The Law Ministry is in the process of seeking more information from CBI and other agencies to take a final call on the investigative agency’s request seeking sanction to prosecute 20 members of IT tribunal for their alleged role in outsourcing writing of judgements to private individuals to favour them.
The Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI, has asserted that its system is reliable and can achieve the task of providing unique ID cards to the entire population of the country. It dispelled fears that the biometric technology being employed for the Aadhaar project is flawed.
5 Accountant Members and 8 Judicial Members were administered oath of office on Monday 23.01.2012 in Court Room No 1 in Mumbai by Shri G.E. Veerabhadrappa, Hon’ble President who welcomed them to the ITAT Family. They are
The Reserve Bank of India today released the Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments Third Quarter Review 2011-12. The document serves as a backdrop to the Monetary Policy Statement to be announced on January 24, 2012.
Hon’ble Chief Justice Mr. Mohit S. Shah of Bombay High Court has administered oath to the following new Judges on 23/1/2012. 1. Hon’ble Justice Mr. M.S. Sanklecha 2. Hon’ble Justice Mr. R.D. Dhanuka 3. Hon’ble Justice Mr. S.P. Deshmukh
The income tax department may not go in for filing a review petition on the Supreme Court’s judgement on the Vodafone taxation case. Top sources in the department said that a 10-member ‘core committee’, which has been specially constituted, will go into the details of the order. But the department may take a view not to file a review petition against the order which was delivered by a three-member Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia on Friday, the sources said.
As an ongoing attempt to enable the members to keep pace with the latest developments in direct taxes, the Direct Taxes Committee of ICAI has entered into an arrangement with Taxmann, a reputed and a well known publisher, wherein Taxmann has agreed to provide all materials that are published and made available by it as a part of its standard practice and procedure on its website www.taxmann.com at a subsidized price of Rs. 3500/- p.a. vis-a- vis its market value which is Rs.7500/-. With this, the Committee has tried to make available, in a timely manner, relevant educational resources at a subsidized cost to the members, which in turn would enable them to discharge their functions in an effective manner.
The Central Bureau of Investigation Mumbai has filed a chargesheet against an Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (an IRS Officer of 1992 Batch); her husband (a Chemical Engineer & a businessman of Mumbai) and an Asst. Commissioner of Income Tax in a bribery case of Rs.Two crores.
In a decision that might have an impact on realty prices, the Bombay High Court has upheld the decision of the Union government to levy service tax on construction of flats and shops. A division bench held by Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Amjad Sayed on Friday upheld the decision of the Centre to levy service tax, saying it was legal and constitutional.
High-value term deposits in banks may not be subjected to tax deducted at source (TDS) if the finance ministry agrees to proposals made by banks on Thursday. In a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, bankers proposed that the limit on interest from deposits beyond which TDS is required to be deducted be increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 considering the surge in volume of transactions and inflation over the last few years.
