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Discussion on Amendment in RTI Act

   22 April 2010 at 16:33

The issue of amendments to the RTI Act including regarding rejection of vexations and frivolous requests was discussed in a meeting held with the Chief Information Commissioners and Information Commissioners on 14.10.2009. Different views were expr ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   419 Views


Hope there will be very big firms in LLP format

   19 April 2010 at 14:28

The ministry of corporate affairs has been in the thick of policymaking in the aftermath of the Satyam scandal. Corporate affairs secretary RCorporate affairs secretary R Bandyopadhyay Bandyopadhyay speaks about the many challenges before the mini ..

Posted in Corporate Law  1 comments |   450 Views


No need to close a/c for tax relief on bad debt: SC

   19 April 2010 at 14:27

The Supreme Court has ruled that it is not necessary to square off bad debts by closing borrower’s account individually to claim deduction by the assessee lending institutions under the provision of the Income Tax Act. A bench comprising Jus ..

Posted in Taxation |   534 Views


NSE COMES UNDER RTI AMBIT, SAYS DELHI HC

   16 April 2010 at 11:44

The Delhi High Court (HC) on Thursday said the National Stock Exchange (NSE) was a public authority and was bound to reveal information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Justice Sanjiv Khanna dismissed NSE’s plea that it could not be f ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   380 Views


'NEW COMPANIES BILL TO BRING MORE CLARITY'

   14 April 2010 at 12:07

Independent directors of many companies post the Satyam episode were apprehensive about continuing with their roles, said R Bandhopadhyaya, secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs. He was speaking on the new Company Law Bill, corporate social respo ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   517 Views


'COMPANIES BILL SEEKS TO PROVIDE MORE POWER TO SHAREHOLDERS'

   13 April 2010 at 14:14

The government on Monday said the new Companies Bill seeks to provide more powers to the shareholders and ensure greater transparency about the functioning of corporates. "The new (companies) bill, which hopefully we will pass this year, is wit ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   335 Views


EXCLUDE LAND VALUE FROM SERVICE TAX: ICAI

   10 April 2010 at 12:10

Accounting regulator ICAI has called for excluding land value from the proposed service tax on the realty sector, saying land is a state subject. "When a prospective buyer makes an advance payment to the builder against booking of a specified u ..

Posted in Taxation |   561 Views


RBI ASKS BANKS TO EXTEND DEBT RELIEF BENEFITS

   07 April 2010 at 11:32

The Reserve Bank has directed urban cooperative banks not to treat the accounts of the farmers covered under the Debt Relief Scheme as bad if they agree to repay 75 per cent of due by June 30, 2010. The RBI directive follows the government decision, ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   380 Views


I-T CAN'T BE SARAL SO LONG AS LAWS ARE TAXING

   06 April 2010 at 12:13

The finance ministry will soon unveil a new format for income-tax returns that will hopefully make tax filing easier for the salaried and pensioners. Theoretically, redesigning a returns form should not be as complex as, say, rewriting archaic incom ..

Posted in Taxation |   551 Views


GOVT NON-COMMITTAL ON FDI POLICY CHANGE FOR PRIVATE BANKS

   06 April 2010 at 12:12

The government on Monday said the new FDI policy “is doing very well”, signalling that the private sector banks like ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank will be treated as foreign entities as majority of their ownership lies with overseas investors ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   331 Views