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<title>After 35 years, India's sovereign rating upgraded to 'A-' by JCR on solid growth, resilient financial system</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Japan Credit Rating Agency upgraded India's foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings to A-, citing solid economic growth, strengthened growth-oriented policies and improved financial-system soundness. Improved banking asset quality, insolvency mechanisms, government capital infusion and stronger central-bank supervision support financial resilience. Fiscal quality has improved through greater infrastructure-focused capital expenditure and restraint in current spending, while a contained current-account deficit, services surplus and substantial foreign-exchange reserves support resilience to external shocks.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee rises 22 paise to close at 94.73 against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign capital inflows and modest foreign institutional equity purchases supported rupee appreciation against the US dollar despite weak domestic equities, elevated crude oil prices and a stronger dollar. RBI monitoring and apparent currency-market intervention supported the rupee amid risk aversion, higher US Treasury yields and concerns over crude supply disruptions. Forthcoming US employment data remained relevant to dollar and rupee direction.]]></description>
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<title>India draws record USD 127 bn forex deposit in special drive</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) [FCNR(B)] deposits are fixed-term foreign-currency deposits for non-resident Indians, with principal and interest repayable in the deposit currency and without direct rupee exchange-rate risk. A special central-bank programme mobilised substantial FCNR(B) deposits, alongside overseas foreign-currency borrowings and external commercial borrowings, to strengthen foreign-exchange liquidity. Banks received hedging-cost support and permission to lend against the deposits. The facility was closed earlier than scheduled after its mobilisation objective was met.]]></description>
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<title>Road and Infrastructure Cess on exported petrol and diesel is revised to a uniform per-litre rate.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Road and Infrastructure Cess on petrol and diesel cleared for export is amended by substituting the entry against serial number 2 in the relevant rate table with Rs. 1 per litre. The revised cess rate takes effect from 1 September 2026, the date of publication in the Official Gazette.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 11/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026 - rates of Road and Infrastructure Cess for petrol and diesel, when cleared for exports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Central excise exemption treatment under Notification No. 11/2026-Central Excise is amended by substituting the entry in column (4) against serial number 2 of its Table. The substituted rate is Rs. 1 per litre. The amendment takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette.]]></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[The central excise exemption table entry at serial number 1 is amended by replacing the column (4) entry with "Rs. 19 per litre". Made in the public interest under the central excise exemption-making power read with the relevant Finance Act provision, the substitution forms part of the existing exemption framework and takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette on 1 September 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Special Additional Excise Duty on exported Aviation Turbine Fuel is revised through a substituted effective duty rate.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The effective rate of Special Additional Excise Duty on Aviation Turbine Fuel cleared for export is amended to Rs. 19 per litre by substituting the entry against serial number 1 in Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise. The revised rate takes effect from 1 September 2026, the date of publication in the Official Gazette.]]></description>
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<title>Central excise rate amendment substitutes the serial-number-one table entry with a per-litre rate from Gazette publication.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The central excise rate entry at serial number 1, column (4), under Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise is substituted with "Rs. 1.5 per litre". The amendment changes that table entry and takes effect on 1 September 2026, the date of publication in the Official Gazette.]]></description>
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<title>Tariff value revision sets customs valuation benchmarks for edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nut imports.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tariff values for specified imported edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts are substituted for customs valuation from 1 September 2026. Values per metric tonne are fixed for crude palm oil at US$1,214, RBD palm oil at US$1,227, other palm oil at US$1,221, crude palmolein at US$1,235, RBD palmolein at US$1,238, other palmolein at US$1,237, crude soybean oil at US$1,262, and brass scrap at US$8,162. Gold remains valued at US$1,468 per 10 grams, silver at US$2,267 per kilogram, and areca nuts at US$11,574 per metric tonne.]]></description>
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<title>Taxpayer confidentiality restricts external AI use while requiring officers to verify outputs and independently decide quasi-judicial matters.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Taxpayer confidentiality bars officers and staff from transmitting identifiable taxpayer information or departmental data to public or commercial AI tools, third-party online platforms, external systems, browser extensions or personal accounts unless expressly authorised in writing. Permitted AI use is limited to generic, wholly hypothetical legal or procedural research and drafting support, with independent verification against primary sources. Officers remain personally responsible for disclosures made by themselves or persons acting under their control; breaches may lead to disciplinary action, criminal liability, data-protection consequences and challenges to affected proceedings. Notices and quasi-judicial orders must reflect the signing officer's independent assessment of facts and law, not unverified or mechanically adopted AI-generated content.]]></description>
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<title>Customs-controlled container movement now extends to DP World facilities, subject to segregation, inspections, reconciliation, and EXIM cargo priority.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs-controlled movement of domestic/customs-cleared and EXIM containers between port terminals and designated ICDs/CFSs is extended to Container Rail Road Services Pvt. Ltd. (DP World Group), alongside CONCOR. The operator must segregate and account for domestic and EXIM cargo, give advance container details, verify container numbers and seals, maintain weekly reconciliation, and ensure at least 50% of outbound cargo is EXIM cargo. Seal or container discrepancies and suspected tampering require immediate reporting; cargo cannot be processed or released without the proper officer's permission and may undergo 100% examination. Reworking, repacking, or restuffing requires permission. Customs may conduct random checks, while custodians and CCSPs remain accountable, supported by an indemnity bond; misuse attracts action under applicable customs laws.]]></description>
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<title>Pending statutory filings under CCFS-2026 may be completed until 15 September 2026, with all other scheme conditions unchanged.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 remains available until 15 September 2026, extending the previous deadline of 31 August 2026. The extension gives companies additional time to complete pending statutory filings under the Scheme. All other terms and conditions of CCFS-2026 remain unchanged.]]></description>
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<title>Banks mobilise USD 127.23 billion in deposits from Indian diaspora: RBI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special USD-INR foreign-exchange swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits, Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings and External Commercial Borrowings was introduced to strengthen the external sector and support foreign-exchange liquidity. FCNR(B) deposits, under which principal and interest are repayable in the same foreign currency, generated the principal share of inflows. Strong diaspora participation led to advancement of the FCNR(B) window closure. The swap facility for Overseas Foreign Currency Borrowings and External Commercial Borrowings remains open until December 31, 2026.]]></description>
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<title>CBI Arrests CGST Additional Commissioner and Two others in Rs. 40 Lakh Bribery Case in Raigad, Maharashtra</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Criminal investigation concerns alleged solicitation and acceptance of an undue advantage by CGST officials in connection with settling a GST/royalty matter involving a stone-quarrying firm. The officials allegedly arranged for a private person to collect the payment. A trap operation resulted in the private person being caught while accepting the alleged undue advantage. Searches at the accused persons' premises led to recovery of cash and jewellery, while further investigation continues.]]></description>
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<title>Haryana: SGST collections grow 29 pc in first 5 months of 2026-27</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Haryana's SGST collections increased by 29 per cent during April-August of financial year 2026-27, exceeding the national growth rate of 16 per cent. August 2026 post-settlement SGST revenue rose by 21 per cent, compared with national average growth of 13 per cent. Haryana accounted for less than 4 per cent of national GST taxpayers but contributed approximately 7.7 per cent of aggregate national SGST, CGST and IGST collections. VAT/CST collections rose by 13.8 per cent during the same period.]]></description>
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<title>Lokta Opens Its Agentic Loan Servicing Platform to NBFCs Up to Rs 100 crore, with No Platform Fee for Up to Two Years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lokta Next 100 offers RBI-registered NBFCs with loan books up to Rs 100 crore post-approval loan servicing, accounting, reporting, analytics, collections, recovery and partner-management functions, excluding pure-play microfinance NBFCs. Credit, approval and money decisions remain with the lender. Maker-checker approval applies to every change, and migration requires line-by-line reconciliation before cutover. Records remain lender-owned, hosted in India and exportable. AI may propose changes but cannot post to the ledger; deterministic lender-policy rules decide changes. Platform fees are deferred for up to 24 months, subject to stated loan-book thresholds.]]></description>
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<title>RTI seeks Aadhaar date-of-birth changes after pre-poll Bihar pension hike; UIDAI says no such data</title>
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<description><![CDATA[UIDAI did not maintain separate Aadhaar data on date-of-birth updates in Bihar following the announced social security pension enhancement, including month-wise or district-wise compilations. No internal review or flagging of unusual update patterns was available or applicable in its records. The Central Information Commission clarified that the RTI framework does not require a public authority to create, compile or generate information that it does not maintain in the form requested. The initial CPIO response treating the information as outside the RTI Act was considered inappropriate.]]></description>
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<title>HIGHLIGHTS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Legal and regulatory issues include safeguards for arrest and detention of transgender persons, consultation requirements in Bar Council policy-making, and procedural accountability in electoral administration and policing. Personal insolvency proceedings raise questions about tribunal powers to constitute an expanded bench. Hospitality operators are expected to comply strictly with food-safety and hygiene norms. Proposed restrictions on minors' social-media accounts address cyberbullying, online exploitation, and harmful screen exposure.]]></description>
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<title>IC Electricals Secures Approx. ?6 Crore Railway Orders and ?1 Crore Export Order</title>
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<description><![CDATA[IC Electricals Company Limited has secured railway purchase orders for electrical and electronic supplies and an export order, creating combined order inflow across domestic railway operations and international markets. Its product portfolio includes regulators, battery chargers, emergency lights, inverters, microprocessor-based control systems, alternators, traction motors, and permanent magnet alternators with controllers. Forward-looking statements on business plans, projects, and research and development remain subject to risks and uncertainties and may differ materially from actual results.]]></description>
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<title>Additional Information related to GDP Estimates Received After Release of Q1 Estimates of FY 2026-27</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Double deflation in manufacturing separately deflates gross output and intermediate consumption, with real GVA derived from their difference. Where input prices rise faster than output prices, nominal GVA may grow more slowly than real GVA, producing a negative implicit GVA deflator despite rising output and input prices. A negative manufacturing GVA deflator therefore does not establish a fall in manufactured-product prices or lower real growth. The implicit GDP deflator is a derived ratio between current-price and constant-price GDP and differs from CPI and WPI because of their distinct coverage, weights, and price concepts.]]></description>
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<title>Union Minister of Commerce  Industry Shri Piyush Goyal Chairs CEO Roundtable on Ease of Doing Business for Scaling India’s Data Centre Ecosystem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ease-of-doing-business reforms for India's data-centre ecosystem focus on faster and sustainable infrastructure deployment through reliable power, ready-to-use land, streamlined approvals and suitable building regulations. Proposed power measures include cluster-based transmission planning, first-day sanctioned load, dual feeders and cross-border renewable-energy procurement. Data-centre-ready land banks and power-ready parcels are intended to reduce development timelines. The National Building Code 2026 recognises data centres under Group E and contains a dedicated annex on fire-risk assessment and data-centre-specific performance indicators.]]></description>
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<title>India–Afghanistan Joint Working Group on Trade Holds Virtual Meeting; Reviews Measures to Strengthen Bilateral Trade and Economic Cooperation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[India-Afghanistan bilateral trade and economic cooperation is being advanced through institutional engagement on trade facilitation, customs cooperation, connectivity, investment and commercial exchange. Priority areas include customs and data-sharing cooperation, visa facilitation for traders, banking and financial cooperation, pharmaceutical and agricultural trade, energy cooperation, tariff concessions, cargo connectivity and port-related matters. Follow-up action covers regulatory cooperation, improved connectivity, investment promotion and business-to-business engagement.]]></description>
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<title>Modalities for Application and Allocation of Balance Quantity under TRQ Scheme for Import of 10 Lakh MT of Raw Sugar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Balance raw sugar imports under the Tariff Rate Quota scheme are opened for fresh allocation to eligible millers and refiners through the DGFT online system. Applications are processed in daily batches according to the portal time stamp, subject to scrutiny, eligibility and remaining quota. Where a daily batch exceeds the available balance, allocation is made pro rata among that batch's applicants according to their applied quantities. Applications submitted after complete quota exhaustion are not considered.]]></description>
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<title>PM Surya Ghar Yojana 2026: How to Get Rs 78,000 Solar Subsidy  Cut Your Electricity Bill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana provides central financial assistance for eligible grid-connected residential rooftop solar systems, capped at Rs. 78,000 for systems of three kilowatts or more. Applicants must be Indian citizens who own a suitable house, hold a valid electricity connection, and have not received an earlier solar-panel subsidy. Applications require portal registration, distribution-company feasibility approval, installation through a registered vendor, net metering, inspection, commissioning and submission of bank details. Assistance is transferred directly after verification. State-specific net-metering procedures, approvals and additional incentives may apply.]]></description>
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<title>Japan's JCR upgrades India's sovereign rating to 'A-', cites solid growth, improved financial system</title>
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<description><![CDATA[JCR upgrades India's foreign-currency and local-currency long-term issuer ratings to A- with a stable outlook, citing sustained economic growth, productivity-oriented policies and improved financial-system soundness. Fiscal constraints include elevated deficits, intergovernmental fiscal transfers, electoral-cycle sensitivity, and high combined government debt and interest burdens. Greater emphasis on infrastructure capital expenditure has improved the quality of fiscal spending. External resilience is supported by a contained current account deficit, services surplus and foreign-exchange reserves exceeding short-term external debt.]]></description>
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<title>In personal insolvency case before NCLAT, Subhash Chandra opposes formation of 5-member NCLT bench</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Personal insolvency proceedings raised a challenge to the National Company Law Tribunal's authority to constitute a five-member bench after a split verdict. The challenge contended that the mechanism for differing views permits reference to another member or members, but does not authorise a five-member bench. The larger bench stayed the third member's order, restricted asset alienation, and suspended an order permitting settlement of personal-guarantee claims. The dispute concerned the validity of that bench, the split-verdict reference procedure, repayment-plan eligibility, and pending creditor appeals.]]></description>
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<title>West Bengal Finance Act, 2026.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Professional-tax amendments expand employee coverage irrespective of the employer's headquarters or salary disbursement location, prescribe an annual tax rate subject to notified Schedule variations, and require manpower-hiring or supply details in employer records. The applicable enrolment criterion shifts to annual gross turnover or receipts exceeding the prescribed threshold. GST amendments allow post-supply discounts through credit notes where attributable input tax credit is reversed, and revise refund treatment for unutilised input tax credit and exports on payment of tax.]]></description>
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<title>GoCredit Launches Free Loan App Checker to Verify If a Lending App Is Real, Fake or RBI Registered</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GoCredit's Loan App Checker allows borrowers to search lending apps against the public Digital Lending App directory and identify the regulated lender, grievance contact and RBI Ombudsman escalation route where a match exists. Regulatory reporting by regulated entities enables app-level verification, while borrowers should also check the lender named in app disclosures and loan agreements. A directory listing is a regulated-entity disclosure, not RBI approval or endorsement. Unmatched apps should be assessed through verification steps and reported through official channels where appropriate.]]></description>
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<title>Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2026</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sea Cargo Manifest and Transshipment Regulations, 2018 are amended by replacing the entry in column (3) against serial number 6 of the table following Form XII with "31.10.2026". The amendment is made under Customs Act, 1962 provisions concerning manifest procedures, transshipment, and regulatory rule-making powers. It takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette on 1 September 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to amend Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise dated 26.03.2026</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Central excise exemption under the specified entry in the miscellaneous exemptions table is amended by substituting the duty amount in column (4) against serial number 1 with Rs. 1.5 per litre. The revised exemption condition takes effect from publication in the Official Gazette.]]></description>
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<title>Can GST Authorities Demand Full ERP/Tally Backup During Audit u/s 65 ?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The expressed views maintain that audit powers are confined to verification of tax compliance and do not extend to an unrestricted raw backup of accounting systems. They distinguish books and data needed for audit from broader commercial information, including payroll, cost structures and trade secrets. No specific Section 65 precedent is identified, although search-related decisions are generally referred to as supporting limits on demands for commercial data.]]></description>
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<title>Implementation of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations (SCMTR), 2018</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 become operational through phased implementation of prescribed electronic messages in the Customs Automated System across ports. Stakeholders are expected to file applicable messages for cargo processing and clearance. SEZ units may onboard during the transition period, while field formations must conduct outreach, issue public notices, and coordinate resolution of system and policy issues. No penal action is to be taken during the implementation phase.]]></description>
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<title>Appointment of Common Adjudicating Authority in the case of M/s. Akwel Automative Pune India Pvt. Ltd. (IEC: 3105015850) – Consolidated Adjudication of Multiple Show Cause Notices arising from SVB Investigation Report No. 198/AC/SVB/SKB/2022-23 dated 20.12.2022</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs appoints the Assistant/Deputy Commissioner of Customs, Group-II (HK), NS-I, JNCH, Nhava Sheva, as the Common Adjudicating Authority for multiple customs show cause notices concerning M/s Akwel Automative Pune India Pvt. Ltd. The appointment authorises that officer to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the officers originally assigned to adjudicate the specified proceedings arising from an SVB investigation report.]]></description>
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<title>Hon'ble Supreme Court judgment dated 06.08.2026 in the matter of M/s Goodluck India Limited  Anr. v. Union of India  Ors. in respect of prospective omission of rule 96(10) of the CGST Rules, 2017</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Omission of rule 96(10) of the CGST Rules, 2017, without an accompanying saving clause, applies to proceedings pending on the date of omission. The restrictions previously contained in that sub-rule cannot be enforced in such pending matters. Section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 does not preserve pending proceedings following omission of a rule. Continuance requires an express saving provision or another legal mechanism preserving existing rights and proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>Seeks to notify different dates on which the different provisions of the West Bengal Finance Act, 2026 shall come into force.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Commencement of the West Bengal Finance Act, 2026 is staggered. Section 1 and specified parts of section 2 took effect immediately upon notification of the Act. Sub-section (1), clause (a) of sub-section (2), and sub-section (4) of section 2 take effect from 1 October 2026. Scheduled provisions notified under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 2 are to commence on separately appointed dates.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee falls 2 paise to 94.97 against US dollar in early trade</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Early foreign-exchange trading saw the rupee weaken against the US dollar amid renewed US-Iran tensions, risk aversion, higher Brent crude prices, and a stronger dollar. Safe-haven demand, inflation concerns linked to potential oil-supply disruption, expectations of a September Federal Reserve rate increase, and higher US Treasury yields supported the broad dollar rally. RBI monitoring of the rupee's decline was noted.]]></description>
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<title>Senior bureaucrats attend IICA’s ‘weekend wisdom’ program initiave</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Responsible artificial intelligence governance requires continuous innovation, inclusive development, responsible deployment and trust-based governance. AI systems should be ethical, safe, transparent, fair and human-centric, with safeguards for privacy, bias, security and accountability. Proportionate and adaptive regulation should provide clear accountability, standards, monitoring, auditability and grievance redressal. Good governance, cybersecurity, personal data protection and responsible AI together strengthen organisational resilience, stakeholder trust, transparency and sustainable innovation.]]></description>
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<title>NLMC to Facilitate E-Auction of 459 RINL Land Parcels in Visakhapatnam</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[National Land Monetization Corporation will facilitate the e-auction and outright sale of 459 encumbrance-free RINL land parcels, including residential plots and parcels suited for commercial and logistics use. Competitive bidding will occur through the RailTel E-Nivida e-procurement platform. Participation requires online registration, KYC verification, and plot-wise submission of an earnest money deposit within prescribed timelines. The process supports transparent monetisation of surplus land and non-core public assets.]]></description>
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<title>CCI approves acquisition of Aseem Infrastructure Finance Limited by TPG Nicobar SG Pte. Ltd. and related transactions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Competition Commission of India approval applies to the acquisition of Aseem Infrastructure Finance Limited by TPG Nicobar SG Pte. Ltd., a subsequent minority share acquisition by ICICI Bank Limited, and Aseem's divestment of its shareholding in NIIF Infrastructure Finance Limited to National Investment and Infrastructure Fund II. Following the acquisition, Climate Finance India Private Limited is intended to merge into Aseem as the surviving entity. The entities involved include RBI-registered non-deposit taking NBFCs operating in infrastructure finance, investment and credit, and infrastructure debt financing.]]></description>
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<title>CCI approves acquisition of up to 100% equity shareholding of Apollo Fertility Centre (AFCPL) and Apollo Specialty Hospitals (ASHPL) by Kids Clinic India Ltd. (KCIL) and related transactions</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Competition Commission approval covers KCIL's acquisition of up to 100% equity shareholding in AFCPL and 100% equity shareholding in ASHPL. The combination includes KCIL issuing equity shares and optionally convertible debentures to AHLL, representing 9.9% fully diluted shareholding as partial consideration, together with a further KCIL equity investment by Arvon Investments Pte. Ltd. KCIL operates mother and baby care hospitals, while AFCPL provides assisted reproductive treatment and reproductive-medicine services.]]></description>
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<title>Section 112 (2) of the CGST Act 2017 is fine and it is discretionary.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 112(2) gives the Appellate Tribunal discretion to refuse admission of small-value GST appeals, reducing avoidable litigation. Taxpayers considering low-value second appeals should assess admission risk, litigation cost, recurring issues and the strength of their grounds. Departmental appeals remain governed by monetary limits that operate as general guidelines, subject to exceptions for recurring issues, classification, refunds and other specified matters. Tax officials should apply these limits consistently to prevent repetitive and low-value litigation.]]></description>
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<title>GST Registration Cancellation - Nil Turnover Is Not Proof of Discontinuance of Business</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nil turnover in GST returns does not by itself establish discontinuance of business or justify cancellation of registration. Cancellation under Section 29 requires an actual statutory ground and the Proper Officer's independent satisfaction based on the real factual position. Return data may trigger scrutiny, but cannot replace verification, cogent and tangible evidence, and a factual finding that business has ceased. Documents already submitted in revocation proceedings must be considered, and procedural default cannot prove substantive discontinuance. Nil turnover may invite verification, not automatic cancellation.]]></description>
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<title>MOVEMENT OF GOODS BETWEEN SEZ AND BONDED WAREHOUSE UNDER THE CUSTOMS AUTOMATED SYSTEM - A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE ICEGATE ADVISORY DATED 18 MARCH 2026</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17332</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Electronic movement between SEZ locations and Customs Bonded Warehouses requires matched physical movement and ledger debit-credit entries. SEZ-to-Warehouse movement uses a W-type Bill of Entry, linked Z-type Bill of Entry details, warehouse code, bond debit on assessment and Warehouse Ledger credit after out-of-charge. Warehouse-to-SEZ movement uses a Z-type Bill of Entry, linked W-type Bill of Entry details, Warehouse Ledger debit, SEZ Bond debit, an Ex-Bond Shipping Bill, let export order, SEZ receipt and goods registration before SEZ Ledger credit. No IGM particulars or duty payment apply under the stated procedure.]]></description>
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<title>VICARIOUS LIABILITY OF FORMER OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY UNDER THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT ACT, 1999</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/article/detailed?id=17331</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Vicarious liability under the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 depends on whether a former officer was in charge of and responsible for the company's relevant day-to-day business when the contravention occurred. Designation alone is insufficient; actual functions, control, authority, and involvement in export and recovery operations must be established. Delegated authority to sign export-related and banking documents may indicate responsibility. Technical or procedural non-compliance concerning realisation of export proceeds may attract compliance consequences without proof of a particular mental state.]]></description>
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<title>Extended Limitation - Serious Allegations Demand Solid Foundations</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Extended limitation is an exceptional jurisdiction, not an additional period available after normal limitation expires. A tax discrepancy or possible taxability does not establish fraud, wilful misstatement, suppression of facts, or intent to evade tax. The show cause notice must set out the factual and legal basis for both classification and extended limitation, including the specific statutory limb invoked and material supporting culpable conduct. Audit observations, return mismatches, or protective proceedings cannot replace these foundational facts.]]></description>
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<title>Cross-examination in GST penalty proceedings protects natural justice where witness statements support the proposed penalty.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Cross-examination of persons whose statements are relied upon in GST penalty proceedings is necessary to satisfy principles of natural justice where the affected party specifically requests it. Denial of that opportunity before imposing penalty constitutes a serious procedural defect. The penalty order and consequential notices were set aside, with fresh consideration required after supplying relevant documents, granting a personal hearing, permitting cross-examination of relied-upon persons, and allowing a fresh reply. The merits of the underlying allegations remained open for independent reconsideration.]]></description>
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<title>Alternative statutory remedy governs GST adjudication challenges where evidence and limitation objections require appellate review.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST adjudication challenges involving the extended-demand provision, audit objections, input tax credit, reverse-charge liability, export transactions and factual demand heads require statutory appellate review where the taxpayer participated in proceedings and had an opportunity to present its defence. A disagreement over the evaluation of replies, documents or evidence differs from a denial of natural justice and does not by itself justify writ jurisdiction. A consolidated show cause notice may cover multiple financial years because the statutory language permits notices for periods, while limitation for the order is calculated by financial year. Limitation for an individual year remains available for determination in appeal. Writ interference is unavailable absent patent lack of jurisdiction or manifest breach of natural justice.]]></description>
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<title>Opportunity to answer a GST show-cause notice required restoration of demand proceedings for fresh adjudication.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Opportunity to contest a GST show-cause notice may warrant restoration of demand proceedings where failure to reply resulted from bona fide and unavoidable circumstances. On acceptance of sufficient cause, the adjudication and appellate orders were set aside and the proceedings remitted to the reply stage. Fresh adjudication must permit the assessee to file a reply, produce documents and receive a hearing, subject to imposed conditions.]]></description>
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<title>GST audit findings in Form GST ADT-02 communicate observations but cannot independently authorise tax recovery proceedings.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Form GST ADT-02 issued after a GST audit under Rule 101(5) communicates audit findings to the registered person as required by section 65(6) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The communication is administrative in nature and does not by itself create authority to recover tax or other dues. Any action consequential to the audit findings, including recovery proceedings, must be initiated and pursued separately in accordance with the Act.]]></description>
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<title>Reasoned Decisions in Kara Samadhana applications require disclosed grounds and a hearing before adverse action.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rejection of a Kara Samadhana Scheme application for waiver of penalty and interest must disclose material particulars and reasons under section 128A of the CGST/KGST Act, 2017. An unreasoned adverse notice is illegal and arbitrary where the applicant is denied a sufficient and reasonable opportunity of hearing. The rejection notice was quashed, requiring fresh consideration of the representation after hearing, with coercive steps restrained until that decision.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory limits on customs bank-account attachments bar continued debit freezes after investigation, adjudication, and expiry of permitted duration.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 110(5) limits provisional attachment of bank accounts under customs law to six months, with one recorded-reasons extension of up to six months. A debit freeze continuing beyond one year, after investigation culminates in adjudication, lacks statutory support. Where an appeal against the adjudication order is filed with the mandatory pre-deposit, continued freezing is coercive and unlawful; the affected bank accounts must be defreezed.]]></description>
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<title>Natural justice in GST rectification requires consideration of submissions and reasonable hearing before rejection and fresh determination.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rejection of a GST rectification application without addressing the contentions raised or providing sufficient and reasonable opportunity violates principles of natural justice. The deficiency arose from summary dismissal despite multiple submissions in the rectification application. The rejection was set aside, and the application was remitted for fresh consideration in accordance with law. The petition consequently succeeded.]]></description>
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<title>GST detention penalties for invoiced goods must proceed against the owner, not under unregistered-person provisions after registration restoration.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For goods detained while accompanied by a tax invoice, penalty proceedings fall under section 129(1)(a) where the taxpayer can be regarded as the owner of the goods. Subsequent restoration of GST registration prevents treating the consignor or consignee as bogus or maintaining proceedings under section 129(1)(b) on the basis that the taxpayer was unregistered. The penalty was therefore enforceable under section 129(1)(a), and the orders were modified accordingly.]]></description>
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<title>GST appellate delay: lack of control justified condonation and merits review, while alleged duplicate recovery required verification and refund.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST appellate limitation bound the Appellate Authority, but delay caused by circumstances beyond the taxpayer's control was treated as sufficient cause for condonation to prevent prejudice from denial of a merits hearing. A fresh statutory appeal could therefore be filed within the permitted period for adjudication on merits. Alleged duplicate recovery of GST demand required verification rather than an immediate factual finding; any excess recovery identified on verification was to be refunded with applicable interest.]]></description>
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<title>Authentication of electronic GST notices is mandatory; unsigned portal documents cannot sustain adjudication or recovery without effective hearing.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rule 26(3) requires electronic GST notices and orders to be authenticated by a digital signature certificate, e-signature or another notified mode; a system-generated reference number establishes issuance and tracking but does not replace authentication. Signature verifies origin, accountability and application of mind, so an unsigned notice or order is treated as non-existent in law. Portal upload under an additional-notices section, without other service, may deny an effective hearing where the taxpayer remains unaware and unrepresented. Such denial breaches natural justice and permits writ intervention despite an appellate remedy. Unsigned proceedings, consequential orders and recovery action may be set aside, with fresh action permissible after authenticated service and a meaningful hearing.]]></description>
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<title>GST appellate adjournments require sufficient cause; the three-adjournment limit is a ceiling, not an automatic litigant entitlement.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Under the CGST/WBGST appellate framework, the maximum of three adjournments is a ceiling, not an entitlement to obtain three postponements. Each adjournment requires sufficient cause and written reasons, consistent with the requirement for expeditious disposal of appeals. Physical incapacity may justify a final hearing opportunity where adequately demonstrated, but does not create a right to further adjournments. The appellate authority may reject subsequent requests and must determine the appeal independently on merits.]]></description>
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<title>GSTR-2A mismatches require invoice-wise credit verification, while adverse GST adjudication requires a mandatory personal hearing.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GSTR-2A is a facilitation tool rather than a statutory bar to input tax credit. Credit claimed within the extended period for FY 2017-18 requires invoice-wise reconciliation; non-reflection in GSTR-2A for FY 2018-19 alone cannot establish supplier default. Section 75(4) requires a personal hearing before an adverse GST decision, even without a specific request. Return scrutiny under Section 61 and demand proceedings under Section 73 are independent, so absence of FORM GST ASMT-10 does not itself invalidate a direct demand proceeding. Interest and penalty remain consequential to sustainable tax liability. The disputed credit was remanded for verification and fresh adjudication after hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Input tax credit misclassification across GST heads requires aggregate ledger verification before any excess-credit demand can stand.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Misreporting eligible IGST input tax credit under CGST and SGST heads is a technical classification error where aggregate eligible credit has not been exceeded and underlying eligibility is undisputed. Electronic credit ledger balances across IGST, CGST and SGST must be assessed collectively before sustaining an excess-credit demand. Limited verification of unclaimed eligible IGST credit is required; if available, the demand, interest and penalty must be dropped, with consequential ITC restoration or adjustment according to law.]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment Notices Issued to Deceased Assessees Are Jurisdictionally Invalid and Require Proceedings Against Legal Representatives</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reassessment initiation against a deceased assessee is jurisdictionally defective where the show-cause notice is issued after death. Service of a show-cause notice is a condition precedent to an order under Section 148A(3) and a reassessment notice under Section 148; a notice issued to a dead person is non-est and cannot be cured through later proceedings against the legal representative. Section 159 requires reassessment proceedings concerning a deceased person's income to be instituted against the legal representative and does not validate proceedings begun against the deceased, particularly where the Department knew of the death. Participation after a jurisdictional objection does not confer jurisdiction. Consequential proceedings may be quashed, without barring fresh lawful proceedings within limitation.]]></description>
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<title>Penalty immunity for misreported income remains unavailable despite objections to notice, hearing, and decision delay.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 270AA immunity from penalty is unavailable where proceedings concern under-reporting arising from misreporting of income under Section 270A(9). A show-cause notice need not identify the precise misreporting subcategory where the assessment order has already disclosed the basis for treating the income as misreported; the notice is therefore not arbitrary or contrary to natural justice on that ground. As the immunity application falls outside the statutory framework, the Department is not required to decide it within the prescribed period. Objections based on denial of hearing and delayed disposal do not alter the rejection of immunity.]]></description>
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<title>Land-acquisition compensation remains outside income-tax withholding, enabling refund of tax deducted after prescribed compliance is completed.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Compensation payable to land losers under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 is not subject to income-tax deduction or payment. Tax deducted at source from such compensation is refundable. Where a refund claim is affected by non-filing of the return or delay, the prescribed condonation application and return must be filed to enable processing of the refund. The stated position treats the statutory land-acquisition compensation as outside the scope of taxable income for TDS purposes.]]></description>
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<title>Retention of seized cash ends when the searched person's assessment closes, requiring release after tax adjustment.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Retention of seized cash under Section 132B cannot continue after completion of the searched person's assessment where no demand remains against that person. Subsequent reassessment proceedings against a non-searched assessee, without a warrant of authorisation, do not permit continued withholding of cash accepted as belonging to that assessee. The cash must be released after adjustment against the assessee's tax liability. Interest calculated on the amount must remain in an interest-bearing deposit pending determination of entitlement to interest by a Larger Bench. Pending disposal of the appeal, retention beyond tax adjustment was prohibited.]]></description>
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<title>Leave-encashment exemption under the enhanced limit may be pursued through revised returns, with eligibility questions left open.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Enhanced exemption for leave encashment under section 10(10AA)(ii), notified with effect from 1 April 2023, is claimed by retired employees who superannuated before the notification came into force. Since the petitions were filed before expiry of the period for filing revised returns, the employees may pursue revised returns and other remedies available under the Act. Eligibility for the enhanced exemption, including its application to pre-notification superannuation, remains open for consideration in those proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>Genuine charitable activities require a trust's own educational work, not merely rental income from leased school premises.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Charitable registration requires examination of both the stated charitable objects and prima facie evidence that genuine charitable activities are being carried on. Educational objects in a trust deed are insufficient where the trust does not itself establish, manage, or impart education through a recognised educational institution. Leasing school and hostel premises to another educational entity and earning lease rent does not, by itself, demonstrate that the lessor trust conducts educational charitable activity. In the absence of evidence that rental income was applied to the trust's own charitable purposes, the registration application was rejected.]]></description>
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<title>Best judgment assessment requires rational, business-specific profit estimation; online share-trading addition was deleted for unsupported guesswork.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103329</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 144B did not apply where the assessment was made by the jurisdictional Assessing Officer outside the faceless-assessment framework and mandatory notices had been issued; procedural non-observance therefore did not invalidate the assessment. Rejection of books of account and profit estimation in online share trading require substantial accounting discrepancies and adherence to best judgment principles. Absence of matching bank credits or an adverse turnover-to-expense ratio alone was insufficient where broker-mediated pay-ins and payouts, regular accounting methods, and transactional evidence were not properly considered. Profit estimation must have a rational, business-specific basis rather than rely on guesswork; the estimated profit addition was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Charitable trust registration requires a specified-violation notice; settled cash deposits and related-party payments did not justify cancellation or renewal refusal.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103328</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 12AB(4) requires an inquiry and satisfaction of a specified violation before a notice proposing cancellation of charitable-trust registration. A notice must identify the statutory basis and alleged violation, and must give a reasonable opportunity to respond; failure to do so renders cancellation and refusal of renewal unsustainable. Cash deposits during demonetisation could not support non-genuineness where they had already been accepted as reported fee receipts. Related-party payments connected with protecting hospital-asset interests did not establish diversion of funds or a non-genuine activity. A section 13(1)(c) issue is not itself a specified violation for cancellation and may instead affect exemption at assessment. Renewal and consequent section 80G approval were directed.]]></description>
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<title>External development charges trigger TDS under section 194C, while disputed administrative payments require factual verification and fresh adjudication.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tax deduction at source under section 194C applies to External Development Charges paid to the urban development authority, rendering the payer liable for non-deduction, subject to the pending Supreme Court proceedings. Payments later characterised as administrative charges for changes in beneficial interest and development rights require verification of the supporting evidence, the applicable State scheme, the payments' nature, and any resulting obligations under Chapter XVII-B. Those disputed payments require de novo determination by the Assessing Officer after admission of evidence and an adequate hearing. The Revenue's position succeeded on External Development Charges, while the remaining TDS issue was restored for fresh adjudication.]]></description>
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<title>Reassessment on fresh bogus-transaction information survives where original scrutiny omitted purchases and sales; income is estimated on gross profit.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reopening beyond four years may be sustained where subsequent survey information indicates bogus purchase and sale transactions and the original assessment did not examine those transactions. Production of records does not establish full and true disclosure when the transactions themselves are allegedly non-genuine, and fresh information with a live nexus to income escaping assessment is not a change of opinion. For unproved business transactions, banking-channel payments alone do not prove genuineness without evidence of physical movement of goods. Where both purchases and corresponding sales are treated as bogus, income should be estimated by applying a gross-profit rate to turnover rather than adding the entire purchases, with credit for profit already disclosed.]]></description>
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<title>Section 270AA penalty immunity requires identified statutory defaults and a hearing before rejection; reassessment disclosure may constitute under-reporting.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103325</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 270AA penalty immunity cannot be rejected without identifying the statutory condition not met and giving the assessee an opportunity of hearing. The immunity application requires fresh consideration so that compliance with the prescribed conditions can be demonstrated; where immunity is available, consequential penalty proceedings become infructuous. Where no original return was filed and income was disclosed only in response to a reassessment notice, the disclosed income constitutes under-reported income in the absence of an explanation for the initial non-filing. If immunity is denied, penalty proceedings require a speaking order after hearing the assessee.]]></description>
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<title>Section 263 limitation barred revision of software receipts assessment, which was independently upheld as non-erroneous royalty treatment.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Revision under section 263 must be initiated within two years from the end of the financial year in which the assessment order was passed. The limitation expired before the first revisionary notice and order were issued, rendering the revisionary order time-barred and liable to be quashed. Independently, revision of the assessment treating integrated hardware systems with embedded software as non-royalty was unwarranted because the Assessing Officer had examined the agreements, copyright rights, software and services, and the India-United Kingdom tax treaty. Consistent earlier decisions and the Supreme Court's Engineering Analysis ruling supported the non-royalty treatment, so the assessment order was not erroneous or prejudicial to Revenue interests.]]></description>
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<title>Section 80P deduction covers member-credit income and bank interest from surplus lending funds of Souharda Sahakaris.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Souharda Sahakaris registered under the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari Act, 1997 are treated as co-operative societies for deduction under section 80P. Where credit facilities are provided exclusively to members, income from that activity is attributable to the eligible business under section 80P(2)(a)(i), and dealings confined to members preserve mutuality. Interest earned by placing surplus funds, not immediately required for member lending, in bank deposits remains attributable to the credit-facility business rather than constituting a separate business. Such interest consequently forms part of the qualifying profits for the section 80P deduction.]]></description>
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<title>Commercial expediency supports interest deductions for strategic group investments, while sufficient interest-free funds defeat borrowing-cost disallowances.</title>
<link>https://www.taxtmi.com/highlights?id=103322</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interest on borrowings used to acquire or maintain controlling interests through strategic investments may qualify as business expenditure where the taxpayer's objects, investment pattern, conduct and disclosures establish that strategic investment is part of its business. The business-purpose requirement extends beyond immediate profit generation; dividend being taxed under another head or investments not producing direct business receipts does not by itself defeat deductibility where commercial expediency exists. Separately, where available interest-free funds exceed investments and interest-free advances, investments are presumed to have been made from those funds. Absence of a direct fund-wise nexus therefore does not justify disallowing interest on borrowings.]]></description>
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<title>Functional comparability excludes branded, high-end and outsourced providers from BPO transfer-pricing benchmarking, sustaining adjustment deletion.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Functional comparability of IT-enabled BPO service providers requires exclusion of entities with materially different business models, including providers that outsource most services, operate at a substantially larger branded scale, perform high-end KPO or engineering-design functions, or lack relevant segmental information. A consistently accepted comparable may remain included where no material distinction exists. These principles supported deletion of the transfer-pricing adjustment. IT-enabled back-office and data-processing services covered by notified activities qualify as export of computer software for the claimed deduction. Where identical deductions were allowed in earlier years and circumstances remain unchanged, the consistency principle supports allowance. The Revenue's appeal was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Section 80JJAA employee-cost deduction allowed for deployed staff but barred against transfer-pricing income enhancement, with pricing issues remanded.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 80JJAA deduction for additional employee cost was allowed to a manpower-services provider because it remained the employer of personnel deployed at customers' premises. Eligible claims for the second and third consecutive years require verification and remain subject to the gross-total-income limit. Chapter VI-A deduction cannot be claimed against income enhanced through an arm's length price adjustment, as the statutory prohibition applies even where the deduction is employee-cost based. Transfer-pricing issues concerning KPO characterisation, Salesforce intra-group service charges, and GAP/GSS programme revenue require fresh examination of functional comparability, supporting documentation, transaction nature and the appropriate pricing method.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer-pricing methodology protects commercially genuine associated-enterprise payments, while pre-2016 secondary adjustments and related notional interest fail.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Commercially genuine exclusivity payments, transition-fee reimbursements and upfront discounts made to associated enterprises cannot be disregarded merely because their commercial structure is unusual or their expediency is questioned. Arm's length pricing cannot be fixed at nil without applying a prescribed transfer-pricing method; where the underlying primary adjustment fails, consequential notional interest also fails. Secondary-adjustment provisions do not apply to primary adjustments preceding 1 April 2016. Interest on a foreign-currency associated-enterprise loan is benchmarked at LIBOR plus 80 basis points. For exempt-income disallowance, only income-yielding investments are relevant and sufficient own interest-free funds preclude in.....]]></description>
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<title>Negative liens over operating assets can constitute international transactions requiring arm's-length pricing reflecting restricted borrowing and expansion capacity.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Negative liens over participating interests in oil and gas blocks and related receivables, created to secure associated enterprises' borrowings, are treated as international transactions where they restrict the asset-owning entity's ability to charge, borrow against, or expand using its operating assets. A lender's security interest may continue despite the borrower entities' bankruptcy. Arm's-length pricing must reflect the negative lien's factual character and resulting impairment of borrowing capacity; averaging bank-guarantee rates or applying loan-benchmarking approaches is not appropriate. The arm's-length price requires fresh determination under applicable transfer-pricing provisions.]]></description>
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<title>Cost of acquisition includes one-time developer charges directly linked to acquiring residential property and its enduring amenities.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[One-time clubhouse charges, corpus fund contributions and municipal taxes paid to a developer during acquisition may form part of a residential property's cost of acquisition where they have a direct and proximate nexus with obtaining the asset and its attendant rights. Cost is not limited to the basic sale price; the purpose of each payment, its commercial context and supporting evidence determine its treatment. Clubhouse charges linked to the flat, non-refundable corpus contributions for enduring common infrastructure, and municipal taxes collected during construction may qualify where they are not recurring post-acquisition liabilities. Such amounts are includible in the relevant cost components for capital-gains computation, with consequential indexation where otherwise admissible.]]></description>
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<title>Beneficial treaty choice under section 90(2) permits capital-loss set-off and carry-forward despite India-Mauritius DTAA treatment.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 90(2) permits a taxpayer to elect the more beneficial treatment available under domestic tax law or the India-Mauritius DTAA; treaty treatment cannot be imposed where the domestic-law position is more favourable. This principle supports setting off current and brought-forward long-term capital losses on shares acquired before 1 April 2017 against taxable capital gains from shares acquired thereafter. The claimed losses are to be considered in recomputing taxable income where the taxpayer validly exercises the beneficial statutory option.]]></description>
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<title>Welfare-fund ceilings, absent exempt income, and customer-bill recoveries determine deductibility of employment-related business expenditure.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Welfare-fund contribution deductibility depends on comparing the employer's contribution with gross salary, rather than figures distorted by separate accounting of net salaries and combined employee-employer PF and ESI payments. Contributions remaining within the prescribed ceiling are not treated as excess. Disallowance of expenditure relating to exempt income under section 14A read with rule 8D does not arise where no exempt income is earned. Amounts recovered through customer service bills for canteen and transportation facilities used by deputed employees may qualify as business expenditure when incurred wholly and exclusively for the business and supported by customer-bill records.]]></description>
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<title>FSSAI food-conformity clearance limits customs reclassification and supports release without bank guarantee, pending fresh certification before sale.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[FSSAI no-objection certification issued after prescribed laboratory analysis is treated as a conclusive determination that imported food goods conform for human consumption. Customs reclassification should not reopen that food-safety determination through separate testing or seizure after FSSAI clearance. Provisional release conditions based on the proposed contrary classification, including a bank guarantee, are inconsistent with the conclusive effect attributed to the FSSAI clearance. Sale in the open market remains subject to obtaining a fresh FSSAI fitness certificate.]]></description>
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<title>Cross-examination rights in Customs Broker revocation inquiries require witness examination; procedural denial may be cured through fresh adjudication.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customs Broker licence-revocation inquiries must permit cross-examination where the charges rely on witnesses' oral evidence. Section 108 authorises Customs officers to summon persons during an inquiry, whereas Section 138B governs the relevance of statements in specified circumstances and principally concerns offences and prosecutions; it does not displace the inquiry safeguards under the Customs Brokers Licensing Regulations. Regulations 17(3) and 17(4) require relevant oral evidence to be taken and allow the Customs Broker to cross-examine persons examined in support of the charges. Denial of that opportunity is a curable procedural infirmity, for which remand for fresh adjudication after cross-examination may be maintained rather than setting aside the revocation proceedings entirely.]]></description>
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<title>Interest on refunded investigation deposits runs from voluntary payment until refund, despite prompt refund-claim sanction.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interest on amounts voluntarily deposited during an investigation and later refunded is payable from the actual payment date until the refund date. The relevant approach treats retention of the investigation deposit as warranting interest throughout that period, irrespective of whether the refund claim itself was sanctioned within three months of filing. Interest was directed at 12% per annum, and the prior rejection of interest on the refunded investigation deposit was overturned.]]></description>
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<title>AIFTA origin verification failures prevent preferential tariff denial and extended limitation for alleged certificate fraud.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[AIFTA Certificates of Origin may be rejected only through compliance with the domestic verification safeguards in Rules 7(c) and 7(d); suspected fraud does not remove those requirements under Rule 23. Delayed, partial verification and an unauthenticated foreign finding of non-authenticity, without origin test reports, signature evidence or authenticated underlying material, do not establish fraudulent origin or justify denial of preferential tariff treatment. Extended limitation for customs recovery requires proof of the importer's positive collusion, wilful misstatement or suppression, including conscious participation in certificate falsification. Non-culpatory statements and absent evidence of knowledge or fraud do not sustain duty, interest or penalties under the extended period.]]></description>
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<title>Limitation for official liquidator claims extends through excluded winding-up time, preserving claims filed within the aggregate statutory period.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Official Liquidator claims arising on a winding-up order remain maintainable if the underlying claim was legally enforceable when winding-up commenced. Limitation runs for three years from the winding-up order under Article 137, while the applicable exclusion for winding-up proceedings and the additional year allowed under the Companies Act produce an aggregate four-year period. A Company Claim instituted within that period is not time-barred, and the preliminary limitation objection fails.]]></description>
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<title>Competing open-offer timelines require announcement within fifteen working days; offer letters cannot reset the statutory clock.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Regulation 20(1) requires a competing acquirer to make its public announcement within 15 working days of the first acquirer's detailed public statement. The period cannot be reckoned from dispatch or advertisement of the first acquirer's letter of offer, because that would disturb the uniform statutory timetable for competing offers and prejudice a compliant first offeror. A competing offer made after that period could not be entertained. Regulation 11 permits exemption only from the obligation to make an open offer; it does not waive procedural requirements or competing-offer timelines. Once the first open offer had concluded, the exemption request was untenable, without preventing a fresh takeover bid under the SAST Regulations.]]></description>
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<title>IBC moratorium does not shield directors or authorised signatories from cheque-dishonour prosecution for pre-moratorium acts.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[IBC moratorium protects the corporate debtor but does not suspend or extinguish the personal statutory liability of directors or authorised signatories for cheque dishonour under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Expiry of the payment period after commencement of the moratorium is relevant but not conclusive. Specific allegations concerning the signatory's responsibility, issuance of cheques, and admitted signatures can sustain prosecution despite suspension of the board's powers, which does not retrospectively erase pre-moratorium acts. Defences based on knowledge, due diligence, or appointment of an insolvency professional require trial evidence and cannot ordinarily be determined in quashing proceedings. Accordingly, the moratorium did not bar the cheque-dishonour prosecution.]]></description>
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<title>Resolution-plan finality extinguishes unsubmitted statutory dues and prevents recovery of pre-approval electricity-duty and mining demands.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Approval of a resolution plan freezes and binds claims against the corporate debtor, including claims of central, state and local authorities. Statutory dues that are not included in the plan stand extinguished, and recovery proceedings for dues arising before approval cannot continue. Electricity-duty and mining-related demands were therefore unenforceable where the authorities, despite public notice, neither lodged claims during the corporate insolvency resolution process nor challenged approval of the plan. The outstanding claims were extinguished and the impugned demand notices were quashed.]]></description>
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<title>Substitution of attached property by fixed deposit remains discretionary, while statutory PMLA appeals ordinarily preclude writ intervention.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 5(5) of the 2013 Rules permits acceptance of a fixed deposit in substitution for attached jointly owned immovable property only to the extent of the concerned person's estimated share. Its discretionary wording does not create a general or enforceable right to secure release of PMLA-attached property by offering equivalent security; financial hardship and adequacy of security do not justify mandamus. Writ jurisdiction under Article 226 should not ordinarily bypass the PMLA appellate mechanism where no exceptional circumstance, natural justice breach, jurisdictional error, perversity, or manifest illegality is shown. The writ petition was dismissed, leaving the validity of attachment for the pending statutory appeals.]]></description>
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<title>Attachment of proceeds of crime can reach equivalent-value property, pre-offence assets, and property held by persons outside the predicate offence.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Attachment of proceeds of crime may extend beyond assets initially identified, including subsequently traced proceeds and property of equivalent value where directly derived property is unavailable. Property acquired before the scheduled offence may be attached where later premium payments or funding are traced to layered proceeds of crime. An inadvertent reference to an unrelated entity does not invalidate attachment where other material establishes the generation and use of tainted funds, and transferable movable property may warrant attachment. Discharge of another person in predicate-offence proceedings does not determine the role of a separate person or the source of attached property. Attachment may reach proceeds held by persons not accused in the predicate offence. The foreign insurance policy's attachment was upheld and the appeal dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Provisional attachment of officials' properties sustained where evidence linked them to diverted proceeds of unlawful investment schemes.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Provisional attachment of properties held by company officials was sustained where they were found to have actively assisted directors in promoting unlawful preference-share schemes, mobilising public investments and diverting proceeds of the scheduled offence. Recorded statements and charge-sheet material linked the officials to the acquisition of properties in their names. Their claim that the properties were purchased solely from salary and incentives was rejected because the attached value was substantially lower than amounts received from the company. The attachment remains subject to the final outcome of the criminal proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>Governmental authority status supports construction-service exemption, while pre-cutoff contract and stamp-duty compliance requires verification on remand.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Construction services supplied to the identified statutory bodies qualified for exemption as services provided to governmental authorities because each recipient was created under statute. Denial of exemption to some recipients without reasons, despite acceptance for others with the same status, was set aside. For works-contract exemption applicable from 1 March 2016, the contract had to be entered into before 1 March 2015 and applicable stamp duty paid before that date. Documents subsequently produced to establish compliance required verification, so the affected contracts were remitted for de novo adjudication after allowing reasonable opportunity.]]></description>
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<title>Excise assessment at removal protects PDS kerosene from duty claims on post-clearance pipeline interface formation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Excise assessment of superior kerosene oil is determined by its form and exemption eligibility at factory removal. Kerosene cleared for sale through the Public Distribution System after satisfying exemption conditions does not become assessable at motor-spirit or high-speed-diesel rates merely because it later forms a pipeline interface beyond the refinery; an administrative circular cannot create liability contrary to governing provisions. The differential-duty demand on interface kerosene was therefore unsustainable. Extended limitation requires evidence of suppression or wilful misstatement with intent to evade duty; departmental ability to inquire and a bona fide belief defeated its use. Without such evidence, penalties against the entities and employee were not imposable.]]></description>
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<title>Unauthorised occupation status cannot arise solely from unresolved lease transfer and prior dues after a secured creditor auction.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Unauthorised occupation does not arise merely because a secured creditor's auction purchaser has not obtained transfer of leasehold rights or prior dues remain disputed. Possession obtained through a statutory public auction and sale certificate differs from trespass or clandestine occupation, so summary eviction from public premises is not justified on those grounds alone. Lease-transfer disputes and liabilities, including arrears attributable to a previous lessee, must be addressed separately, while legally enforceable dues must be recovered from the person or authority legally liable. The eviction order was set aside and the writ petition challenging that result was dismissed, without prejudice to lawful recovery remedies.]]></description>
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<title>ED arrests businessman in DMF-linked money laundering case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Money-laundering proceedings under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act concern alleged diversion of District Mineral Fund resources through the Chhattisgarh Seed Corporation. The investigation alleges siphoning of public funds by contractors in collusion with government officials and political executives. A businessman was identified as an alleged liaisoner and financial coordinator between public servants, district authorities and private vendors. Allegations also include receipt of commissions, acquisition of immovable assets from purported proceeds of crime, non-production of records, and contradictory statements during questioning.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee gains 27 paise to close at 94.95 against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The rupee appreciated against the US dollar, supported by domestic growth, controlled fiscal slippage, portfolio-related inflows and possible Reserve Bank of India intervention. Its gains were limited by weak equity markets, rising crude oil prices and a stronger dollar. External geopolitical tensions and hawkish US monetary signals remained potential pressures. Domestic indicators showed strong economic activity, while the current account deficit widened because of a higher merchandise trade deficit. Foreign portfolio inflows continued despite investors remaining net sellers during the year.]]></description>
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<title>India's CAD widens to USD 4.2 bn in Q1 amid West Asia conflict: RBI data</title>
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<description><![CDATA[India's current account deficit widened in the first quarter of 2026-27 as the merchandise trade deficit increased. Higher net services receipts, increased personal transfer receipts and lower net primary-income outgo partly supported the external account. Financial-account movements included higher net foreign direct investment inflows, a shift in foreign portfolio investment from net inflow to net outflow, and lower net inflows through non-resident deposits and external commercial borrowings. Foreign exchange reserves declined on a balance-of-payments basis during the quarter.]]></description>
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<title>Andhra commercial tax collections rise by 11 per cent in August to Rs 4,983 cr</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Technology-enabled tax administration supported commercial tax and net GST collection growth in Andhra Pradesh during August 2026 and the cumulative period through August. AI-based analytics and scrutiny, IGST reversals, UPI-based enforcement, registration verification, Aadhaar authentication, digital payment enablement, predictive analytics and data sharing strengthened compliance, scrutiny and revenue mobilisation. Petroleum VAT, professional tax, liquor VAT and IGST settlement also increased, while GST rate reductions moderated net GST performance in specified product sectors.]]></description>
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<title>Use of Artificial Intelligence (Al) tools and other third-party online platforms by officers in the discharge of official duties - Confidentiality of taxpayer information under Sections 152, 158 and 158A of the TGST Act, 2017 - Obligations under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 - Application of mind in quasi-judicial proceedings - Personal responsibility and liability of the officer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax officers may use artificial intelligence for abstract research and drafting assistance only where no identifiable taxpayer information or case-specific facts are disclosed. Uploading or transmitting taxpayer records to unauthorised external platforms is prohibited and remains the personal responsibility of the officer, including where a subordinate acts on the officer's behalf. Quasi-judicial notices and orders must reflect the signing officer's independent application of mind, with all AI-generated legal propositions and citations verified from primary sources. Departmental data must not be integrated with external systems or processed through personal devices or accounts.]]></description>
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<title>Automated Free Sale and Commerce Certificates enable paperless processing while retaining risk-based manual verification for selected exporter applications.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Automated issuance of Free Sale and Commerce Certificates is enabled on the DGFT portal for eligible exporter applications concerning items outside the Drugs  Cosmetics Act, 1940. The system-driven, risk-based workflow replaces routine manual verification and approval by Regional Authorities, supporting paperless processing and faster turnaround. Applications that require verification or do not meet automated processing parameters will continue to undergo manual processing. Auto-approved applications may also be flagged subsequently for Regional Authority review under the system's risk-management parameters.]]></description>
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<title>Govt hikes windfall gains tax on petrol, diesel exports; cuts levy on ATF</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Special additional excise duty and road and infrastructure cess on petroleum-product exports are revised with effect from 1 September 2026. The export duty on diesel is increased, the levy on aviation turbine fuel is marginally reduced, and a duty is imposed on petrol exports. Existing duty rates for petrol and diesel cleared for domestic consumption remain unchanged. The windfall-tax framework seeks to support domestic fuel availability and deter exporters from benefiting from domestic and international price differences.]]></description>
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<title>DGFT Enables Automated Issuance of Free Sale and Commerce Certificates to Promote Ease of Doing Business</title>
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<description><![CDATA[DGFT has enabled automated issuance of Free Sale and Commerce Certificates through its portal for eligible exporters of items not covered by the Drugs  Cosmetics Act, 1940. Applications satisfying prevailing framework and automated processing parameters may be issued without manual scrutiny. Applications requiring verification or not meeting those parameters may be routed for manual processing, while auto-approved applications may be flagged later for risk-based review. The mechanism seeks faster, more transparent and predictable processing while retaining necessary oversight.]]></description>
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<title>Bank unions to go on nationwide strike on Sep 11 over 5-day banking, other issues</title>
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<description><![CDATA[United Forum of Bank Unions has proposed nationwide strike action over delayed five-day banking, the performance-linked incentive framework, and unresolved pension demands. Five-day banking was agreed under the 12th Bipartite Settlement/9th Joint Note with extended Monday-to-Friday working hours, but remains pending for implementation. Unions challenge the incentive scheme for departing from a uniform, bank-performance-linked approach and for disproportionately benefiting senior officers. The dispute is under conciliation and pending before the Delhi High Court, while pension updation, a uniform dearness allowance formula, and an old pension scheme option remain unresolved.]]></description>
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<title>Stock markets close marginally lower amid higher oil prices, fresh US-Iran tensions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Indian equity markets closed marginally lower as higher crude oil prices, US-Iran tensions, and expectations of prolonged tight United States monetary policy weakened risk appetite. The phased Closing Auction Session contributed to a late recovery in the benchmark index. Rising crude prices and global bond yields triggered broad-based selling across several domestic sectors, while foreign institutional equity sales and weakness in overseas markets added to pressure despite stronger-than-expected domestic economic growth.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory GST appellate limitation cannot ordinarily be bypassed through writ jurisdiction after it has expired following unexplained delay.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Statutory appellate limitation under the BGST Act forms part of the legislative scheme for prompt GST dispute resolution. Writ jurisdiction may be available exceptionally for fundamental-rights violations, breach of natural justice, jurisdictional excess or a vires challenge, but not routinely to revive an expired appellate remedy. The prescribed extension period for a GST appeal constrains the appellate authority, and Article 226 cannot be used to disregard that substantive limitation or condone delay beyond it. An unexplained prolonged delay in approaching the High Court after an appeal is rejected as time-barred undermines the limitation regime; a writ challenge in those circumstances is not maintainable.]]></description>
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<title>Gross and Net GST revenue collections for the month of August, 2026</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST revenue collections for August 2026 recorded total gross GST revenue of Rs. 1,99,853 crore, reflecting 14.8% growth over August 2025. Total refunds were Rs. 31,795 crore, including domestic refunds and export IGST refunds processed through ICEGATE. After adjustment of refunds, total net GST revenue was Rs. 1,68,057 crore, representing 8.3% growth. SGST collections and the SGST component of IGST settlement were separately identified for States and Union Territories, with post-settlement SGST aggregating Rs. 95,531 crore.]]></description>
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<title>A Quarter-Century of Trade. One Unbroken Connection.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[AILBIEA's Silver Jubilee programme focuses on trade facilitation, customs modernisation, GST dispute preparedness and maritime-risk issues affecting liquid bulk trade. The Knowledge Conference includes sessions on the Authorised Economic Operator advantage, next-generation customs technology, GST Appellate Tribunal-era dispute preparedness, and geopolitical risks to sea-borne trade. It also marks the launch of AGS 360, integrating port information, vessel tracking, port-call estimates and maritime intelligence.]]></description>
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<title>NCLT bars Subhash Chandra from alienating assets, stays Rs 6.5-cr repayment plan</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Personal-guarantee insolvency proceedings involve a stay on implementation of a repayment plan because the earlier members' views did not produce a clear majority capable of taking effect. The personal guarantor has been restrained from directly or indirectly alienating assets pending further hearing. The dispute follows split views on approval of the plan, claim admission and voting, followed by a third-member opinion that did not resolve the absence of a determinative majority. Creditors dispute the proposed recovery, claim treatment and declared net worth relevant to the guarantees.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee gains 28 paise to close at 94.94 against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign-exchange market conditions strengthened the rupee by 28 paise to 94.94 against the US dollar, supported by domestic growth, controlled fiscal slippage and portfolio inflows. Possible Reserve Bank of India intervention was also identified as supportive. Higher crude oil prices, weak domestic equities and hawkish US monetary-policy signals were identified as constraints on further appreciation. Foreign investment flows, stronger-than-expected domestic growth and the fiscal-deficit position remained material factors affecting currency conditions.]]></description>
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<title>When Limitation Ends the Appeal but Not the Remedy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Expiry of the statutory appellate limitation does not enlarge the appellate authority's limited power to condone delay under Section 107(4). Constitutional review may nevertheless examine whether continued GST registration cancellation is disproportionate where it prevents lawful business, blocks regularisation of returns and dues, and undermines future revenue collection. Conditional restoration may require filing pending returns and payment of tax, interest, penalty and late fees. It neither waives past defaults nor grants immunity from statutory compliance, and remains dependent on the facts, taxpayer conduct, and willingness to fulfil outstanding obligations.]]></description>
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<title>ED raids in Chhattisgarh PSC 'scam' case; Baghel's ex-PA raided</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Money-laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act concerns alleged irregularities in Public Service Commission recruitment examinations. Allegations include question-paper leaks, manipulation of candidate selection, and illegal gratification for securing appointments of relatives and favoured candidates. Recruitment rules were allegedly amended to facilitate selection of relatives. Alleged proceeds of crime were collected in cash and routed through layered banking transactions, including through a family-controlled samiti presented as receiving corporate social responsibility donations for a non-existent college.]]></description>
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<title>NCLT bars Subhash Chandra from selling assets as lenders challenge Rs 6.5 cr settlement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A five-member special bench found that no clear majority view existed under section 419(5) of the Companies Act and stayed the third member's order that had permitted the proposed recovery. Notices were directed to all parties, and the guarantor was restrained from directly or indirectly alienating property pending further consideration. The dispute concerns approval of a personal guarantor's repayment proposal, treatment of guarantee claims, creditor voting support, assessment of the personal estate, and scrutiny of declared net worth.]]></description>
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<title>HIGHLIGHTS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A five-member special National Company Law Tribunal bench hearing Subhash Chandra's personal insolvency matter issued notices to all parties and restrained him from alienating property directly or indirectly. The restraint applies during the continuing insolvency proceedings and concerns dealings with the relevant property. The procedural measure requires the interested parties to participate in the matter.]]></description>
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<title>Loan waiver scheme: Special Aadhaar verification process for farmers in Latur</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Elderly farmers whose fingerprints cannot be captured for Aadhaar authentication may approach an Aaple Sarkar Seva Kendra with their Aadhaar card and bank passbook. Loan-account details are verified on the scheme portal before authentication is initiated. If authentication fails, the concerned tehsildar verifies identity using the Aadhaar card, bank passbook and 7/12 land record extract. Eligible farmers receive loan-waiver benefits directly in their bank accounts after authentication, identity verification and satisfaction of the scheme's eligibility criteria.]]></description>
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<title>Gross GST mop-up grows 15 pc to Rs 2 lakh cr in Aug</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST collections recorded year-on-year growth in August, with gross receipts reaching about Rs 2 lakh crore. Domestic transaction revenue increased to over Rs 1.37 lakh crore, while import-related revenue rose to Rs 62,604 crore. Refunds increased to Rs 31,795 crore, and net GST collections stood at Rs 1.68 lakh crore after refunds.]]></description>
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<title>NCLT issues notices in Subhash Chandra insolvency matter, directs not to dispose of property</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Personal insolvency proceedings were reopened before a five-member special bench after a split view on a repayment plan. As no majority view existed, including that of the third member, no final order was in force and the repayment-plan determination could not be acted upon. Notices were issued to all parties, including dissenting creditors, and the guarantor was restrained from directly or indirectly alienating property pending further consideration. Dissenting creditors also challenged the repayment-plan determination before the appellate tribunal.]]></description>
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<title>Treatment of ITC on Power Plant on Discontinuation of Taxable Manufacturing Activity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where a power plant initially used for taxable manufacturing and limited exempt electricity sales is subsequently used solely for exempt electricity generation, ITC attributable to its remaining useful life may require reversal. Rather than reversing the entire original credit, the conservative approach identifies residual credit after giving effect to Rule 43 reversals already made during common use. The residual amount may be calculated capital-goods-wise using the 60-month useful life, subject to verification of the applicable statutory mechanism.]]></description>
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<title>Markets drift lower in early trade amid higher oil prices, fresh US-Iran tensions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Equity-market sentiment weakened as higher crude oil prices, renewed US-Iran tensions, and expectations of prolonged tight US monetary policy reduced emerging-market risk appetite. The Sensex and Nifty declined, while domestic GDP growth above projections offered partial support. Weakness in several Asian markets, a lower US market close, and net foreign institutional equity sales reinforced cautious trading conditions.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment to the Standard Operating Procedure prescribed under Public Notice No. 114/2018 for movement of domestic/customs-cleared cargo and EXIM cargo between JNPT/Port Terminals and hinterland ICDs/CFSs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The cargo-movement facility extends to Container Rail Road Services Pvt. Ltd. (DP World Group) for domestic, customs-cleared and EXIM cargo between port terminals and designated ICDs/CFSs. Domestic and EXIM cargo must be separately identified and stacked, while container and seal particulars require verification. Discrepancies, tampering or irregularities must be reported immediately and affected cargo cannot be processed without permission. EXIM cargo must comprise at least half of outbound cargo. Weekly reconciliation, Customs verification, an indemnity bond and Custodian/CCSP compliance responsibilities apply.]]></description>
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<title>Fixation of Tariff Value of Edible Oils, Brass Scrap, Areca Nut, Gold and Silver</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tariff values for specified imported edible oils, brass scrap, gold, silver and areca nuts are revised through substitution of the relevant valuation tables under the customs valuation framework. The revisions prescribe values for listed palm oils, palmolein, soya bean oil and brass scrap, and apply to specified forms of gold and silver, including imports qualifying for identified customs-duty benefits. Defined exclusions apply to certain silver and gold imports. The tariff value for areca nuts remains unchanged, and the revisions take effect from 1 September 2026.]]></description>
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<title>ED raids in Chhattisgarh PSC 'scam' case; ex CM Baghel's PA raided</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A money-laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act has led to searches at seven locations in Chhattisgarh in connection with alleged irregularities at the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission. The search operation includes the premises of K. K. Chandrakar, personal assistant to former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. The investigation remains at the search and inquiry stage.]]></description>
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<title>ITR filing for AY27 touches record 7.8 cr</title>
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<description><![CDATA[August 31, 2026 was the due date for taxpayers having business or professional income who were not subject to audit. Such non-audit taxpayers may use ITR-3, ITR-4, ITR-5 or ITR-7, as applicable. ITR-3 applies to individuals and Hindu Undivided Families with proprietary business or professional income, while ITR-4 is intended for small and medium taxpayers. ITR-5 applies to firms, limited liability partnerships and cooperative societies, and ITR-7 applies to trusts and charitable institutions.]]></description>
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<title>DRI seizes over 42 kg foreign-origin gold worth more than RS. 65 crore in crackdown on gold smuggling</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Intelligence-led enforcement against organised gold smuggling resulted in the seizure of over 42 kg of foreign-origin gold and around 10 kg of foreign-origin silver, collectively valued at more than Rs. 65 crore, and the arrest of 25 persons. Operations targeted networks using airport transit routes, airport personnel, land-border corridors, coastal routes, and domestic road transport. Gold was concealed in wax, compound, paste, raw-chain and bar forms, including through body concealment, internally secreted capsules, clothing, and specially created cavities.]]></description>
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<title>MoSPI signs MoU with Thapar Institute of Engineering  Technology, Punjab for undertaking a Research Study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MoSPI and Thapar Institute of Engineering  Technology have entered into a memorandum of understanding for a research study to develop a predictive and analytical framework for monthly consumption expenditure in India. The study will use Household Consumption Expenditure Survey data to estimate Monthly Per Capita Consumption Expenditure at national and state levels, analyse household consumption patterns, and generate evidence relevant to poverty estimation and broader economic planning.]]></description>
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<title>Extension of Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 (CCFS-2026) up to 15th September 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 remains available until 15 September 2026, extending the period for companies to complete pending statutory filings. The further extension responds to stakeholder representations, while all other terms and conditions governing the Scheme continue without modification.]]></description>
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<title>The danger in sole dependence on artificial intelligence without verifying the facts !.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[AI-assisted GST adjudication requires human oversight, verification of factual and legal inputs, and the officer's independent application of mind. AI output may support efficiency, but cannot substitute for authentic case-law verification, application of law to the facts, or personal responsibility for adjudicatory conclusions. Orders must record independent legal reasoning and culminate in a reasoned determination in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Writs still work even under GSTAT Regime in GST Laws.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Writ jurisdiction in GST matters may remain relevant despite the availability of second appeal where authorities commit patent procedural violations. Rule 86A requires procedural compliance, including recorded reasons, a reasoned order and an opportunity of hearing before blocking an electronic credit ledger. Section 75(4) requires a personal hearing as part of adjudication; an order made without hearing the taxpayer breaches audi alteram partem and may be set aside for fresh adjudication through a reasoned order.]]></description>
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<title>TOLERANCE OR RELAXARION NOT CLAIMED IN ITR, NOT ALLOWED IN INTIMATION BY CPC, AND REVISION BY CIT U.S. 264 ALLOWED BY HIGH COURT IN W.P. BY WAY OF REMAND BUT DENIED BY SC - needs reconsideration.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 264 revision cannot be used after expiry of the revised-return period to introduce a tolerance benefit omitted from a self-assessed return processed under section 143(1). The competing issue is whether binding appellate precedent requiring a tolerance benefit must be followed by revenue authorities, including in revisionary proceedings and intimation processing. The analysis questions whether revisionary correction remains available where self-assessed income exceeds tax legally payable and whether subsequent legal developments or clarificatory tolerance amendments warrant consideration.]]></description>
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<title>Partial Success in GST Appeal - Refund Must Follow the Dropped Demand</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Demand-specific finality may attach to the portion of an appellate order that sets aside a demand where that portion is no longer challenged, even though further appeal is proposed against the surviving liability. A statutory pre-deposit is security for the disputed demand, not tax. Accordingly, the proportionate pre-deposit attributable to a dropped and concluded demand cannot be withheld merely because another portion of the original demand remains under challenge. A further appellate pre-deposit obligation for the surviving demand operates independently of the refund due for the concluded portion.]]></description>
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<title>"We're registered with CGST, so SGST can't summon us." The Supreme Court has closed that argument</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[GST cross-empowerment allows either Central or State GST administration to undertake intelligence-based investigation despite routine administrative allocation. The bar against parallel action applies only when a second show cause notice concerns the same subject matter. Summons, search and seizure are investigative measures, not initiation of barred proceedings. Identity requires the same factual tax liability or offence and the same demand or relief; similar input tax credit issues alone are insufficient. Taxpayers should comply with summons, disclose suspected overlap in writing, and compare the date, period, allegation and proposed demand in each show cause notice.]]></description>
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<title>Statements Recorded Under GST - From Investigation to Evidence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 136 of the CGST Act governs the evidentiary use of signed statements made on appearance pursuant to a Section 70 summons when their contents are relied upon to prove facts in a prosecution for an offence. Recording a statement does not by itself establish the truth of the underlying allegation. Where the maker is available, examination before the Court and a judicial opinion on admission are required. Where statements materially support an allegation, cross-examination, retraction, and independent corroboration affect their evidentiary weight.]]></description>
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<title>Omitted export-refund restriction cannot govern pending integrated-tax refund proceedings without an express saving or sunset clause.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Omission of Rule 96(10) of the CGST Rules, without a saving or sunset clause, ends the export-refund restriction for pending proceedings concerning integrated tax paid on exported goods and services. Applying the principle that an omitted provision cannot be kept alive without express preservation, communications founded on the former restriction cannot sustain denial of such refunds.]]></description>
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<title>Arrest safeguards under the CGST Act support regular bail where recorded reasons and statutory thresholds are absent.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sections 69 and 132 of the CGST Act are addressed in relation to regular bail for allegations of fraudulent invoices, wrongful input tax credit, falsified records and shell entities. Arrest requires recorded reasons to believe tax evasion or the specified conditions under section 132. The absence of those reasons in the arrest authorisation and memo, together with omission of the applicable tax-evasion threshold relevant to conviction, is treated as indicating suspicion rather than concrete material. These deficiencies support release on regular bail, subject to furnishing a bond and sureties.]]></description>
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<title>Rule 86A credit restrictions require recorded written reasons; non-compliant ledger blocking may trigger compensation liability.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Rule 86A permits restriction on debit of input tax credit in an electronic credit ledger only when its prescribed conditions are met, including recorded reasons to believe and reasons in writing. The High Court found that the authorities could not establish compliance with these mandatory requirements before blocking the ledger. As the statutory period had expired and the ledger had been reactivated, the writ petition was disposed of exceptionally upon acceptance of an unconditional apology. The High Court warned that any future non-compliant blocking of credit would expose the authorities to appropriate compensation liability.]]></description>
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<title>Employee stock-shortage penalties do not constitute consideration for services, preventing GST collection under Schedule II in employment relationships.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST cannot be collected on a penalty imposed on an employee for stock shortage merely because an employment relationship exists. Paragraph 5(e) of Schedule II to the CGST Act applies to agreements connected with a supply of services. A stock-shortage penalty arising from the employer-employee relationship is not, without more, consideration for a supply of services. Accordingly, that provision does not authorise GST on such recovery. The de novo enquiry concerning the collection was sustained, while the intra-court appeal was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Consolidated show-cause notices may cover multiple years, but appellate authorities must provide a meaningful hearing on merits.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Consolidated show-cause notices covering multiple financial years are maintainable under Sections 73 and 74 of the CGST and SGST enactments, which do not prohibit clubbing tax periods in one notice. Quashing such a notice and consequential orders solely because multiple years were combined is unsustainable. An appellate authority must also provide an effective hearing on the merits where the appellant seeks condonation of delay and admission of the appeal for that purpose. Restricting the hearing to delay and deciding the appeal without a merits hearing breaches principles of natural justice. The appellate order was set aside and remitted for a merits hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Statutory appellate remedy bars delayed writ challenge to GST registration cancellation absent exceptional circumstances, preserving fresh registration options.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Writ jurisdiction challenging GST registration cancellation is ordinarily unavailable where the taxpayer failed to pursue the statutory appeal within the prescribed limitation period and shows no exceptional circumstances. A delayed writ petition should not be entertained merely because the appellate remedy has lapsed. The petition was dismissed on that basis, while preserving the taxpayer's ability to file the final return and seek fresh GST registration in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Fresh adjudication on contractual material requires reconsideration of service-tax demand and exemption claim after a hearing.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fresh adjudication of a service-tax demand was required after relevant work contracts and agreements were placed on record and the Department accepted reconsideration on the entire material. The claimed exemption had not been examined on its merits. The demand order and consequential penalties were set aside, with remand for reconsideration of the available and any further relevant documents after giving the petitioner an opportunity of hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Parallel GST proceedings on identical issues were invalid after Central GST adjudication for the same assessment period.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Parallel GST proceedings on identical issues for the same assessment period cannot be sustained where Central GST authorities have already issued an order and the related appeal is pending before the appellate authority. The State GST assessment and rectification orders addressed the same issues already adjudicated under Central GST. Consequently, the subsequent State GST proceedings were quashed, and the writ petition succeeded.]]></description>
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<title>Premature tax assessment before the annual-return deadline is invalid, requiring fresh proceedings with notice and hearing.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 73(9) does not permit the Proper Officer to determine tax liability before the statutory due date for filing the annual return for the relevant financial year has expired. An assessment made before that deadline is premature and beyond the Proper Officer's authority. The premature assessment order was set aside, with fresh assessment proceedings to be undertaken in accordance with law after proper notice and an opportunity of hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Incorrect GST head payment: clerical IGST remittance can be adjusted against CGST and SGST without interest or penalty.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Inadvertent payment of GST under the IGST head, where CGST and SGST were actually payable and no IGST liability existed, is treated as a clerical error rather than a payment made under a misconception that the supply was inter-State. Section 77(2) therefore does not apply. Where the full GST liability has effectively been discharged, interest and penalty are not payable. The amount remitted as IGST may be appropriated against the CGST and SGST liability; where procedurally required, refund and transfer of the amount may be sought.]]></description>
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<title>Revisional relief for omitted charitable-trust capital-gains claims extends to fixed-deposit reinvestment where disclosure was complete.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Revisional jurisdiction under section 264 extends to relief omitted from a return where a charitable trust later identifies an error causing over-assessment. Voluntary disclosure of income as taxable does not bar reconsideration if the trust disclosed the capital gains and relevant particulars without suppressing material; the revisional authority must examine entitlement under law. For charitable-trust capital gains, reinvestment of net sale consideration in a bank fixed deposit for six months or more is treated as acquisition of another capital asset under Instruction No. 883. Conditions under public-trust law cannot be imported to deny this standalone exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Subsisting reasons to believe fail when appellate relief removes every subsequent-year foundation for reassessment; the notice was quashed.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reassessment founded on additions and disallowances in later assessment years lacks a subsisting basis where appellate orders for those years delete or decide in the assessee's favour every issue relied upon for reopening. Although later assessment orders may initially constitute material for reopening, the reasons to believe that income escaped assessment cease once their foundation is removed. The reassessment notice and rejection of objections were quashed, while other challenges remained open and proceedings could revive if the Revenue succeeds in pending appeals on a foundational issue.]]></description>
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<title>Reason to believe in reassessment requires a live material nexus; unrelated allegations and later law cannot sustain reopening.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reassessment requires recorded material to have a rational connection and live nexus with the belief that income escaped assessment; suspicion based on statements or survey material unrelated to the taxpayer or investment transaction is insufficient. Allegations concerning an investor's representative, without transaction-specific material, could not support reopening for purportedly non-genuine share capital and share premium. For employees' provident fund and insurance contributions, the law prevailing when notice was issued allowed deduction where payment was made by the return-filing due date. A later contrary Supreme Court ruling could not retrospectively validate the recorded reason. The reassessment notice was quashed because neither ground established a sustainable reason to believe.]]></description>
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<title>Draft assessment procedure requires eligible-assessee status and final determination before demand or penalty notices can validly issue.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Demand and penalty-initiation notices cannot rest on an order expressly issued as a draft assessment order. Where proposed disallowances remain proposals, no demand or penalty notice is issued, and the taxpayer retains the right to accept variations or object before final assessment, the payable sum has not been finally determined. Such a defect is not a mere uploading error curable through Section 292B, especially without a subsequent corrective or clarificatory order. Draft assessment procedure is also unavailable where the Transfer Pricing Officer makes no variation to returned income from international transactions; the taxpayer is then not an eligible assessee under Section 144C. The draft order and consequential notices were set aside.]]></description>
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<title>Signed statutory approval is essential for reassessment jurisdiction; electronic authentication cannot replace a manual or digital signature.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Signed approval by the prescribed authority is a jurisdictional precondition to issuing a reassessment notice and safeguards against arbitrary reopening. The approving authority must record satisfaction, after considering the recorded reasons and supporting material, through a manual or digital signature. A DIN, electronic transmission, or printed officer name and designation may establish authenticity but cannot replace the required signature. A curative provision introduced after the relevant approval cannot validate the defect. An unsigned approval therefore cannot confer reassessment jurisdiction, rendering consequential reassessment action unsustainable.]]></description>
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<title>Intra-group service pricing adjustment deleted after arm's length price was set at nil without sustainable basis.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Transfer-pricing adjustment for intra-group management, sales and support services was deleted after the Tribunal applied a co-ordinate Bench decision to the material facts. The adjustment had determined the arm's length price of those services at nil. The appeal was allowed on this issue, while the remaining grounds were left open.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer-pricing benchmarking requires proven COVID costs, consistent TNMM classifications, and reliable internal CUP comparability before adjustments.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[COVID-19 adjustments in transfer-pricing benchmarking require proof of exceptional pandemic expenditure, its non-operating character, and a materially different impact on comparables; pandemic timing alone is insufficient. TNMM also requires consistent treatment of operating and non-operating items for the tested party and comparables, including foreign-exchange effects from revenue transactions and depreciation on business assets. Internal CUP for software support services requires transaction-level comparability of contractual scope, functions, assets, risks, personnel, volume, duration and market conditions, with reliable adjustments for material differences. Transfer-pricing adjustments were remanded for fresh verification and benchmarking. A final assessment following timely draft assessment and DRP directions remains within the separate DRP-related limitation period.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer-pricing treatment of ITeS margins excludes pass-through tax recoveries and separate delayed-receivables interest after working-capital adjustment.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Retrospective insertion of section 144C(13A) places the final assessment order within the prescribed limitation period, rejecting the time-bar challenge. Cost-to-cost recovery of withholding tax paid for associated enterprises' restricted stock units is non-operating because it is unrelated to the assessee's ITeS services, and must be excluded from its operating margin. Voice-based call-centre, general IT/BPO, technical-helpdesk and intellectual-property consultancy providers are functionally incomparable with diversified technical ITeS services, while knowledge-processing services may remain comparable. Delayed associated-enterprise receivables, though international transactions, require combined benchmarking with the underlying ITeS transaction; once a working-capital adjustment is granted under TNMM, separate notional interest is unwarranted.]]></description>
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<title>Capacity-utilisation adjustments under TNMM can neutralise substantiated COVID-related idle costs where underutilisation materially affects profitability.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rule 10B(3) permits reasonably accurate comparability adjustments under TNMM to neutralise material differences affecting profitability; it does not require mathematical precision or publicly available identical capacity-utilisation data for comparables. Extraordinary COVID-19-related underutilisation of a captive service provider's manpower and infrastructure can create abnormal idle costs because fixed employee and infrastructure costs are spread over reduced activity. Where the taxpayer substantiates those costs and their computation, and they are not shown to be non-genuine, non-business-related or incorrect, the costs should be neutralised in determining the arm's length margin. The resulting adjusted margin may establish that the international transaction is at arm's length.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer-pricing comparability requires aligned related-party exposure, ownership profile, revenue model and sourcing-support functions to prevent distorted margins in benchmark analysis.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:01:42 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transfer-pricing comparability for sourcing support services requires consistent application of the related-party transaction filter and exclusion of entities that fail it. Government-owned undertakings may not be suitable comparables where their ownership and control distinguish them from the tested party. A commission-based enterprise is not comparable with a cost-plus service provider because commission income depends on orders materialising, while cost-plus remuneration provides a mark-up on costs irrespective of sales. Project-management, infrastructure, engineering, architectural, and sector-specific consultancy services may also be functionally dissimilar to sourcing support services, requiring reassessment of the comparable set.]]></description>
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<title>TMI Updates - Newsletter dated: September 02, 2026</title>
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