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In the case of CIT Vs. SPL’s Siddharth Ltd. (Supra), before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, the facts were that notice issued by the A.O u/s. 147 r.w.s 148 of the Act for re-opening the assessment for the A.Y. 2002-03 was set aside by the Tribunal on the ground that the requisite approval of Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax, which is mandatorily required, was not taken.
CIRCULAR No: IRDA/F&A/CIR/ACTS/083/03/2012, dated 30-3-2012 -Please refer to Circular Nos: F&A/CIR/011/MAR-04, dated 23rd March, 2004 and IRDA/F&A/002/Apr-07, dated 16th April 2007 and IRDA/F&A/CIR/014/May-09, dated 29th May, 2009 issued by the Authority on declaration of bonus by life insurance companies which have set up operations post opening up of the sector.
It is hereby informed that the 31st Mar, 2012 of financial year 2011-12 falls on a Saturday. Hence, all Life Insurers, in connection with processing of applications of Unit Linked Business shall apply the following rule:
G.S.R. (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 12/2012-Customs, dated the 17th March, 2012, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 185(E) dated the 17th March, 2012, namely :-
Since in this case, the land is acquired compulsorily and no amount of compensation has been received by the assessee and further, the matter is still pending before the Hon’ble Allahabad High Court and has not attained finality, therefore, the provisions of section 2(47) (iii) and (v) section 45(5) would not apply in the case of the assessee.
IDBI Bank has decided to reduce its floating Home Loan rates on new loans, across loan slabs up to a maximum of 75 basis points (bps). The revised rates will come into effect from April 2, 2012. While the floating interest rates in respect of loans up to Rs. 25 lakh have been reduced by 25 bps, the extent of reduction is progressively higher for larger loan amounts: by 50 bps on loans ranging from Rs. 25 lakh to less than Rs.
Ministry of Finance has now decided that all branches having outstanding advances of Rs.6 crore and above as on March 31, 2012, need to be audited for the year 2011-12. And of the remaining (branches having outstanding less than Rs.6 crore), one-third branches are to be selected at random in such a way that all the remaining branches are audited at least once in three years.
The Reserve Bank of India’s guidelines inter-alia require that lenders should release all securities on receiving payment of loan or realization of loan. In Banking Codes and Standards Board of India’s (BCSBI’s) Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers, one of the commitment by banks is to return all the securities/ documents/ title deeds to mortgaged property within 15 days of the repayment of all dues agreed to or contracted.
RBI has also stated that provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and Rules do not support account portability between banks as records pertaining to identity of a client has to be maintained by the bank establishing relationship with the customer for a period of 10 years from the date of cessation of the transactions between the client and the bank.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has informed that all life insurance products are approved by the authority before being offered for sale by the insurance companies directly or through intermediaries. IRDA has also informed that it also clears the sale literature at the product approval stage. Focus is laid on making the sales literature relevant, fair and transparent to enable an informed decision by the purchaser of an insurance policy. IRDA has also issued guidelines mandating that “all insurance advertisements are comprehensible in light of the complexity of the product being sold
