As per section 141 of Negotiable Instruments Act, If the person committing an offence under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act is a company, every person who, at the time the offence was committed, was in charge of and was responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly
A high-powered committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has recommended stringent action against the Indian arm of global audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for delegating audit work in erstwhile Satyam Computer Services to an affiliate firm Lovelock & Lewes.
THE CVC had disposed off 468 cases during December 2009 referred to it for advice. The Commission advised initiations of major penalty proceedings against 70 officers. Of these, 20 were from public sector banks, 17 from M/o Railways, 11 from Northern Coalfields Ltd., 4 from Western Coalfields Ltd., 3 from MCD, 2 each from Ministry of Home Affairs and Central Board of Excise and Customs. The remaining 9 cases pertained to different departments of the Government of India and PSUs.
Calcutta High Court asked film actress Suchitra Sen to deposit Rs five lakh before opening up a hearing of her appeal challenging the income tax (I-T) department directive to pay hefty taxes for her flat in the city’s southern part. This is for the second time Ms Sen moved an appeal against the I-T department for imposing a wealth tax penalty of over Rs 30 lakhs on her property.
The Union government on Monday indicated it was hopeful of a favourable reply from the US Securities and Exchange Commission to a request for being lenient on scam-hit Satyam Computers, thereby allowing it to remain on the rehabilitation track.
Income-Tax officials on Tuesday conducted raids at the residents of senior state officials, including that of Chief Minister Shibu Soren’s personal secretary M L Pal, in connection with a multi-crore money laundering scam involving former chief minister Madhu Koda.
Accounting watchdog Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), which regulates auditors, is currently facing the prospect of meeting an income tax penalty of Rs 16 crore, after the Income-Tax department withdrew tax exemptions on the institute. It is also understood that the I-T department has written to the institute’s banks to freeze the accounting regulator’s accounts till the institute pays the penalty, according to persons familiar with the development.
Notification No.16 / 2010 – Customs (N.T.)- Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Mumbai IV to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties conferred or imposed on – (i) Commissioner of Customs, ICD, Nagpur, vide Show Cause Notice Number DGCEI/MZU/I&IS’A’/12(4)13/2007/6367 to 6370 & 6354 dated 08th August, 2007, Corrigendum DGCEI/MZU/I&IS’A’/12(4)13/2007/3549 dated 16th June, 2008
Adjudicating the matters relating to Show Cause Notice pertaining to M/s. Hazel Mercantile Private Limited and M/s Veritas Exports (a division of Sanman Trade Impex), issued by the Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch (Export), New Custom House, Mumbai.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 4 and sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby appoints the Commissioner of Customs, The Mall, Amritsar to act as a common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and discharge the duties
