Bar Council of India amended Rule 4 on Member disqualification: Advocates are now ineligible only if two or more serious criminal cases are pending before the election.
Finance Ministry has curtailed the zero-duty period for Yellow Peas imports, limiting it to Bills of Lading issued on or before 31st October 2025.
The Ministry of Finance issued Notification 46/2025-Customs, reducing the import duty and AIDC on Yellow Peas to 10% and 20% respectively, effective November 1, 2025.
RBI’s 2025 Directions mandate banks to offer nomination for deposits/lockers, aligning with new laws. Customers must be informed; non-nomination requires a declaration.
Ministry of Labour and Employment introduced a temporary amendment allowing employers to regularize past defaults between July 2017 and October 2025 with a nominal ₹100 lump-sum penalty under the Employees’ Enrolment Campaign 2025.
The EDLI Scheme, 1976 is amended with a special provision for the Enrolment Campaign, setting a lump-sum damage of 100 for defaults from 2017–2025 for new members.
CBDT Notification 155/2025 confers concurrent powers on the Commissioner of Income Tax, CPC Bengaluru, to rectify apparent errors in assessment orders and issue demand notices for cases processed through the CPC interface, effective immediately.
Ministry of Finance has issued new rules enabling bank account holders to nominate up to four individuals, either successively or simultaneously, for deposits, lockers, and safe custody articles effective from November 1, 2025.
FSSAI’s 2025 amendment standardizes imported food testing methods, allowing internationally recognized standards when FSSAI manuals lack a method, and mandates a 5-day reporting limit.
Notification implements the India-Qatar Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and Protocol, effective from the next fiscal year, outlining rules for income tax, business profits, dividends, and interest to prevent fiscal evasion.
