penal interest

The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has penalised a number of banks—both government-run and private—in the last three years for violating its guidelines. The alleged violations include “non-adherence of know-your-customer (KYC) norms, failure of internal controls in initial public offerings, violation of foreign exchange management guidelines and non-maintenance of prescribed cash reserve ratio (CRR) and [...] Full Article

Banks were told by the Reserve Bank of India  on Tuesday to ensure clearance of all local cheques within a day and of outstation cheques within 14 days. Compliance is to be reported within a month. Each bank branch is to display the cheque collection policy prominently on the banks’ website. Failure to adhere to the [...] Full Article

Tightening its belts, the income tax department has chalked out an intensive strategy on collections in the backdrop of slowing economy. Though, direct tax collections have been buoyant so far, the department is not taking any chances as the deadline for payment of the third installment of advance tax is drawing near.A meeting of senior level field officials of income tax department on Wednesday, that was called specially at the behest of revenue secretary PV Bhide, took.. Full Article

CIT v. Marubeni India (P.) Ltd. In case where the present employer did not include salary paid by the previous employer u/s 192(2), because previous employer did not provide the details of disbursement, issue arose whether such present employer is liable for penal interest. It was held by HC that the liability of the present employer is limited only to the extent of details furnished by the employee with reference to his previous employment. In other words the present em.. Full Article