We are pleased to share with you the copy of latest article authored by Mr. Rohit Jain and Mr. Deepesh Jain from our Direct Tax team. The same is also published Taxmann [(2020) 116 taxmann.com 96 (Article). The article deals about the fate of statutory liabilities including income tax liabilities of the corporate debtors undergoing […]
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INSIGHT: India Returns to the Conventional Regime of Taxation of Dividends
The existing regime of taxation of dividend in India is provided in Section 115-O of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 (the Act), which is a special provision for the levy of additional income tax on such distributed profits, commonly referred to as dividend distribution tax (DDT), on the amount of dividends declared or distributed […]
INSIGHT : India-Nonresidents Exempt from Filing Income Tax Return
The requirement to file a tax return in India is provided under Section 139(1) of the Indian Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), whereby all companies are required to furnish an income tax return irrespective whether the income earned by them (which has territorial nexus with India) is chargeable to tax in India or not (see […]
Whether black money act is retrospectively applicable?
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India passed a judgment on 15.10.2019 in an appeal filed by the Union of India against an interim order dated 16.05.2019 passed by the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court in a writ petition filed by Mr. Gautam Khaitan restraining the Union of India from taking any action against […]
Jurisdiction determined as per Section 42 and the doctrine of Forum Conveniens
Aasma Mohammed Farooq and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors. Link to Judgement / MANU/DE/4514/2018 In this case a writ petition had been filed before the Delhi High Court (Court) challenging the provisions of Section 5(1), 5(5), 8(3), 8(5) and 8(6) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (‘Act’). The Petitioners sought quashing […]
Independence of proceedings of Special Courts and Enforcement Authorities under PMLA
Case: Navdeep Singh vs. Assistant Director, Directorate of Enforcement Judgement Copy / MANU/PH/1764/2018 In this case before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Court), the petitioner, Navdeep Singh, had filed a petition for quashing of complaint under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). Prior to this, there was specific information with the police […]