Court comes down heavily on GNIDA for arbitrary lease rent recovery in violation of lease conditions: Allahabad High Court

The Allahabad High Court has set aside the demand of ₹5.28 crore raised by the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) from an industrial unit, holding the recovery to be illegal. The Court categorically observed that a lease deed is a binding contract and any enhancement of lease rent, without adhering to the conditions stipulated … Read more

Minor’s Right to Passport Cannot Be Hampered Due to Parental Disputes: Allahabad High Court

  The Allahabad High Court, while dealing with a case where a minor girl was denied issuance of a passport on the ground of matrimonial dispute between her parents, has held that a minor child’s passport application cannot be withheld or kept pending indefinitely merely because of ongoing matrimonial or criminal disputes between the parents. … Read more

Tribunal denies Section 80G recognition to hospital trust for commercial outsourcing model generating substantial surplus with minimal charitable application

  ITAT Ranchi Decision on Section 80G Recognition :- Jeevan Rekha Trust v. CIT (Exemption), Patna- ITA Nos. 23 & 24/RAN/2025 | Order dated 05 January 2026- Assessment Years: 2023–24 & 2024–25 CORE ISSUE: Whether a trust earning income by outsourcing its hospital building to a private entity and receiving consideration as a percentage of … Read more

Death due to Shock and Asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem burn injuries

  “Death due to Shock and Asphyxia as a result of ante-mortem burn injuries” 1. The Direct Translation (The “What Happened”) In simple terms, this phrase means: “The victim was alive when they caught fire. They died because the severe burns caused their body to shut down (shock) and they suffocated (asphyxia) from the smoke … Read more

Subsequent proceeding after – DTDRS certificate granting immunity had been issued

No Vivad After Vivad: Finality of Amnesty Immunity and Limits of Revisional Power under the Income-tax Act Rajasthan High Court reaffirms closure under DTDRS 2016 – Penalty cannot be resurrected via Section 263 Principal Commissioner of Income Tax–I, Jaipur v. Shri Ram Das Maheshwari D.B. Income Tax Appeal No. 336 of 2018 Decision dated 11 … Read more

Stay of Income-tax demand – whether 20% of disputed tax is mandatory

  Stay of Demand and the 20% Recovery Rule: Statutory Framework, CBDT Instructions and Judicial Reinforcement by the Bombay High Court The power of the Income-tax Department to recover tax demand during the pendency of appellate proceedings is statutorily traceable to section 220 of the Income-tax Act, 1961, which provides that any amount specified as … Read more

Directions to DGP to issue SOP for mandatory recording of search and seizure

  The Allahabad High Court, while hearing a case relating to the alleged theft of 40 motorcycles, directed the Director General of Police (DGP), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, to issue a detailed Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for mandatory recording of search and seizure as prescribed under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The … Read more

Benami Transactions, Demonetisation Cash Routing and Provisional Attachment

Benami Transactions, Demonetisation Cash Routing and Provisional Attachment Statutory Definitions, “Reasons to Believe” under Section 24(1), and the Doctrine of Independent Satisfaction M/s Bajrang Traders v. Initiating Officer, BPU, Ahmedabad Decision: 10 December 2025 (Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA) The decision rendered by the Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA, New Delhi, in M/s Bajrang Traders v. Initiating … Read more

Revision under section 264 vs Appeal under section 246A – Scope of Discretion, Errors in Return and Preventive Role of Revisional Jurisdiction

Revision under Section 264 vis-Ă -vis Appeal under Section 246A: Scope of Discretion, Errors in Return and the Preventive Role of Revisional Jurisdiction – An Analysis of the Bombay High Court decision in Swaminarayan Mandir Trust The recent decision of the Bombay High Court in Swaminarayan Mandir Trust Versus Commissioner of Income Tax (Exemptions), Mumbai & … Read more