Disheartened' by the grave allegations of sexual exploitation of children lodged at a Juvenile Home in the state, the Madras high court has ordered a probe into the whole affairs of the home. Justice TS Sivagnanam, referring to various statutory prot ..
Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, arrested for allegedly raping his domestic help, was on Saturday shifted to the state-run J J Hospital after he complained of acute back pain due to slip disc. A sessions court on Friday directed the authorities at the A ..
Observing that mere suspicion of a woman about her husband's affair with another woman cannot be a ground for divorce, the Bombay High Court has set aside a divorce granted to a techie and his lecturer wife by a family court in Pune. After marriage, ..
ON 2ND OCT 2009, THE UNION GOVRNMENT ISSUING NOTIFICATION WHICH CLEARS WAY TO STATES TO FORM THE GRAMA NYALAYAS. THERE WILL 5 THOUSAND FIRST CLASS MAGISTRATE COURTS IN ALL OVER INDIA, BUT THIS YEAR INTIALLY IT WILL BE AROUND 200NOS,LATER THE TOTAL CO ..
THE Karnataka High Court has ruled that technology firms are subject to withholding taxdeduction of tax at sourceon purchase of software from global vendors such as Microsoft. This would push technology firms and branded software distributors into a ..
Cost of insurance for property and health could rise next year as proposed taxes on investment income will wipe out whatever margins are left for non-life companies. Balance sheet data for `08-09 of the non-life insurance companies in India reveal th ..
A raft of tax experts and professional bodies including chambers of commerce across the country thinks virtually every line of the new direct tax code may have to be rewritten to shield domestic companies and their operations, both in India and over ..
The insurance claims paid to policy holders in the event of death or disability will be subject to payment of income tax if the new Direct Taxes Code proposals are implemented. The Code proposes that contributions by the insured are subject to the EE ..
India's capital markets regulator said on Tuesday it has not received an application for dual listing, seen as a key issue holding up a finalisation of tie-up talks between Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN. Securities and Exchange Board of India ..
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet leading industry chambers here on October 9 to discuss issues arising out of the proposed new direct tax regime. The three industry bodies, CII, FICCI and Assocham are expected to take a common stand on the ..