Tag Archives: HIGH COURT OF KERALA

Composite Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Issued Year-Wise

By | July 11, 2026
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Composite Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Issued Year-Wise Composite Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Issued Year-Wise Issue Whether the revenue authorities are legally permitted to issue a single, consolidated Show Cause Notice (SCN) and subsequent demand orders under Section… Read More »

Input tax credit denial for 2018-19 is unsustainable as returns were filed before the extended statutory cut-off.

By | July 9, 2026
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Input tax credit denial for 2018-19 is unsustainable as returns were filed before the extended statutory cut-off. Issue Whether the tax department can legally deny Input Tax Credit (ITC) on the grounds of belated filing when the taxpayer furnished their monthly returns for December 2018 to March 2019 within the extended statutory cut-off date of… Read More »

Composite GST Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Quashed

By | July 7, 2026
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Composite GST Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Quashed Issue Whether a consolidated or composite Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued under Section 73 of the CGST/SGST Act covering multiple financial years (2019-2020 to 2023-2024) is legally sustainable, or if the tax authorities are mandated to issue separate, year-wise… Read More »

Composite GST Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Quashed

By | July 7, 2026
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Composite GST Show Cause Notices Covering Multiple Financial Years Are Legally Unsustainable And Must Be Quashed Issue Whether a consolidated or composite Show Cause Notice (SCN) issued under Section 73 of the CGST/SGST Act covering multiple financial years (2019-20 to 2021-22) is legally sustainable, or if the tax authorities are mandated to issue separate notices… Read More »

Depreciation on lapsed 50% GST under Section 17(4) does not restrict the remaining 50% ITC.

By | July 7, 2026
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Depreciation on lapsed 50% GST under Section 17(4) does not restrict the remaining 50% ITC. Issue Whether a banking company that opts to avail 50% Input Tax Credit (ITC) under Section 17(4)—allowing the remaining 50% to lapse and be capitalized for Income Tax depreciation—can be denied the availed 50% ITC under Section 16(3) on the… Read More »

ITC is valid via self-invoice under RCM and pre-amendment cross-charge without ISD registration is legal.

By | July 7, 2026
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ITC is valid via self-invoice under RCM and pre-amendment cross-charge without ISD registration is legal. ITC is valid via self-invoice under RCM and pre-amendment cross-charge without ISD registration is legal. Issue Whether Input Tax Credit (ITC) can be denied to a distinct state unit that discharged tax under Reverse Charge Mechanism (RCM) and issued a… Read More »

ITC Cannot Be Denied Under General Time Limits If Filed Within Special Non-Obstante Cut-off

By | July 3, 2026
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ITC Cannot Be Denied Under General Time Limits If Filed Within Special Non-Obstante Cut-off Issue Whether Input Tax Credit (ITC) can be legally denied under the general time limits of Section 16(4) of the CGST/SGST Act if the taxpayer filed their returns within the specific timeline provided by a special non-obstante credit provision. Facts The… Read More »

Remanded for Tribunal to Specifically Adjudicate Mechanical Approval Challenge Under Section 153D of Income-tax Act

By | July 2, 2026
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Remanded for Tribunal to Specifically Adjudicate Mechanical Approval Challenge Under Section 153D of Income-tax Act Issue Whether the Tribunal’s order is sustainable when it failed to specifically adjudicate the assessee’s contention that the approval granted by the JCIT under Section 153D was vitiated due to a mechanical application of mind, despite the issue being properly… Read More »

Reassessment Proceedings Initiated Beyond the Five Year Statutory Limitation Period Are Wholly Void and Untenable

By | June 27, 2026
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Reassessment Proceedings Initiated Beyond the Five Year Statutory Limitation Period Are Wholly Void and Untenable Reassessment Proceedings Initiated Beyond the Five Year Statutory Limitation Period Are Wholly Void and Untenable Issue Whether a reassessment notice issued under Section 25A read with Section 25(1) of the Kerala Value Added Tax Act, 2003, for the period 2009-10… Read More »

Deductions Under Section 80HHC Are Not Reduced by Section 80IA, and Capital-Linked Sales-Tax Remissions Are Capital Receipts

By | June 18, 2026
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Deductions Under Section 80HHC Are Not Reduced by Section 80IA, and Capital-Linked Sales-Tax Remissions Are Capital Receipts Issue Whether business profits must be reduced by deductions allowed under Section 80IA while computing the deduction under Section 80HHC of the Income-tax Act, 1961. Whether a sales-tax remission granted under the West Bengal Incentive Scheme, 1993—explicitly linked… Read More »