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Syllabus LL.B. VI
Syllabus LL.B. VI
VIth Semester
PRINCIPLES OF TAXATION LAWS
Unit-I
- Definitions-Agricultural Income, Assessee, dividend, Income, Person, Charitable Purpose, Assessment Year, Previous year
- Income which does not form part of total Income
Unit-II
-Heads of Income-Salaries ,Income from House Property, Profit and Gains from Business and Professions, Capital gains, Income from
other sources, Income from other persons to be included in assesses total income
Unit- III
- Double Taxation Relief
- Income Tax Authorities - Their constitution, powers and functions
- Procedure of Assessment- Regular Assessment of escaped income
- Assessment of Firms, Self-Assessment and Best Judgment Assessment
Unit-IV
- Deduction of Tax at source, Advance payment of tax
- Appeal, Revision and Reference
- Penalties and Prosecutions
- Suggested Readings:
- Dinesh Ahuja and Ravi Gupta, Systematic approach to Income Tax, (Latest Edition)
- Singhania, Student Guide to Income Tax,
- Taxation Laws-Kailash Rai
- Taxmann -(Latest Edition).
INTERPRETATION OF STATUTES
Unit-I
-Basic Principles of Interpretation
-Statutes
-Parts of Statutes
-Kinds of Statutes
-Intention of Legislature
-Meaning of Construction and Interpretation
-Purpose of interpretation
-Guiding rules of interpretation
-Literal rule, golden rule and mischief rule (Rule in Haeydon’s case)
Unit-II
-Rules relating to meaning of general words
-Nosciture a sociis
-Ejesdem generis
-Reddendo singular singulis
-Internal Aids of Construction
Unit-III
-Extrinsic Aids of Construction
-Historical Development
-Statutes in peri-maeteria
-Effect of usage and practice
-Stare-decisis
-Modification of words to suit intention of legislature-Mandatory and Directory Provisions
Unit-IV
-Construction of Penal and Beneficial statutes
-Distinction between penal and remedial statutes
-Liberal Construction of remedial statutes
-Mens-rea in statutory offences
-Construction of taxing statutes
Suggested Readings:
Interpretation of Statutes - Maxwell
Interpretation of Statutes - Bindra N.S.
Interpretation of Statutes - Singh G.P.
Interpretation of Statutes - Bhattacharya T.
Interpretation of Statutes - Mathur D.N.