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This article summarizes a recent ruling of the Special Bench (SB) of the Mumbai Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) [ITA No. 7315/Mum/2007] in the case of DCIT vs. Manjula Shah (Taxpayer) which held that, in the case of gifted capital asset, indexation benefit is available to a donee from the year of its acquisition by the previous owner. The SB adopted a purposive construction of the definition of 'Indexed Cost of Acquisition' (ICOA) by looking at the scheme of the Ind.. Full Article

SUMMARY OF CASE LAW Even after holding the shares for more than 12 months and showing such intention from the conduct, the Assessing Officer cannot replace his opinion for that of the assessee in holding that the shares are held as stock-in-trade and profit from which is to be assessed as business income. Full Article

Market regulator SEBI has clarified on the interpretation of certain amendments in the insider trading norms, in response to a few queries from companies. The regulator said the six-month restriction for directors and employees to transact in shares of a company is only intended for trading on stock exchanges and not applicable to the exercise [...] Full Article

SEBI/CFD/DIL/DIP/36/2009/09/07    Dated: July 9, 2009 1. In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, SEBI has amended the SEBI (Disclosure and Investor Protection) Guidelines, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as “the SEBI (DIP) Guidelines”).The full text of amendments is given in Annexure [...] Full Article