Law

GST officials bust Rs 31.95 crore input tax credit fraud in Delhi, one held

IANS | October 31, 2025 3:51 PM

New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Central GST officials have busted a Rs 31.95 crore scam in the national capital involving a company that was fraudulently availing Input Tax Credit (ITC) based on fake invoices. The director of the company has been arrested, according to an official statement issued on Friday.

Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group used dozens of shell entities to divert funds: Cobrapost report

IANS | October 30, 2025 2:56 PM

New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) News website Cobrapost, in its report on the alleged siphoning of Rs. 28,874 crore by the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, on Thursday claimed that the modus operandi deployed included the use of dozens of pass-through entities, called Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), subsidiaries, shell companies or offshore entities based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cyprus, Mauritius, the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore, to route funds to Reliance Innoventure -- the main holding company of the group.

Mere recovery of currency notes not enough for conviction in corruption case: SC

IANS | October 29, 2025 7:15 PM

New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court has reiterated that the mere recovery of tainted currency notes cannot justify a conviction under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PC Act), adding that the demand and acceptance of illegal gratification must be proved beyond reasonable doubt before a presumption of guilt arises.