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Finance : The scheme provides financial incentives for new, expanded, and upgraded hospitality projects. Key takeaway: investors can reduce ...
Corporate Law : This explains how stringent organized crime laws can conflict with due process rights like fair trial and liberty. It highlights t...
Corporate Law : The issue highlights constitutional protections alongside broad detention powers. The takeaway is that procedural safeguards must ...
Income Tax : The issue is whether foreign businesses without offices in China must comply with tax laws. The key takeaway is that activities an...
Corporate Law : The law granting special powers to armed forces was upheld, but courts emphasized that such powers are not absolute. Safeguards li...
Corporate Law : The law removes criminal penalties for minor compliance breaches and replaces them with monetary fines. It holds that reducing cri...
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...
Corporate Law : The document outlines essential lease terms like rent, tenure, and obligations. The key takeaway is that LOI sets the foundation f...
Corporate Law : The reform addresses fraudulent activities in cooperative societies by introducing stricter governance and audit mechanisms. It en...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court of India invalidates State VAT amendments made post-GST, citing issues of legislative competence in Telangana, Gujar...
Corporate Law : Kharghar Co-op. Housing Societies Federation Ltd Vs Municipal Commissioner (Bombay High Court) Bombay High Court in the matter of ...
Corporate Law : Calcutta High Court held that computation of award amount without multiplying the amount with the multiplier 13 is unjustifiable....
Corporate Law : Ours being a Welfare State, the respondents who happen to be instrumentalities of the State under Article 12, cannot act arbitrari...
Corporate Law : Held that there is no infringement of copyright as some contents are bound to be similar as teaching given in the Holy Books Quran...
Corporate Law : The issue concerns revision of Dearness Relief rates for pensioners. The government increased DR from 58% to 60% effective January...
Corporate Law : The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024, introduced in Lok Sabha, aims to regulate coastal trade, boost domestic participation, and enhanc...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Agriculture announces revised guidelines for the AMI Sub-scheme of ISAM, effective from November 10, 2024, for new...
Corporate Law : The Central Government increases minimum wage rates by revising the Variable Dearness Allowance, effective October 1, 2024, aiding...
Corporate Law : MHA issues guidelines to ensure nondiscriminatory prison visitation rights for LGBTQ+ community, emphasizing equal treatment in al...
Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani today faced a Parliamentary committee which quizzed him on his company’s stakes in Swan Telecom and other aspects related to the 2G spectrum allocation to which he responded ‘freely’ but evaded replies on some contending the matter was sub-judice.
Amid increasing cases of tax evasion, frauds and corruption, Indian government on Tuesday announced it would revamp its nodal economic intelligence agency. President Pratibha Patil has sanctioned the constitution of a committee that will make recommendation to restructure the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), the finance ministry said in a statement.
The CBI today registered the ninth case in its probe of alleged corruption during Commonwealth Games naming seven senior engineers of CPWD and DDA for allegedly inflating cost of laying of synthetic turf as it carried out searches at 20 locations across the NCR. Besides these officials, a sports equipment providing company Jubilee Sports Private Limited which had got the contract for laying of synthetic turf for Lawn Bowl event during the Games has also been named in the case, official sources said.
The Union Government on Tuesday objected in the Supreme Court to the CBI’s decision to appoint senior advocate U. U. Lalit as special public prosecutor for the trial of former Telecom Minister A. Raja and other accused in the 2G spectrum allocation case. Attorney General G. E. Vahanvati told a Bench of Justices G. S. Singhvi and A. K. Ganguly that under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the special prosecutor has to be working under the State or the Union government for at least seven years.
Several Indian professionals will be adversely affected by Britain’s new immigration rules that come into effect tomorrow as part of the David Cameron government’s efforts to reduce migration from non-European Union countries. The new immigration regime includes tighter rules for students, limits on skilled professionals and new restrictions on the settlement of migrants who are already in Britain.
The Delhi government on Monday decided to impose a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage and use of plastic bags in the city. The Delhi Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit took the decision and directed all the concerned authorities like MCD, NDMC and Environment Department to implement the decision.
The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has published a draft policy on mobile governance that aims to enable government departments to provide services, including payment of utility bills and filing of tax returns from mobile phones. A platform called Mobile Service Delivery Gateway (MSDG) will be set up, on which all ministries and departments will be able to start their services, according to the document posted on the department’s website for public comments.
The President of India has sanctioned the constitution of a Committee with the following composition to review the role, functioning and structure of the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) in the changed economic scenario: i. Shri S. S. Khan Retired Member, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) ii. Ms Vijay Lakshmi Sharma Member, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) iii. Dr. Kewal Ram, Senior Economic Advisor Department. of Consumer Affairs iv. Deputy Director General (CEIB) Member (Secretary) to the Committee
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against seven officials of DDA & CPWD and one Delhi-based private firm on the allegations of conspiracy, cheating and misuse of official position by the accused to cause undue benefit to the private firm. The firm has provided and laid Synthetic Outdoor Flat Lawn Bowl Greens for Commonwealth Games- 2010 at New Delhi in which the accused officials of CPWD and DDA allegedly inflated the cost of the contract from the estimate of Rs.6 crores (approx.) to Rs.9.88 crores (approx.) by including allegedly false amounts against its cost, transportation, etc.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has today filed a chargesheet against nine accused persons and three private companies in the Court of Special Judge for CBI Cases, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi relating to the issuance of new Unified Access Services Licences and subsequent allocation of 2G Spectrum.
