After considering the views of the industry and a House panel, the government will table the Companies Bill 2009 in the forthcoming Budget session, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs said today.
The Income-Tax department has filed an appeal in Bombay High Court against an order of its tribunal allowing Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan to seek tax reliefs for using his membership at Otters Club in suburban Bandra and his BMV Range Rover car for
Stock market regulator Sebi today approached the Supreme Court against the order of appellate body SAT, which set aside its decision to impose penalty on Rakhi Trading for alleged rigging in derivatives trade. Sebi had imposed a penalty of Rs 1.08 cr
The government today banned exports of milk powder and its products to boost domestic supplies and check rising prices of milk. Besides, export of casein and its products, a protein derivative of milk, has also been banned by the Commerce Ministry.
The government has proposed to amend the Patent Rules and make e-filing of applications compulsory in order to bring clarity and efficiency. The commerce ministry’s Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has come out with a draft and aske
“ A candidate who is otherwise eligible to appear in the Final Examination shall not be required to be in service of articles/audit training on the first day of the month in which the final examination is held. However, such relaxation shall be confined only to first of such permissible examination (i.e., the Final Examination in which a student shall become eligible to appear in the Final Examination for the first time only but not thereafter), irrespective of whether he is from the stream of Professional Education Examination – II(PEE-II) or Professional Competence Examination(PCE) or Integrated Professional Competence Examination (IPCE) under the provisions of Regulation 29 C of the Chartered Accountants Regulations 1988.”
A case was registered against five persons for commission of offences punishable U/s 120-B r/w 420 IPC, Sec. 132 and 135 of Customs Act, 1962 and Sec. 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the basis of joint surprise check condu
From a conjoint reading of Sections 2(34) and 28 of the Act, it is manifest that only such a customs officer who has been assigned the specific functions of assessment and re-assessment of duty in the jurisdictional area where the import concerned has been affected, by either the Board or the Commissioner of Customs, in terms of Section 2(34) of the Act is competent to issue notice under Section 28 of the Act. Any other reading of Section 28 would render the provisions of Section 2(34) of the Act otiose in as much as the test contemplated under Section 2(34) of the Act is that of specific conferment of such functions.
Foreign exchange –Contravention of provisions of Act–Liable to prosecution as well as penalty by adjudicating officer–Proceeding before adjudicating officer for acts considered offence–Exoneration in adjudication proceedings–No case for criminal proceedings thereafter on same facts–Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973, ss. 8, 9, 50, 51, 56– Radheshyam Kejriwal v. State of West Bengal
Pyramid Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. Vs DCIT (ITAT Hyderabad) – The issues taken up by the CIT for revision of assessment under section 263 of the Act, namely, work-in-progress & closing stock, opening stock, and dis-allowance of expenditure on account of various heads, have already been considered by the assessing officer in the assessment proceedings under section 143(3) of the Act.
