IT czar Azim Premji today expressed concern over various scandals that have surfaced in the country during the last one year and said good leadership in politics, bureaucracy, business and society would help end corruption in India. In the last one year we witnessed the Telecom scandal, CWG and medical recruitment scandals..We need to put an end to it by leadership in society, politics, bureaucracy, and equally important,leadership in commerce and industry, he said.
The Madhya Pradesh government has extended the suspension of 1978 batch IAS couple Arvind and Tinu Joshi, accused for amassing huge wealth, by another 180 days, official sources said here today. The government decided to extend the suspension period as the Nirmala Buch committee set up in July last year to look into the matter is yet to submit its report.
Notification No. 23 – Income Tax [F.NO. 203/46/2010/ITA-II], DATED 28-4-2011- It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Centre for Social Studies, Surat has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules) with effect from assessment year 2010-11 onwards in the category of ‘Other Institution’ partly engaged in research activities subject to the following conditions, namely:-
Notification No. 22 – Income Tax [F.NO.203/43/2010/ITA-II], DATED 28-4-2011- It is hereby notified for general information that the organization Indian Society of International Law, New Delhi has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (iii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules) with effect from assessment year 2010-11 onwards in the category of ‘Other Institution’ partly engaged in research activities subject to the following conditions
Notification No. 21- Income Tax [F.NO. 203/41/2010/ITA-II], DATED 28-4-2011 It is hereby, notified for general information that the organization Chettinad Academy of Research and Education, Kanchipuram has been approved by the Central Government for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (said Act), read with Rules 5C and 5E of the Income-tax Rules, 1962 (said Rules), from assessment year 2010-11 onwards in the category of ‘Other Institution’, partly engaged in research activities subject to the following conditions, namely:-
MAH. ACT NO XV OF 2011- Maharashtra Tax Laws (Levy, Amendmend and Validation) Act, 2011 with Date of effect Notification for provisions of certain sections. Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act Notifications – MAH. ACT NO XV OF 2011.
The US has said it will “encourage” India to change its policies which give exclusive rights to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for selling the satellite capacity to the lucrative direct—to—home television market. In a report, the US Trade Representative (USTR) raised concerns over India not allowing foreign operators to participate in direct selling of satellite capacity to direct—to—home (DTH) market.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (c) of sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Maharashtra Tax Laws (Levy, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2011 (Mah. XV of 2011), the Government of Maharashtra hereby appoints the 1st May 2011 to be the date on which the provisions of sections 3 to 15, 16(1), (2) and (4), 17, 18, 19(2) and (3) and sections 20 and 21 of the said Act shall come into force.
J.G. Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India & ANR. – The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Gauhati high court and upheld the award of the arbitrator in the dispute over delay in the construction of the extension of the Guwahati airport terminal. The contracted period for completion of the project was 21 months, but it was extended twice. The contractor and the government blamed each other for the delay, and ultimately the government cancelled the contract. The dispute was referred to arbitration and the award was in favour of the construction firm. However, the high court set aside the award, leading to the appeal in the Supreme Court (J G Engineers Ltd vs Union of India). The court held that the contractor was entitled to extension of the period for completion of the work, as the delay was caused by the government. The firm was also entitled to escalation costs for the work done during the extended period. It cannot be imposed penalty for the delay. Moreover, since the delay was caused by the government, it cannot make counter-claims against the firm, the judgment said.
CIT Vs M/s Anantha Gas Suppliers (Andhra Pradesh High Court) In the absence of any ambiguity, we have to take into consideration the plain language of the statutory provision and the obvious intention of the Legislature in using such a plain language. The Legislature merely said ‘gas cylinders including valves and regulators’, it has not spelt out any qualification as to the size of the gas cylinder so as to entitle to claim depreciation @ 100%. The decisive factor being the language employed in the statutory provision, we are unable to accede to the view that on account of the container which is in fact a cylinder being mounted on the chassis of the truck, the entire item has to be treated as transport vehicle for which the depreciation can be claimed at 40%.
