Centre for Tax Laws

About the Centre for Tax Laws

The Centre for Tax Laws was established in 2018 under National Law University Delhi to work in the area of tax laws. A robust taxation framework helps in mobilizing revenue for governments’ welfare commitments and serves as the backbone of a sound economy. As it is only through Constant analysis and conversation that the civil society stays informed and involved in any area of law we as academics have instituted this centre especially for tax laws to bring the academia, industry and government together under a single platform. In future we will interacting with all stakeholders by organizing conferences, workshops, seminars, colloquiums, capacity development programs and publications on the current themes and debates reverberating for tax laws.

We want to facilitate a high-level research environment where the student community appreciates the significance of tax laws and gets experiential learning from the established experts in this field. We also want to consistently provide policy interventions in the form of comments, and feedback to the government as reforming the taxation laws is high on its agenda. Significantly, as the world is trying to rewrite the old international tax order created in the brick and mortar economy for the digital economy we want to observe, analyze and contribute in this process to make sure that it stays relevant for the revenue generation needs of an emerging economy like India.

With this broader objective we are working towards creating a pool of academics, lawyers, researcher, professionals, students and individuals who work in creating, implementing, formulating and analyzing the current tax laws both at national as well as international level..

We are also branching out in the area of property and real estate laws as they have great impact on our economy and are undergoing transformation. In future we will branch out in other areas of economic laws and have a platform which is interdisciplinary.

Objectives:

• To promote research in taxation laws
• To undertake projects on various aspects of taxation laws
• To organize programs, events, conferences, symposiums, debates, moot courts, seminars, lectures, workshops, rountable discussions etc to educate students and stakeholders on various aspects of taxation laws.
• To publish an annual tax law journal on selected tax themes or promoting tax scholarship
• To contribute working papers, research papers, comments, and feedbacks for contributing in tax policy formulation.
• To create open access online resources for the study of tax laws.

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Organizational Structure

1. Dr Jasper Vikas, Executive Director jasper.vikas@nludelhi.ac.in







2. Preeti Lakhera Research Director preeti.lakhera@nludelhi.ac.in

3. Prem Chand Honorary Member premlaw@nludelhi.ac.in

Advisory Committee:

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Student Associates:

Name	Name
• Ali Ahmed Chaudhary • Harjaap S. Ahluwalia • Samar Veer • Chinmaya Jain • Diya Agrawal • Shashwat Shukla • Chaitanya Chaturvedi • Aniket Yadav	• Kapil Chandel • Anushree Prasad • Tanya Shukla • Ella Ngente • Himanshi Tikawat • Sanskriti Agrawal • Manvir Ahluwalia

Upcoming Activities

1. Discussion on Contemporary Judgements of Tax Laws
2. Lecture series and seminars on Emerging Issues in Tax Laws
3. Discussion on Budget 2024, Finance Act, 2024
4. Two weeks Teachers training workshop on Tax Laws
5. Short Credit Course on Advanced Issues in Tax Laws
6. Roundtable Discussion on Proposals to Amend the Direct Tax Laws

Upcoming Projects:

1. Newsletter covering all major Tax Law judgements by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and Hon'ble High Courts from the year of 2023 and onwards
2. Research project on Search and Seizure under section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1961
3. Detailed analysis of the Budget 2024 and Finance Act, 2024
4. Providing policy responses to various initiatives by the government in the areas of tax laws. This will be done by writing our suggestion to any committees formulated to rework the existing tax law structures or by giving our comments on any new tax laws amendment or public consultation coming from the CBDT

Resources

We will be working in creating the following material which will be made available through open access to promote the study and analysis of tax laws in the country.

1. Text Books Material on various aspects of tax laws
2. Directory of various relevant sources for tax laws.

Policy Initiatives

Providing policy responses to various initiatives by the government in the areas of tax laws. This will be done by writing our suggestion to any committees formulated to rework the existing tax law structures. Or by giving our comments on any new tax laws amendment or public consultation coming from the CBDT.

Contact Details:

Centre for Tax Laws

Room No 206,

Academic Block

National Law University Delhi, Sector 14-Dwarka,

New Delhi-110078

Email: ctl@nludelhi.ac.in | https://ctlnlud.wordpress.com

The Centre for Tax Laws offers full time internships to students of law working in the area of taxation laws. Those interested may send in their application along with their CV along with a brief write up of 200 words as to “Reflection on the current tax laws”.