Quashing a case filed against a cardiologist for stocking various medicines in his hospital allegedly for sale without licence, Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday ruled that mere possession of drugs would not constitute an offence under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act.
The centre is likely to come out with a uniform and market-friendly stamp duty structure for transactions in the capital and commodities markets within two weeks, a senior finance ministry official said. Department of Economic Affairs and Department of Revenue are in consultation to evolve a market friendly stamp duty structure, a senior ministry official said.
In the long-running tussle between the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and its younger rival MCX-SX, the Competition Commission is believed to have penalised NSE for abusing its dominant market position. As a penalty, NSE has been asked to pay 5% of its average annual turnover and also “cease and desist” of unfair trade practices in the currency derivative trading, sources said.
The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the Reserve Bank of India to disclose an advisory note it issued to ICICI Bank for alleged violation of any RBI guidelines or for contravention of the provisions of money laundering and foreign exchange acts. The case relates to an RTI application filed by SS Vohra, who had sought to know details of such advisory notes issued by the apex bank to Patna and Hong Kong branches of ICICI Bank.
The Government of India signed a Protocol, amending Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with Government of Singapore for effective exchange of information in tax matters today. The Protocol was signed by Shri Prakash Chandra, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on behalf of the Government of India and Ms. Karen Anne Tan Ping Ming, High Commissioner of Singapore to India, on behalf of the Republic of Singapore.
For the first time, DBRS has upgraded the trend of India’s Long Term foreign and local currency debt ratings from BBB (low) Negative to stable outlook. DBRS, an international sovereign credit rating agency, has been rating India’s debt since June 2007. Elaborating on the upgrade in the credit rating trend for India, DBRS has appreciated the efforts of the Government of India stating that there is ‘evidence of a stronger commitment to fiscal deficit reduction [in the] 2011-12 Budget’.
Broad Structure of Proposed Infrastructure DEBT funds (IDFs) Finalized; IDFs — A Novel Attempt to address the Issue of Sourcing Long term DEBT for Infrastructure Projects; RBI to Issue Regulations for Setting-up of IDFs on Company Route
CIT Vs H.P. Marketing Board (Himachal High Court)- Marketing board is not a local authority within the meaning of section 10(20) prior to the amendment made in section 10(20) when the word `local authority’ was not defined in the Income tax Act and the definition of `local authority’ as defined in section 3(31) of the General Clause Act was applicable.
Market regulator Sebi today exonerated N Venkataraman, former director of Pyramid Saimira Theatre , saying that he was not a board member when financial irregularities took place at the firm. It said investigations into the company’s affairs have revealed that accounts were manipulated during 2007-08, before Venkataraman was appointed as a director in PSTL.
The CBI is likely to receive by next week the documents it sought from Mauritius through Letter Rogatory in connection with the companies allegedly involved in the 2G spectrum allocation scam. Sources in the probe agency said some parts of the documents have been handed over to Indian High Commissioner in Mauritius by the local authorities, while some more are expected soon which will be forwarded to the CBI.
