appropriate suo motu action, while e-commerce, small parcels and sophisticated counterfeits remain key challenges.]]></description>
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<title>Cross-Border E-Commerce: Challenges for Customs Administration.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cross-border e-commerce creates high-volume, low-value parcel flows that require customs to balance rapid clearance with revenue protection, border security, consumer safety and intellectual-property enforcement. Incomplete data, undervaluation, misclassification, false origin declarations, consignment splitting, counterfeit goods and smuggling complicate risk assessment. Electronic declarations, risk-based inspection, paperless clearance and simplified courier procedures can improve administration, provided timely advance electronic data, digital capability, inter-agency cooperation and technology-supported targeting are strengthened.]]></description>
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<title>Interest wrongly classified as tax cannot require GST appellate pre-deposit; the appeal must be reconsidered on merits.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101809</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Erroneous classification of interest as tax in Form GST DRC-07 can improperly trigger the statutory pre-deposit required for a further GST appeal. The notes state that the demand for wrong availment and delayed reversal of input tax credit comprised ITC reversal, interest and penalty, with no disputed tax component; however, interest was recorded as tax and affirmed in appeal. Although the original order was later rectified, limitation prevented correction of the appellate order. The appellate order was set aside and remitted for fresh merits adjudication because a Tribunal appeal would otherwise require pre-deposit on interest wrongly treated as tax.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory GST appeal remedy prevails where alleged inadequate consideration of replies does not establish a natural justice breach.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101808</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Availability of an efficacious statutory GST appeal ordinarily limits writ jurisdiction, except where fundamental rights, natural justice, jurisdictional error or vires are genuinely implicated. A noticee that participated, filed replies and documents, and received personal hearings cannot claim that natural justice required the adjudicating authority to seek further material. Allegations that replies or evidence were inadequately considered, and challenges to the sufficiency of material or adjudicatory conclusions, concern merits for the appellate mechanism. The writ petition was dismissed because no recognised exception to exhausting the statutory remedy was established, while writ-pendency time was excluded for considering appeal limitation, subject to independent appellate determination.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory GST appellate remedy must be pursued before writ review of a demand order, with limitation protection granted.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A writ petition challenging a GST demand order without first using the statutory appellate remedy is not maintainable where an efficacious appeal is available under the CGST Act. The High Court directed the petitioner to pursue that remedy, while leaving all contentions open for the Appellate Authority. The petition was disposed of with liberty to file a statutory appeal, and the time spent pursuing the writ proceedings was to be excluded for limitation purposes if the appeal is filed within four weeks.]]></description>
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<title>Efficacious GST appellate remedy bars writ review where disputed factual issues and statutory pre-deposit must be addressed by the Tribunal.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101806</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Availability of an efficacious GST appellate remedy limits recourse to writ jurisdiction against penalty proceedings and appellate orders. Where the GST Tribunal has appointed Presiding Officers and an appeal may be filed within the permitted time, challenges alleging breach of natural justice or lack of competence of the show-cause issuing officer should be examined by the Tribunal where they depend on disputed facts and documents. Writ jurisdiction cannot be used to bypass the statutory pre-deposit requirement, particularly because the specialised Tribunal includes judicial and technical members. The writ petition was dismissed, with liberty to pursue the statutory appeal, and the merits of the penalty challenge were not adjudicated.]]></description>
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<title>Substantial procedural compliance supports GST waiver reconsideration where full tax was timely paid under an incorrect tax head.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101805</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Waiver or exemption provisions require strict compliance with substantive conditions, while substantial compliance may satisfy procedural requirements. Where the full GST liability was paid within the stipulated period but credited under an incorrect tax head because of an uncontroverted clerical error, payment was treated as substantially compliant. The High Court set aside the rejection of the waiver application and remanded it for fresh consideration after a reasonable opportunity, requiring the payment to be credited under the appropriate CGST and SGST heads.]]></description>
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<title>Fair-rent assessment requires consideration of lease terms, valuation principles and prevailing market rent; the certificate was quashed for fresh review.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101804</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A rent reasonableness certificate was invalid because the hiring committee failed to consider the lease deed supplied by the petitioner and the applicable fair-rent assessment or reassessment material. The relevant norms required assessment through recognised valuation principles and prevailing market rent for private buildings leased by Central Government departments. Non-consideration of these relevant materials vitiated the certificate. The High Court quashed the certificate and directed the competent respondents to reconsider the request after considering the lease deed and applicable fair-rent assessment material within the stipulated period.]]></description>
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<title>Penalty initiation for cash-receipt contraventions begins with the competent authority's hearing notice, subject to reasonable-time limits.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101803</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For penalties for contravention of cash-receipt restrictions, proceedings commence when the Joint Commissioner, as the competent authority, issues a notice affording an opportunity of hearing; an Assessing Officer's proposal merely forwards material and does not initiate proceedings. The penalty order must be passed within six months from the end of the month of that notice. Although no express initiation period applies after receipt of the proposal, initiation should occur within a reasonable time, treated here as six months from the end of that month. Notices need not contain detailed factual particulars if the assessee receives a reasonable hearing and replies are considered. No separately recorded satisfaction by the Joint Commissioner is required before initiation.]]></description>
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<title>Document Identification Number compliance is satisfied when electronically communicated orders are promptly authenticated through a correctly identified subsequent DIN intimation.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101802</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Circular No. 19/2019 requires a Document Identification Number (DIN) to ensure authenticity and an audit trail for departmental communications. Where manually prepared orders are uploaded for DIN generation, initially communicated electronically, and promptly followed by an intimation correctly stating the DIN assigned to the enclosed order, the procedure constitutes substantial compliance. The manual-communication exception requiring prior approval does not apply to such electronic communications. A typographical error entering the intimation letter's DIN instead of the order's DIN does not invalidate the order if the intimation correctly identifies the order and its DIN. The Tribunal's quashing of the DRP directions and revisional order was set aside, with remand for remaining issues.]]></description>
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<title>Place of effective management threshold exclusion supported refund where assumed Indian residence caused tax payment and double taxation.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101801</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Place of effective management residence rules do not apply to a company whose turnover or gross receipts fall within the stipulated threshold under the Board circular, effective from Assessment Year 2017-18. The notes state that a New Zealand-incorporated company was therefore not liable to Indian tax merely because it had assumed Indian residence and filed returns on that basis, making the tax paid refundable. They further explain that rectification is available where foreign-tax payment was previously disputed but is later settled, and that procedural barriers should not deny substantive double-taxation relief. The rejection of refund was quashed and refund with interest was directed in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Genuine derivative losses require proof beyond exchange records when transaction patterns and investigation material indicate manipulation.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Derivative option losses claimed through a recognised exchange and registered broker require independent proof of genuineness where investigation material indicates manipulated transactions. Contract notes and banking-channel payments alone were insufficient in light of broker admissions, options acquired shortly before expiry and allowed to lapse, and repeated losses; the taxpayer did not rebut this material, so the loss disallowance was sustained. Jurisdictional objections to reassessment, raised specifically before the Tribunal and requiring factual verification, were admitted but remanded to the appellate authority for detailed adjudication. The appeal was partly allowed for statistical purposes.]]></description>
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<title>Contingent contractual consideration requires an enforceable accrued right, while project costs follow corresponding revenue recognition under percentage completion.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Under the mercantile system, contingent contractual consideration does not accrue merely because it is stated in an agreement; taxable income requires a vested, unconditional and enforceable right and a corresponding debt due. Where a contractual tranche depends on conditions, step-in rights and deductible costs, uncertainty over receipt and quantification prevents real income from accruing. Accounting Standard-9 requires reasonable certainty of ultimate collection, while later recovery proceedings may corroborate existing uncertainty. Under the percentage completion method, project expenditure carried in work-in-progress may be claimed when corresponding revenue is recognised, provided it relates to the project and is not deducted twice.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory sanction for delayed reassessment is mandatory; approval by an unauthorised authority invalidates reassessment jurisdiction.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101798</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For reassessment notices issued more than three years after the relevant assessment year, prior approval for the order under section 148A(d) and notice under section 148 must come from the authority specified in section 151(ii): the Principal Chief Commissioner, Principal Director General, Chief Commissioner or Director General. Approval by a Principal Commissioner is not valid sanction after that period because that authority lacks statutory competence. A later provision characterising approvals as administrative and supervisory does not cure sanction granted by an unauthorised authority. Reassessment initiated on such invalid approval is liable to be quashed for lack of jurisdiction, while unrelated merits issues remain open.]]></description>
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<title>Explained sale advances cannot be taxed as unexplained money when evidence establishes their connection with property sale consideration.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sale advances supported by a seized agreement, receipt and subsequent conveyance were treated as explained sale consideration rather than unexplained money under section 69A. The notes state that any suppressed consideration would instead be considered under capital gains in the relevant assessment year, and the section 69A additions were vacated. For section 153C, the relevant date for exclusion is stated to be the search initiation date, not later receipt of seized material; the deeming provision is confined to identifying abated assessment years, so the jurisdictional challenge failed. The mechanical-approval challenge under section 153D also failed for lack of cogent supporting material. The consolidated satisfaction-note issue remained open.]]></description>
<category>Income Tax</category>
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<title>Customs non-declaration findings withstand review where contemporaneous evidence corroborates a retracted statement and no perversity is shown.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101796</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Non-declaration of dutiable gold articles is examined through the Customs Declaration Form, contemporaneous documentary evidence and the absence of independent material supporting an alternative account. The text addresses the evidentiary effect of unavailable airport CCTV footage where it was automatically erased before preservation was sought. It also considers the reliability of a retracted statement recorded under the Customs Act, particularly where signed disclosures, a Panchnama and the lack of contemporaneous proof of coercion provide corroboration. Judicial review under Article 226 is described as limited to perversity, no evidence or manifest illegality, rather than reappreciation of plausible factual findings.]]></description>
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<title>Customs transaction value cannot be rejected on NIDB data alone without reasonable doubt and genuinely comparable imports.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transaction value remains the primary customs valuation basis and cannot be rejected solely because the declared price appears low. Rule 12 requires reasonable doubt supported by evidence; NIDB data alone was insufficient where the Department did not establish undervaluation, additional consideration, flow-back, or comparability of alleged contemporaneous imports by quantity, commercial level, manufacturer, branding, quality or specifications. The article notes that invalid value enhancement defeats the consequential differential duty and interest demand. Where confiscation rests entirely on the failed undervaluation allegation and no independent misdeclaration is evidenced, confiscation, redemption fine and penalty are also unsustainable.]]></description>
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<title>Consequential refund claims for illegally collected export duty survive limitation and unjust enrichment where the ultimate buyer bore the burden.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101794</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Refund of export duty allegedly collected from an SEZ developer despite a court stay is discussed as not being subject to the ordinary limitation period where the claimant first pursued the SEZ authority and then filed before customs as directed. The text states that, following invalidation of the underlying levy, rejection solely as time-barred was unsustainable. It also explains that unjust enrichment did not apply where the SEZ developer was the ultimate buyer, used the steel to establish the SEZ, did not resell it or use it to manufacture saleable goods, and supporting contractor and Chartered Accountant certifications showed that the duty burden was not passed to customers. Consequential refund relief was granted.]]></description>
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<title>Industrial shrimp-feed machinery classification follows its commercial function, placing integrated production plants under the specific industrial food-manufacturing entry.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=101793</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[HSN Explanatory Notes support classifying an integrated industrial shrimp-feed production plant under CTH 8438 80 90, rather than Heading 8436, because Heading 8436 excludes machinery designed for industrial use while Heading 8438 specifically covers industrial preparation or manufacture of food for animal consumption. Classification depends on the machinery's nature, design, character and commercial function; project-import approval does not control tariff classification. The resulting reassessment and additional customs duty were upheld. Separately, a communication during provisional assessment that neither finalised assessment nor determined duty or classification may not be an appealable order; rejection as time-barred was set aside and remanded to consider maintainability, finalisation, limitation and merits.]]></description>
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<title>Discretionary restoration costs require reasoned justification and cannot be imposed for facilitating statutory tax assessment proceedings.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 87A(4)(c) of the NCLT Rules gives the Tribunal discretion to award costs occasioned by restoration proceedings; it does not require costs in every matter. Because costs have penal consequences, their necessity and amount require a reasoned assessment of the relevant facts and actual expenditure. The notes state that the orders relied only on the Registrar of Companies' request without determining or justifying expenditure. Where the Income Tax Department sought restoration to complete pending statutory assessment proceedings, the Registrar's facilitation costs could not be imposed on it. The cost directions were quashed and amounts already remitted were to be refunded, while restoration of the companies remained unaffected.]]></description>
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<title>Strict IBC appeal limitation requires a timely delay-condonation application; later filing cannot cure expiry of the maximum period.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 61(2) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code imposes a strict 30-day appeal period, with condonation limited to a further 15 days on sufficient cause; general limitation principles cannot expand this statutory cap. An appeal filed after the initial period without a delay-condonation application is treated as validly instituted only when that application is filed. Where a party participated in the proceedings, limitation runs from pronouncement of the order, while order uploading matters only if no pronouncement occurred on the hearing date. A later condonation application cannot cure filing after the maximum condonable period, resulting in dismissal as time-barred.]]></description>
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<title>Knowing assistance with proceeds of crime supports money-laundering charges where specific fund transfers show active prima facie involvement.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Knowing assistance in handling proceeds of crime falls within money-laundering where a person knowingly participates in processes connected with concealment, possession, acquisition, use or projection of tainted property as untainted. The material described alleged that funds from a scheduled offence were routed through the petitioner and substantially retransferred to personal accounts rather than used for the stated construction purpose, indicating prima facie active participation in transferring, concealing and disbursing such funds. The complaint was therefore not quashed. Parity with a bank Branch Manager was unavailable because the earlier quashing rested on no specific material against that manager, whereas the petitioner was attributed specific acts involving tainted funds.]]></description>
<category>PMLA</category>
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<title>Money-laundering discharge requires assessment of prima facie PMLA ingredients, not re-evaluation of pending predicate offences.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Money-laundering liability under the PMLA concerns processes connected with proceeds of crime, rather than merely commission of the scheduled offence. The notes state that, at discharge stage, the Special Court examines only whether the complaint and accompanying material disclose the statutory ingredients and a prima facie case; it cannot assess the correctness of pending predicate offences. Statutory presumptions and reverse burden provisions regarding interconnected transactions and legitimacy of assets are matters for trial. Challenges based on acquittal, discharge or quashing of the scheduled offence arise only after final judicial determination. On the stated material, refusal of discharge was upheld and the revision petitions were dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Reverse-charge service tax on mining royalty excludes threshold relief and may trigger extended limitation and penalties for suppression.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Service tax under reverse charge applies to royalty paid by a mining lessee for the right to use natural resources after 1 April 2016, when Government services to business entities were removed from the negative list. The text treats royalty as contractual consideration for mineral rights rather than a tax. It explains that the small service provider threshold exemption is unavailable where tax is payable by the service recipient under reverse charge. It further addresses extended limitation and penalties, stating that failure to register, pay tax and file returns despite contemporaneous departmental clarification may constitute deliberate suppression with intent to evade tax, supporting the extended period, interest and penalties for suppression, non-registration and non-filing.]]></description>
<category>Service Tax</category>
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<title>Railway cleaning and onboard housekeeping qualified as exempt municipal sanitation services, while known facts prevented extended limitation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cleaning and on-board housekeeping services supplied to Indian Railways are described as exempt from service tax. Before 1 July 2012, cleaning railway stations and coaches was treated as outside taxable cleaning services because those locations and rolling stock were not commercial or industrial premises. From that date, cleaning, sanitation, conservancy, waste management, toilet disinfection and related housekeeping were treated as municipal functions provided to Government and covered by Entry 25 of Notification No. 25/2012-ST. The notes also state that extended limitation cannot rest on suppression where the Department already knew the same activities and facts, and that retention of collected service tax requires supporting evidence.]]></description>
<category>Service Tax</category>
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<title>Secured creditor priority defeats State tax encumbrances, protecting SARFAESI auction purchasers from subsequent recovery against purchased assets.</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Secured creditors' statutory priority in realising dues from secured assets prevails over State tax claims, including claims supported by a State-law first charge or non obstante clause. A State relying on a prior attachment must establish compliance with the prescribed recovery procedure, including public proclamation; an attachment order alone does not sustain the claim. Following enforcement of security interest and completion of a SARFAESI auction, purchasers holding sale certificates may enjoy the property free of State tax encumbrances. "As is where is" auction terms do not permit retention of revenue-record encumbrance entries or pursuit of the asset in the purchaser's hands for State dues.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory demand notice must exclude stale or prematurely presented cheques and require valid service for cheque dishonour prosecution.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A statutory demand notice under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act must precisely state the amount due under validly dishonoured cheques. The text notes that a cheque presented after its validity expires, or a post-dated cheque presented prematurely, cannot support prosecution; combining their amounts with valid cheques in one demand renders the composite notice invalid. It also states that a notice returned with the postal endorsement "not known" is not good service unless appropriate further service steps are taken. On these grounds, the appellate acquittal under section 138 was affirmed and the appeal dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Brazil calls Trump's 25 pc tariff unjustifiable, vows to impose reciprocal tariffs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reciprocal tariff measures are proposed in response to a new tariff on specified Brazilian imports allegedly involving unfair trade practices. Brazil rejects those allegations and proposes to use its reciprocity-law mechanisms, including reciprocal tariffs and other trade-related countermeasures, while pursuing multilateral dispute settlement. It maintains that trade investigations must conform to multilateral international-trade rules and notes that the tariff may burden exports and increase commercial uncertainty.]]></description>
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<title>Trump administration races clock to rebuild US tariff wall knocked down by SC</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 21:36:40 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Import-tariff authority is shifting from emergency-based measures to temporary and investigatory powers under the Trade Act of 1974. Section 122 supports a global tariff measure only for a limited period, whereas Section 301 permits tariffs or trade sanctions for unjustifiable, unreasonable, or discriminatory foreign trade practices after required public-comment and hearing procedures. Current Section 301 investigations concern forced-labour imports and alleged overproduction by trading partners. A more rule-bound tariff framework may reduce, but not eliminate, commercial uncertainty, and broad use of Section 301 for near-universal tariffs may face legal challenge.]]></description>
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<title>JK marks maiden export of premium cherries, plums to Singapore</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Export of premium cherries and plums from Jammu and Kashmir to Singapore was facilitated to expand overseas market access for temperate fruits. The produce underwent scientific cultivation, optimum-maturity harvesting, grading, sorting, packing and cold-chain handling in compliance with international food-safety and phytosanitary standards. The initiative highlights quality enhancement, market development, logistics, export-oriented production and improved post-harvest management for horticultural exports.]]></description>
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<title>TMI Updates - Newsletter dated: July 19, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Newsletter for tax updates and legal information]]></description>
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