The Finance Act (No.2), 2014 has been enacted on 06.08.2014. Section 35F of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and Section 129E of the Customs Act, 1962 have been substituted with new sections to prescribe mandatory pre-deposit as a percentage of the duty demanded where duty demanded is in dispute or where duty demanded and penalty levied are in dispute. Where penalty alone is in dispute, the pre-deposit shall be calculated on the penalty imposed.
Provided that the chairperson of the company (whether executive or non-executive) may be appointed as a member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee but shall not chair such Committee.
The revised sub-regulation (3) of regulation 43 on anchor investor allocation, shall be applicable to issuers filing offer documents with the Registrar of Companies on or after the date of notification of SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2014
It has been noticed that penalty imposed u/s 86(15) is not waived of in case of some dealers who have opted Amnesty Scheme. Penalty u/s 86(15) is imposed for preparation of records and accounts in a manner that is false, misleading or deceptive.
Under Section 10(1) of the DVAT Act, 2004, where any purchaser has been issued with a credit note or debit note in terms of section 51 of this Act or if he returns or rejects goods purchased, as a consequence of which the tax credit claimed by him in any tax period in respect of which the purchase of goods relates
PROVIDED ALSO that the Commissioner may, after giving to the dealer an opportunity of being heard, may direct the dealer to deposit an amount deemed reasonable, out of the amount under dispute, before such objection is entertained.
With a view to providing flexibility in regard to the manner in which government securities can be acquired by eligible investors, it has now been decided to remove any stipulation as to the manner of acquisition from the said Regulations. Consequently, the eligible investors can acquire such securities in any manner as per the prevalent/approved market practice.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified the following issues with respect to the capitalisation of borrowing costs in power projects: 1) Borrowing costs incurred during extended delay in commencement of commercial production after the plant is otherwise ready, can not be capitalised by virtue of AS-10 & AS-16 issued by ICAI.
On a review, it has been decided to simplify the procedure by delegating powers to the AD Category – I banks to approve even those cases where the AMP of the fresh ECB is exceeding the residual maturity of the existing ECB under the automatic route subject to the following conditions:
Norms for contribution to Core SGF as well as default waterfall have been specified with a view that all the stakeholders (CC, SE and CMs) are incentivised to adequately monitor the risks brought into the system.
