In a recent judgement, a Division Bench of the Bombay High Court has held (among other things) that in case of a “public company”, the agreements between the shareholders which provides for restrictions on free transferability of shares are to be res
Companies Bill, 2009 (the Bill) was introduced on 3rd August, 2009 in the Lok Sabha and was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance of the Parliament (the SCF) for examination and report. The Bill seeks to codify a new law to regulate companies
The new Companies Bill could contain a provision that will make auditors compensate retail investors in cases of corporate fraud, a measure aimed at bringing in more accountability into audit profession.
Tax officials are scrutinising other cross-border mergers like the Vodafone-Hutchison deal for possible tax evasion after the Bombay High Court rejected a petition against imposition of tax on the deal, a key finance ministry official said on Moday.
The Finance Ministry today said safe harbour rules — a set of norms that would enable the income tax (I-T) authorities to accept without scrutiny the tax returns by the Indian units of foreign companies — would be soon put in place. “Safe harbour
The CBI, probing the about Rs 14,000-crore accounting scam in IT firm Satyam Computers today completed its arguments on the charges to be framed against 10 accused in the case. CBI’s Special Public Prosecutor K Surendra who had last week begun argume
With International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to be made mandatory from April 1 next year, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards have drawn up all but three standards to be f
Notification No. 93 / 2010 – Customs, New Delhi, the 14th September,2010. G.S.R. 753 (E). — In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table below, shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely :-
In terms of para 9 of Schedule 1 to the Notification, Indian companies are required to report, the details of the amount of consideration received for issue of FDI instruments, viz. equity shares, fully and mandatorily convertible preference shares and debentures under the FDI scheme, in the Advance Reporting Format along with the KYC report on the non-resident investor, to the Regional Office of the Reserve Bank in whose jurisdiction the Registered Office of the company operates, within 30 days of receipt of the amount of consideration. Further, the Indian company is required to issue the FDI instruments to the non-resident investor within 180 days of the receipt of the inward remittance and report the same in Form FC-GPR, to the Regional Office concerned of the Reserve Bank, within 30 days from the date of issue of shares.
