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Finance : Section 10(10D) provides exemption only when premium limits are within prescribed thresholds. If premiums exceed these limits, mat...
Finance : The overview explains how India’s banking system is organised across public, private, and specialised banks under RBI supervisio...
Finance : This case explains the importance of using SIP calculators for estimating mutual fund returns. It highlights that such tools provi...
Finance : Jammu & Kashmir is rapidly transforming into a major investment destination with strong economic growth. The region offers diverse...
Finance : The development focuses on expansion of trading services in India. The company is enhancing access, support, and education to meet...
Finance : The agreements introduce structured protocols for intelligence sharing and monitoring compliance under PMLA. The ruling highlights...
Finance : The authority identified inconsistent SAC usage across IFSC units, impacting data reliability. It proposes standardised classifica...
Finance : The Government clarified that despite rupee depreciation, strong forex reserves and export competitiveness offset risks. The overa...
Finance : The Government is actively reviewing the economic impact of the West Asia conflict on oil prices and supply chains. Coordinated me...
Finance : The recognition is based on alignment with global regulatory frameworks like PFMI. The ruling highlights India’s commitment to i...
Finance : The issue was whether indemnity obligations arise only after final appellate confirmation. The Supreme Court held that liability a...
Finance : The issue was whether a succession certificate granted without impleading a minor heir was valid. The Supreme Court set aside the ...
Finance : Relying on Supreme Court precedents, the Court held that economic offences involving public money cannot be quashed unless no offe...
Finance : Supreme Court held High Courts cannot use Article 227 to strike off a plaint when CPC remedies exist; suit restored and defendants...
Finance : The ruling emphasizes that registering numerous FIRs in mass fraud cases is unnecessary and burdensome. Courts must focus on wheth...
Finance : The circular prohibits fiduciaries from providing multiple services to the same scheme to avoid conflicts. It ensures independent ...
Finance : IFSCA requires PSPs to obtain approval before joining Rupee Drawing Arrangements. The rule ensures strict adherence to AML, KYC, a...
Finance : IFSCA has revamped reporting norms with updated formats and new intermediary categories. The circular mandates quarterly reporting...
Finance : Pension funds must provide detailed disclosures, reports, and grievance redressal systems. Subscribers gain access to transparent ...
Finance : The circular addresses the need for standardized regulatory knowledge among intermediaries. It mandates certification for key pers...
The Delhi Consumer Commission has directed the HDFC Bank to pay Rs 35,000 as compensation to an export house for forcibly seizing a financed car on its failure to pay two instalments.”Whenever any bank resorts to such a method, it is liable to compensate the consumer as to the mental agony, harassment and humiliation suffered by him and return the post-dated cheques,” the Commission headed by Justice J D Kapoor said.
The Madras high court bench in Madurai has ruled that educational loans being provided by the banks are meant only for poor and meritorious students who can not not pursue their studies due to poverty. Dismissing a writ petition, filed by Harish Babu of Aruppukottai on Thursday, Justice S Manikumar said students with means to […]
Money managers, who have historically used dividends as a ploy to lure investors to tax-saving stock funds, are shying away from payouts this year, as a savage share market decline limits distributable surplus. Only seven tax funds have announced dividends in 2008/09, compared to 20 last year. The March quarter, which typically sees hectic activity […]
The era of qualified company accounts is about to close. Companies will have to restate their financial statements if auditors raise objections to any figure in annual accounts, if the government accepts a proposed recommendation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Annual reports would contain financial statements that fully satisfy the auditor’s […]
Government-backed bonds have traditionally attracted conservative investors. But fixed deposits took the sheen away from them last year after banks offered between 10 and 11 per cent yields. However, with fixed deposit rates coming down, the trend seems to be reversing. India Infrastructure Finance Company, for instance, is targeting retail investors for a Rs 2,600 […]
The solution will enable the bank to monitor any suspicious transfer of money, including terror financing State Bank of India (SBI) has announced that it has deployed a solution to prevent money laundering across its group companies and six associate banks. The solution has been deployed by 3i Infotech in compliance with the orders of […]
Your attention is drawn to the new Procedure for appointment of Branch Statutory Auditors in Public Sector Banks for the year 2008-09 already hosted on the website. It is an open invitation to all those Chartered Accountants/ CA firms which have been conducting audits as bank branch auditors since 2004-05 onwards continuously. In case they […]
All public sector banks may need to take CBI’s clearance before allowing one-time settlement of bad loans by customers under a new direction likely to be issued by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) soon. The circular, the proposal for which was mooted by CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) will ask all the banks to seek […]
Companies which commit criminal offence can be prosecuted and sentenced to fine, though they cannot be sent to jail as they are only juristic persons. This principle was reiterated by the Supreme Court in the case, Ballarpur Industries Ltd Vs State of Tamil Nadu.
1. What is a trade mark? A trade mark (popularly known as brand name) in layman’s language is a visual symbol which may be a word signature, name, device, label, numerals or combination of colours used by one undertaking on goods or services or other articles of commerce to distinguish it from other similar goods […]
