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Excise exemption norms relaxed

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

The finance ministry has relaxed the area-based excise duty exemption norms, entitling companies to seek higher refunds based on their value addition. Manufacturing units with 15 per cent value addition are now eligible to seek special rate of refund ..

Posted in Taxation |   316 Views


RBI sets m-banking norms

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

The wait for rolling out mobile banking seems to be over, with the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) issuing draft operative norms for such payment system. Now, RBI said, it will be easier and safer to use mobile phones for carrying out a gamut of bankin ..

Posted in Labour & Service Law |   319 Views


Need to focus on GI in fight to reverse Ponni trademark

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

The fate of the famous Ponni variety of rice, nurtured in the fertile banks of Cauvery river across Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, now registered under the Malaysian Trademark Act by Malaysian commodities retail giant Syarikat Faiza, has once again expose ..



1) Indian drug firms wary of global customs norms

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

The World Customs Organisation (WCO), the intergovernmental body that aims at developing global standards for Customs departments, is planning to recommend stringent norms for enforcing the intellectual property rights of export consignments. However ..



Manufacturing Cos lead in filing patents

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

Corporate India is in an innovation mode. And, it’s not IT companies, but manufacturing conglomerates that rule the roost, going by the maximum number of patents filed. That’s not all. A SundayET analysis of the latest intellectual property rights (I ..



Maharashtra Govt announces stamp duty amnesty scheme

   13 June 2008 at 16:18

Maharashtra Government on Wednesday announced the stamp duty amnesty scheme whereby property purchasers who did not pay stamp duty on purchase agreements can regularise the sale by paying duty with a nominal penalty. Under the scheme, flat-owners who ..

Posted in Civil Law |   9179 Views


Jharkhand HC Additional Judge Appointed

   13 June 2008 at 08:08

Jharkhand HC Additional Judge Appointed New Delhi, Jun 12 The appointment of Ajit Kumar Sinha as an Additional Judge of the Jharkhand High Court by President Pratibha Patil was announced by the Law and Justice Ministry this afternoon.He will have a t ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   327 Views


SC orders fresh hearing of SIFCL case

   13 June 2008 at 08:08

SC orders fresh hearing of SIFCL case New Delhi, Jun 9 The Supreme Court today set aside both Allahabad High Court and Reserve Bank of India (RBI) the rulings of debarring Sahara India Finance Corporation Limited (SIFCL) from accepting deposits from ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   466 Views


Kerala HC directive on distribution of ration items

   13 June 2008 at 08:08

Kerala HC directive on distribution of ration items Kochi, Jun 12 The Kerala High Court today observed it was desirable for the government to hand over wholesale distribution of ration articles to the Civil Supplies Corporation run by it.Mr Justice C ..

Posted in Others |   276 Views


SC dismisses petition seeking ban on ''Dashavataram'

   13 June 2008 at 08:08

SC dismisses petition seeking ban on ''Dashavataram' New Delhi, Jun 12 The Supreme Court today dismissed a petition seeking a ban on the screening of a movie ''Dashavataram'' on the grounds that it hurt the religious sentiments of Hindus.A vacation b ..

Posted in Others |   235 Views