The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is in a fix over the application of one safe harbour rate to all sectors. A committee, formed last month to frame safe harbour rules as announced in the 2009-10 Budget to minimise transfer pricing disputes, ha ..
To prevent misuse of class action suits, the new Companies Act may specify a minimum number of shareholders or creditors of companies for exercising the right to file such cases, the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, has said. This is a ..
The NRO judgement has made half the nation legal experts. Almost anybody possessing legal or political knowledge is contributing to the NRO debate unleashed by the media. The former superior judges, lawyers and politicians are in great demand. The la ..
ndustrial Disputes Act, 1947— Ss. 10 and 15 — Reference — Jurisdiction of Labour Court — Scope of interference with Labour Court's award by High Court under Arts. 226 and 227 — Jurisdiction of Labour Court, held, emanate ..
Introduction of the courseIn every civilized legal system we can be classified the laws in two categories 1. Substantive Law 2. Procedural laws. The Law of evidence is one of the most important part of the procedural law. The law of evidence plays a ..
As the global capital of road accidents, there is no denying that India is in dire need of an overhaul of driving norms. As many as 1.14 lakh people in the country die each year due to road accidents, a number greater than anywhere else in the world. ..
The finance ministry has reportedly turned down a proposal by the Department of Policy and Promotion (DIPP) that had suggested doing away with the mandatory three-year lock-in period for FDI in the real estate sector. The ministry's point of view is ..
CHIEF Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry has reminded the Bar of its responsibility towards promoting rule of law and dispensation of justice to the people. Legal luminaries at a meeting in Lahore also discussed the issue of dispensation of justice a ..
CAMBRIDGE, MassachusettsLast week, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, found himself in trouble for once suggesting that US President Barack Obama had a political edge over other African-American candidates because he was "light-skinned" ..
Juvenile Delinquency: An Overview By Achuth Kylas*Karl Marx, the great communist philosopher held a vision in his mind, that vision was projected throu ..