In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraphs 2.1, 2.4 and 2.29 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby allocates a total quantity of 5,175 MTs of Raw Sugar(98 degree Pol), out of non-levy(free sale) quota for export under tariff rate quota(TRQ) to USA for the US fiscal year 2011 (October 1, 2010 to September 30, 2011) to be delivered before 31st October, 2011. This export will be through M/s. Indian Sugar Exim Corporation Ltd, New Delhi.
Companies (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 Dated- 22.09.2011- Registrar shall not keep any document pending for approval and registration or for taking on record or for rejection or otherwise for more than sixty days
Notification No. 67 /2011-Cus (N.T.) public limited company” shall have the same meaning as is assigned to “public company” in clause (iv) of sub-section (1) of section 3 of the Companies Act , 1956 ( 1 of 1956) and shall include a private company that becomes a public company by virtue of section 43A of the said Companies Act, 1956
Reference is invited to Section 35L(b) of the Central Excise Act,1944, made applicable to Service Tax vide Section 83 0f the Finance Act,1994 and Section 130E(b) of the Customs Act, 1962 which stipulates that appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court against a Tribunal order in a case involving determination of any question having a relation to the rate of duty or value of the goods for the purpose of assessment. Your attention is also invited to Circular No 935/25/2010-CX dated 21.09.2010 regarding Measures to streamline the processing of departmental litigation before the Courts and Tribunals.
A case was registered U/s 7 of PC Act 1988 against Supdt. (Audit), Central Excise, Indore for demanding a bribe of Rs. 50,000/- for showing official favour in the matter of accepting the report of Survey Department of Central Excise to clear the service tax of his company. CBI laid a trap and the accused was caught red handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.50,000/ from the complainant.
As you are aware, in its endeavor to ensure that the payment systems operated in the country are safe, secure, sound and efficient, RBI has been taking proactive measures to contain the incidence of frauds in these systems. One such measure has been the move to secure Card Not Present (CNP) transactions, making it mandatory for banks to put in place additional authentication/validation for all on-line/ IVR/MOTO/recurring transactions etc. based on information not available on the credit/debit /prepaid cards.
Nine months after the responsibility for Income Tax investigations was taken over by the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), the portfolio has now once again been vested with a separate member, in sync with the practice of previous years. The present Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), M C Joshi, had held on to the charge of I-T investigations when he took over on August 1 this year.
As you may be aware section 25 of the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007 accords the same rights and remedies to the payee (beneficiary) against dishonour of electronic funds transfer instructions for insufficiency of funds in the account of the payer (remitter), as are available to the payee under section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
The Court held that an order sanctioning a scheme under section 394 of the Companies Act falls within the description of the words ‘instrument’ and `conveyance’ within the meaning of the West Bengal Stamp Act, 1964. Accordingly, it is subject to stamp duty. The Court also observed that no property transferred pursuant to any scheme in the State of West Bengal would be effective unless appropriate stamp duty is paid. This ruling may be relevant in the States which do not have a specific clause for merger/demerger under sections 391-394 of the Companies Act, 1956 in the conveyance entry in the Stamp duty schedule.
Circular No. 146/15/2011 – Service Tax – Audit of the accounts of M/s Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, Tiruchirapalli – Issue of eligibility or otherwise of Notification No.03/1994 – ST dated 30.6.1994 in case of telephone services for local calls provided through Village Panchayat Telephones – regarding.
