It is clarified that for the half-year October 2009 – March 2010, the CRA shall receive the report of the internal audit by May 31, 2010. Its Board of Directors shall consider the report and take appropriate measures to rectify the deficiencies and the CRA shall send the Action Taken Report to SEBI by July 31, 2010.
The framework for SLB was specified vide circular no. MRD/DoP/SE/Dep/ Cir- 14/2007 dated December 20, 2007 and was operationalised with effect from April21, 2008. The SLB framework was revised vide circular no. MRD/DoP/SE/Cir-31/2008 dated October 31, 2008. Pursuant to feedback received from market participants and proposals for revision of SLB received from NSE and BSE, the framework is now modified as under:
Most likely, Monday, January 4th 2010 is when you would have recovered from the new year celebrations and the weekend that follows. It will also be the day when Indian stock markets first open at 9 am. The leading association of brokers, Association of National Exchanges Members of India (ANMI), has made a last ditch attempt to stick to the current timings. But the stock exchanges have reiterated that markets would open 55 minutes earlier. Given the keen competition, they are vying to garner as much volumes for themselves as possible.
A public prosecutor representing the state in criminal cases need not divulge details of the legal opinion given to the government as it is privileged communication, the Madras High Court has ruled. In a similar case Supreme Court said that a judge could not be asked under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as to how and why he came to a particular conclusion in a judgment.
Can a judge be asked under the Right to Information (RTI) Act as to why and how he came to a particular conclusion in a judgment? No, says the Supreme Court. The apex court saw the mischief potential of queries under the RTI Act in relation to a judge and his judgments and a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justice B S Chauhan firmly said that a judge speaks through his judgments and he could not be made to answer questions relating to his verdict in a case.
The finance ministry, upset with the new rules for calculating foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian companies, has sought to overhaul the entire policy to shut ‘loopholes’ that allow investors to breach sectoral FDI caps through investments via offshoots. In a fresh missive to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the government body responsible for framing foreign investment policy, the ministry has asked for a review of the policy that has caused much confusion among investors, foreign and Indian.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 129A of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 39/2005-Customs ( N.T.) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.307(E) , dated the 13th May, 2005, namely:-
The forthcoming budget may contain provisions for taxing the undistributed dividend of foreign corporations that are controlled or owned by Indian companies. Controlled Foreign Corporations (CFCs) laws enable the authorities to tax the income of a resident derived from a foreign corporation. This is irrespective of whether the profit/dividend of the foreign entity is transferred to India or not.
Notification No. 01/2010- Customs (N.T.)- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1B) of section 129A of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 49/2005-Customs (N.T.) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R.410(E),dated the17th June, 2005, namely :-
In line with the Orissa government’s commitment to usher a new era of e-governance, the state on Monday introduced hassle-free e-registration of sale and purchase of land through the public private partnership . Inaugurating the e-registration system here at a crowded meeting, chief minister Naveen Patnaik asserted that this move would ensure faster, simpler, accurate system of automation for all the 64 types of deeds in 177 sub-registrar offices as centers”.
