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Can retired SC Judges holding constitutional posts take up private work?

   15 February 2010 at 08:57

Delhi High Court is to decide whether retired Judges holding constitutional posts on various Commissions can take up private work like Arbitration, opine on matters etc. In the PIL, Prashant Bhushan appearing for Common Cause, argued yesterday befo ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   685 Views


Slew of High Court Justices Transfer

   15 February 2010 at 08:55

President Pratibha Patil has had a busy few days with the transfers of High Court Judges. Justice Anil Ramesh Dave, Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, has been transferred to the Bombay High Court. Justice Dave has been asked to assume ..

Posted in Legal Documents  5 comments |   7753 Views


Treatment of Entry Tax under PVAT Act levied in Punjab

   14 February 2010 at 20:53

The Government of Punjab has recently imposed Entry Tax on 12 new items under section 3A of Punjab Tax on Entry of Goods into Local Areas Act, 2000 (Punjab Act No.9 of 2000). The List of which has already been provided in the articles published earl ..

Posted in Taxation |   2665 Views


electronic File Tracking System introduced in MoCA

   12 February 2010 at 11:24

System to be Fully Operational within 3 MonthsShri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs, launched the electronic File Tracking System (FTS) in his Ministry here today. He electronically generated the first File No. under this system, which ..

Posted in Civil Law |   1589 Views


Informer should be given information under RTI Act by investigative wing of director general income tax (DGIT)

   10 February 2010 at 11:35

Central Information Commission (CIC) has opined that non-disclosure of feedback on probe in tax evasion complaints filed by whistle-blowers will dissuade them from giving any future information. Acknowledging that the investigation wing of the income ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   1717 Views


Centre in favour of single rate of CGST, SGST and uniform registration system linked to PAN

   10 February 2010 at 11:26

As is now well known, the Empowered Committee of State Finance Minister (EC) had, in November 2009, issued a First Discussion Paper (Paper) on the dual Goods and Service Tax (GST). This paper had set out the EC’s views on the nature of the dual ..

Posted in Civil Law  1 comments |   1271 Views


SC wants views of HCs on RTI queries about judges' appointment

   10 February 2010 at 08:27

NEW DELHI: Faced with increasing number of queries under Right to Information (RTI) Act on judges' appointment to higher judiciary, the Supreme Court on Monday sought the views of all High Courts on this issue.Responses of HCs were sought by a Bench ..

Posted in Constitutional Law  1 comments |   516 Views


GST rate may be fixed at 16%

   09 February 2010 at 12:02

The long-awaited reform of India’s indirect taxes system is set to get a fillip , with a broad consensus forming within the finance ministry on a rate of 16% for the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) for both Centre and states combined. To ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   1033 Views


Corporate tax cut not likely in Budget 2010-11

   09 February 2010 at 09:21

NEW DELHI: The government may not tinker with the corporate tax rates in the Budget 2010-11 despite pressure from India Inc to slash rates or atTwitter Facebook ShareEmail Print Save Commentleast do away with surcharge and cess.The ind ..

Posted in Taxation |   901 Views


Life imprisonment for dowry death only in rare cases: SC

   07 February 2010 at 17:25

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has taken a view that only in rare cases life imprisonment should be awarded to those convicted for causing theTwitter Facebook ShareEmail Print Save Commentdeath of women in dowry-related cases.A bench of ..

Posted in Family Law  1 comments |   1239 Views