Service of an excise order by speed post requires proof of delivery to establish communication and trigger the statutory appeal period. The Revenue bears the initial burden of proving compliant service; dispatch records and the postal article's non-return do not, by themselves, prove delivery. Where delivery cannot be established, the assessee's stated date of actual receipt is accepted for computing limitation. The appeal is consequently treated as filed within time and requires decision on merits without reopening the limitation issue.

Interest expenditure relating to exempt-income investments is not disallowable where interest-free own funds exceed those investments, since the investments are presumed to have been made from such funds. Administrative expenditure exceeding an assessee's voluntary disallowance cannot be computed under Rule 8D unless the Assessing Officer examines the accounts and records dissatisfaction with the assessee's claim. Closing-stock valuation requires fresh determination under section 145A after examining the accounting method and valuation discrepancies. Expenditure on guest houses and employee residential flats requires factual examination of its nature, supporting records and business nexus before a reasoned disallowance can be made.

Section 69A does not permit assessment of a carried-forward opening balance as current-year unexplained money where seized material shows no introduction of funds during the relevant year and no independent evidence establishes a current-year investment. Extracts drawn from seized FoxPro books already available to the Assessing Officer are not fresh evidence requiring compliance with Rule 46A. Further, loose-sheet entries recording alleged deposits do not constitute money, bullion, jewellery, or another valuable article whose ownership is required for section 69A. Consequently, the addition for the alleged unaccounted deposit was unsustainable.

Persistent inflation, elevated interest rates and rising public debt constrain economic growth policy. Tariffs and oil shortages are identified as contributing to inflationary pressures, while lower interest rates could increase money flows and worsen inflation. Tariffs, tax cuts, artificial intelligence productivity gains and anti-fraud measures are advanced as mechanisms to support growth, investment and domestic employment. Fiscal sustainability, however, cannot be achieved through growth alone where social security and healthcare costs exceed revenue growth; deficit reduction may require slower spending, spending reductions and tax increases.

HyperVault's proposed artificial-intelligence data-centre campus in Hyderabad is planned on 264 acres, with investment projected at up to Rs 70,000 crore and capacity of up to 1 GW. The campus is intended to provide high-density, liquid-cooled computing infrastructure for frontier AI companies and hyperscalers. Telangana's Chief Minister sought inauguration by June 2, 2028, while assuring required governmental sanctions and support. The project is estimated to create 7,000 jobs.

Alleged inflation of net-worth certificates is said to have induced approval and disbursal of two corporate loan facilities aggregating Rs 980 crore, each secured by continuing personal guarantees. The facilities subsequently defaulted. The FIR alleges that materially higher net-worth representations made in 2018 were later contradicted during insolvency proceedings, and attributes the lending to collusion among the guarantor, borrower entities and their officers. Allegations include cheating, creation of false documents, misappropriation and misapplication of loan funds, breach of trust, and asset stripping intended to frustrate recovery.

HyperVault plans to develop an artificial intelligence data-centre campus on 264 acres in Hyderabad, with capacity of up to 1 GW and investment by HyperVault and its partners of up to Rs 70,000 crore. The facility is intended to provide high-density, liquid-cooled computing infrastructure for frontier AI companies and hyperscalers. Development will proceed in phases according to customer demand and technology requirements, incorporating green-energy use and water-neutral design principles.

GST applicability is considered in relation to the import of demonstration equipment and instruments for supply to a customer for a one-year period, with return of the same equipment and instruments after use. The subject concerns the tax treatment of an arrangement involving imported demonstration goods, customer use for the stated period, and subsequent return of those goods following that use.

State Tax Commissioner confers powers under sections 69, 70, 71, 73 and 74 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 upon Sh. C.L. Roy, Assistant Commissioner, as Proper Officer for M/s Agson Global Pvt. Ltd. The taxpayer-specific conferment operates for 120 days from issuance or until further orders, whichever is earlier. During that period, the jurisdictional Proper Officer cannot exercise powers under those provisions in respect of the designated taxpayer.

CBI registration of an FIR concerns allegations that inflated personal net-worth certificates were used to secure corporate loan facilities from Life Insurance Corporation Housing Finance Ltd. The lender alleges that the certificates influenced lending decisions, the facilities subsequently defaulted, and later insolvency proceedings disclosed inconsistency between the represented and asserted net-worth figures. Allegations include collusion with borrower entities, false documentation, cheating, misappropriation of loan funds, and breach of lender trust.

Powers under sections 69, 70, 71, 73 and 74 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 are conferred on Sh. Sandeep Kumar, GSTO, in respect of M/s Kailashpati Poly Plast Private Limited. The conferment remains effective for 120 days from issuance or until further orders, whichever occurs earlier. During that period, the jurisdictional Proper Officer cannot exercise powers under those provisions in relation to the identified taxpayer.

Proper-officer powers relating to arrest, summoning, access to business premises, and determination of tax or input tax credit issues are conferred on Sh. Nagesh Kumar Mallah, Assistant Commissioner, for M/s Jindal Wax. The conferment covers sections 69, 70, 71, 73 and 74 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, and operates for 120 days from 9 January 2022 or until further orders, whichever is earlier. The jurisdictional proper officer cannot exercise those powers against the specified taxpayer during that period.

Delegation of powers under sections 69, 70, 71, 73 and 74 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 is conferred on Sh. Rajender Kumar Ahuja, Assistant Commissioner, as the specified Proper Officer in relation to M/s Dev International. The authority is taxpayer-specific, remains effective for 120 days from issuance or until further orders, and excludes exercise of those powers by the jurisdictional Proper Officer during that period.

Premium under the International Financial Services Centres Authority framework adopts the meaning assigned under the Insurance Act, 1938. For re-insurance business, premium means the consideration paid or payable under a re-insurance contract for risk coverage. The substituted definition governing payment and receipt of premium takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

A designated Proper Officer is authorized to exercise powers under sections 69, 70, 71, 73 and 74 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, in respect of M/s SK&A Impex LLP. The authorization operates for 120 days from issuance or until further orders, whichever is earlier. During its operation, the jurisdictional Proper Officer cannot exercise powers under those specified sections against the identified taxpayer.

The first proviso to sub-regulation (5) of regulation 28 is modified by inserting the expression "certain situations as per its approved policy, including but not limited to" after the words "a rating in" and before "the". The amendment links the applicable rating-related position to specified situations under an approved policy while retaining the remaining terms of the existing provision. It takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Powers concerning arrest, summons, access to business premises, and determination of tax liabilities are conferred on the specified Proper Officer in relation to M/s J P Jain & Company under the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The conferment operates for 120 days from issuance or until further orders, whichever is earlier. During that period, the jurisdictional Proper Officer cannot exercise those powers in respect of the identified taxpayer.

Rule 137 extends the period for retaining specified accounts and records from four years to five years. FORM GST DRC-03 is expanded to cover payments following tax intimation through FORM GST DRC-01A, scrutiny, inspection, and mismatches between return forms. Its payment table is replaced with a detailed format requiring tax-period, place-of-supply, payment-component, ledger-utilisation, and debit-entry particulars.

Shri Sujay Prakash Upadhyay, Additional Commissioner of State Tax (Headquarters, Bihar, Patna), is nominated as the Nodal Officer for participation in meetings of the Industries Department. The nomination takes effect immediately.

Proper-officer jurisdiction for registration-related provisions is assigned to the Deputy Commissioner of Commercial Taxes in charge of a Circle or, where applicable, the Assistant Commissioner in charge of that Circle. The designation covers registration liability, exemption and compulsory registration, registration procedure, deemed registration, casual and non-resident taxable persons, amendment, cancellation, and revocation of cancellation. The appointment takes effect from 1 July 2017.