Aruna Ramachandra Shanbaug's right to live with dignity by not force feeding her comatose body of 36 years has yet again brought into sharp focus the legality and morality of euthanasia after the apex court admitted a plea on merits yesterday (18 Dec ..
Gujarat assembly passes mandatory voting billPTI 19 December 2009, 08:10pm IST GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat assembly on Saturday passed a landmark bill which makes, for the first time in the country, voting mandatory in local body polls. The Gujarat Local Au ..
Company Law Board to get 3 new membersThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of following officers as Members in Company Law Board: 1. Shri U. C. Nahta ( Member Technical )2. Smt. Lizamma Augustine ( Member Judicial); ..
Bringing relief to the working class of the country facing an unprecedented price rise, the government has decided to hike the minimum wages to Rs 100 from existing Rs 80 per day. “The decision to hike minimum wages to Rs 100 per day would be i ..
Question:- Please explain sale in course of import by transfer of documents of title to goods before the goods crosses Custom Frontiers of India ((High Seas Sale) with special reference to when the goods crosses Custom Frontiers of India.Answer :- Th ..
INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA Bill No. 61 of 2009THE INDIAN TRUSTS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2009 A BILL further to amend the Indian Trusts Act, 1882. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Sixtieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— Short title and comm ..
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the then Commissioner Income Tax (Appeal), XIV, Mumbai U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act. on the allegation that he had obtained pecuniary advantage to the tune of Rs. 50 lakhs (approx) ..
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday said the initiatives taken and proposed in the new direct tax code (DTC) will check avoidable litigations with resident as well as non-resident tax payers. Addressing the Parliamentary Consultative Committe ..
The much dreaded Delhi Value Added Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2009 raising the slab of 4 per cent to 5 per cent, was passed by voice vote in the Delhi Assembly today. The Bill was passed unopposed as the Opposition BJP had walked out during Chief Ministe ..
India Inc has informed the ministry of finance that the government can unlock a whopping Rs 50,000 crore in revenue if it fast- tracks cases related to direct and indirect taxes that are pending in various tribunals and courts. The Confederation of I ..