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employee of a foreign company or a citizen of India employed by a foreign company outside India, and in either case on deputation to the office/ branch/ subsidiary/ joint venture in India of such foreign company, may open, hold and maintain a foreign currency account with a bank outside India and receive the salary payable to him by credit to such account subject to the conditions mentioned therein, which inter alia, include that the amount to be credited to such account.. Full Article

After much wait, the new perquisite rules have now been notified last month, which are effective retrospectively from April 1, 2009. By and large, the perquisite rules in respect of rent-free accommodation are similar to the erstwhile rules. Nevertheless, the following points merit attention: Full Article

Former Chhattisgarh High Court Judge Mr Justice Dilip Raosaheb Deshmukh took charge as the new Chairman of the Company Law Board (CLB) on Friday, four days ahead of the originally scheduled joining date. This follows a request by the Government as the presiding Chairman, Mr R. Vasudevan, was arrested on Tuesday by the CBI in a bribery case. The CLB Chairman's post was held by bureaucrats for many years. Full Article