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ESSENTIAL GOODS MAY GET SERVICE TAX SOP ON RAILS

   21 July 2009 at 12:15

The Union Budget proposal to levy a 10% service tax on railway freight may see a partial rollback, with the government planning to exempt sensitive commodities such as food items and fertilisers as it looks to arrest spiralling retail food prices. A ..

Posted in Taxation |   164 Views


GOVT REJECTS SINGLE TAX & LEVIES DEMAND OF TELECOM INDUSTRY

   21 July 2009 at 12:12

The government has rejected the telecom industry’s plea for a single tax regime, giving a big blow to the private GSM operators long-pending demand. A committee was constituted to study the structure of taxes and levies in the telecom sector a ..

Posted in Taxation |   146 Views


ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON VISCOSE YARN FROM CHINA

   21 July 2009 at 12:11

The government has imposed anti- dumping duty of up to USD 11.38 per kg per on imports of viscose rayon filament yarn to guard the domestic industry from cheap Chinese shipments. After concluding that imports from China and Vietnam are taking place a ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   259 Views


Ministry defends retrospective amendments to tax law

   21 July 2009 at 11:57

The Finance Ministry has defended the recent trend towards increased retrospective amendments to the income-tax law handed down in successive Budgets.The Revenue Secretary, Mr P.V. Bhide, said that such amendments were required to correct the “ ..

Posted in Taxation |   108 Views


Satyam fraud could have been detected in 2007, says CAG repo

   21 July 2009 at 11:45

Had the Central Excise and Customs department been vigilant, the Satyam Computer fraud could have been unearthed in 2007 itself. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India in its report on ‘Indirect Taxes – Central Excise, Service ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   103 Views


Ajmal Amir Kasab Trial: Kasab has hidden several facts in co

   21 July 2009 at 11:36

The Prosecution today claimed that Pakistani gunman Ajmal Amir Kasab, an accused in the 26/11 terror attack case, who confessed to his involvement in the crime, has hidden several facts from the designated court. Talking to mediapersons outside Arthu ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   89 Views


J&K: About 70,000 cases settled by Lok Adalats since 2007

   21 July 2009 at 11:36

About 70,000 cases, some of them pending for decades, were settled by Lok Adalats since 2007 amicably in Jammu and Kashmir where 3807 cases have been disposed of by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) and 1035 cases have been recommended for ex- ..

Posted in Others |   134 Views


Madras HC: Union Minister asked to pay in defamation case

   21 July 2009 at 11:33

Madras High Court today dismissed Union Minister A Raja’s plea for extension of stay restraining a Tamil magazine from publishing articles relating to him and his family over allegations of irregularities in allocation of spectrum to telecom pl ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   82 Views


SC fixes petition on Nanavati report for final disposal

   21 July 2009 at 11:33

The Supreme Court today fixed for final disposal a petition seeking directions to Narendra Modi government not to make Justice Nanavati Commission report relating to Godhra train carnage public.The February 2002 incident had claimed the lives of 59 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   95 Views


Shopian Case:SC issues notices to J&K HC Bar Association

   21 July 2009 at 11:32

The Supreme Court today issued notices to the state of Jammu and Kashmir and its High Court Bar Association on a petition filed by former SP and DSP of Shopian who have been arrested for destroying evidence in the rape and murder case of two girls i ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   77 Views