In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in supersession of the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.26/2010-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the 29th March, 2010 vide number S.O.704(E), dated the 29th March, 2010,except as respects things done or omitted to be done
S. Ponniah Vs The Director General of Police and The Commissioner of Police – Writ Petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to promote the petitioners for the post of Sub-Inspector of Police with effect from January 2008 and 2010 respectively.
In the midst of a tax probe into finances of IPL, authorities have issued notices to several sponsors of the first edition of the Twenty20 event, including DLF, Adidas and Religare for non-payment of service tax. The notices have asked as to why no service tax has been paid for the sponsorship deal for the first edition of IPL, held in 2008, official sources said.
As per the information received from Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), at the instance of the High Level Coordination Committee on Financial Markets (HLCCFM) Government had set up a committee to revisit the legal and policy framework for regulating the activities of Credit Rating Agencies (CRAs).
The Government has said that as and when any instance of wrong doing by any company comes to the notice, action is taken as per provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. In addition, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has devised Early Warning System (EWS) based on the information available in MCA-21 System.
The Minister of Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid has said that there is no provision under the Companies Act, 1956 for merger of Indian companies with foreign companies. However, a foreign company may merge with an Indian company. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on merger of companies, Shri Khurshid informed the House that as part of Corporate Restructuring, one of the options available to corporate is merger. The corporate resort to merger according to their restructuring plans taking into consideration economics of scale, corporate sustainability and its long term objectives.
Reserve Bank had declared 108 Non Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) as vanishing companies during the last three years, Rajya Sabha was informed today. “Whenever a company is declared as vanishing the matter is referred to the Economic Offences Wing of the concerned state government,” Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said in a written reply.
The government has set up two income tax overseas units at its missions in Singapore and Mauritius and will create such units in eight more countries to facilitate exchange of information on tax-related issues, Parliament was informed today.
Income Tax department and the Unique Identification Authority of India have agreed “in-principle” to come together for rolling out PAN cards with unique 16 digit Aadhaar number. Official sources said both the UIDAI headed by Nandan Nilekani and the finance ministry has held series of meetings on the subject and are now in the process of working out the modalities.
1. CBI Conducts Searches At 36 Places In Daman, Mumbai, New Delhi And Offices Of Distilleries At Daman In Connection With Evasion Of Rs. 340 Crore Excise Duties And Vat In The Union Territory Of Daman 2. CBI Registers a case against Joint Secretary of MHA and others in this connection
