SMS Tea Estates Pvt. Ltd. Vs. M/s. Chandmari Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd. (Supreme Court of India)- SC held that under the provisions of Registration Act, 1908 (‘Registration Act’) an arbitration clause can remain enforceable in certain situations even if it forms part of an unregistered (but compulsorily registrable) document. But the agreement including the arbitration clause will not be admissible as evidence in court prior to payment of deficit stamp duty and penalty as per Stamp Act, 1899 (‘Stamp Act’).
We may very often say great things about Indian Judiciary or legal system. It is true that we have had great legal luminaries, who played a very important role in our democracy defending the Fundamental Rights of the people, expanding the scope of Part-III of Indian Constitution and who played a very important role in preserving and upholding the Constitutional Principles. People with no exposure to Courts, may appreciate our legal system and Indian Judiciary when they look at the intervention of High Courts and Supreme Courts in the matters of public importance.
Delhi High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of Service Tax on renting of immovable property with retrospective effect While upholding the levy of Service Tax on Renting, their Lordship has left open the question of imposition of penalty for period prior to 2010 to be examined by the Govt. in view of the fact […]
Thirteen South African Indians, all members of an extended family, have been arrested from a largely Indian residential locality near here, for allegedly defrauding the revenue service of millions of rands, in a scam that has left the township residents shocked. The accused, including a mother, her four children and other close and not so close relatives of the family, were arrested from the Lenasia area, south of here, largely populated by ethnic Indians.
It is a great honour to take over the chair of G24 and I thank you for enabling it. I bring greetings from all the people of India. South Africa and its dynamic Finance Minister Mr Pravin J Gordhan has successfully steered this group over the last one year. Let me thank him and his team, on behalf of all of us present here. I also take this opportunity to welcome the new 2nd Vice Chair , Minister Fayza Aboul Naga of Egypt.
Shri Anand Sharma Commerce, Industry and Textiles Minister of India along with Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Finance Minister and Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission led the Government of India delegation to the India-U.S. CEO Forum meeting in Washington D.C. on September 22, 2011. The Forum comprises top CEOs from both sides and is co-chaired by Ratan Tata on the Indian side and David M. Cote, CEO of Honeywell Corporation of the USA. Minister Sharma and the United States Trade Representative (USTR), Ambassador Ron Kirk chaired the session on Review of CEO/Government collaborative projects in different areas including energy efficient buildings, water, agriculture, health care/diabetes; Strategic, high tech and defence trade; and facilitating business travel and totalization agreement . US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Deputy National Security Advisor Mr. Michael Froman led the US Government delegation.
First, it is worth considering whether we are giving excessive weightage to the balance and sustainable elements of the Framework, and too little to strong growth. The question of growth is particularly relevant at this juncture, when the recent developments in the global economy are cause for serious concern. The Framework exercise was initiated on the assumption that the global economy was recovering reasonably well from the economic and financial crisis, and hence the G 20 needed to turn its attention to medium to long-term issues.
While BRICS countries recovered quickly from the 2008-09 global financial crisis, some of us have been subject to inflationary pressures and growth prospects of all our countries have been dampened by global market instability. In advanced countries, the build up of sovereign debt and concerns regarding medium to long-term plans of fiscal adjustment are creating an uncertain environment for global growth. Also, excessive liquidity from aggressive policy actions taken by central banks to stabilize their domestic economies has been spilling over into emerging market economies, fostering excessive volatility in capital flows and commodity prices.
We are meeting here at the time when global economic growth seems to be losing its momentum after about a year and half of fragile and uneven recovery. There are signs of economic and financial weaknesses in Europe and the US that threaten the global economic outlook. The robust and quick recovery in EMEs also seems to be running out of steam. It is important that at this juncture the BRICS countries have come together to discuss the implications and the possible policy responses to the emerging situation in the US and Europe and in doing so make an assessment around the following agenda points:-
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