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Fringe Benefit Tax and Commodity Transaction tax to be abolished

   06 July 2009 at 14:52

General Budget 2009-10The Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has proposed to abolish Fringe Benefit Tax on the value of certain fringe benefits provided by employers to their employees. This was announced by Shri Mukherjee, while presenting the ..

Posted in Taxation |   122 Views


Union Budget 2009: Budget Highlights

   06 July 2009 at 12:42

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has presented Budget 2009-10 in Parliament.Beginning his Budget speech, Pranab first thanked the voters for reposing faith in the UPA government. Here are the Budget highlights even as it’s presented in Parliam ..

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Autopsy report: Ranbir shot from close range, tortured

   06 July 2009 at 12:06

The body of Ranbir Singh, gunned down by Uttarakhand police in an alleged fake encounter, bore 12 marks of bullets fired from close range and 27 other injuries showing that he may have been tortured, according to an autopsy report.Chief Minister Rame ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   134 Views


BUDGET 2009: ADVICE TO AMEND CENVAT RULE

   06 July 2009 at 11:57

To allow Cenvat credit for welding electrode The benefits of the highly liberal Cenvat Rules, 2004, has not percolated to manufacturers using welding electrode. This article analyses the eligibility of welding electrode to Cenvat credit and how the c ..

Posted in Taxation |   182 Views


GOVT MAY EXTEND TAX HOLIDAY FOR SOFTWARE FIRMS

   06 July 2009 at 11:56

The Government may extend the tax holiday for software exporters beyond March 2010, in the Budget today. Analysts said extension of tax benefits will be a great relief to the IT sector, which is reeling under the impact of global financial crisis, wh ..

Posted in Taxation |   121 Views


Vacant Judges post in HC will be filled: Law Minister

   06 July 2009 at 11:49

Union Law and Justice Minister M Veerappa Moily said steps would be taken to fill vacant posts of High Court judges and funds would be provided to modernise courts.Inaugurating the Planting of Millions of Saplings organised by the High Court Circuit ..

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Shiney Ahuja has not admitted to consensual sex: Lawyer

   06 July 2009 at 11:49

Advocate Srikant Shivade, counsel for Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja, today said the actor has not admitted before the court that he had consensual sex with his domestic help and he was a victim of a ‘well-hatched conspiracy’.‘What th ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   104 Views


UPA favours National Judicial Service : Law Minister

   06 July 2009 at 11:48

With a view to bringing in far reaching judicial reforms, the UPA government is seriously thinking of introducing the National Judicial Service on the lines of Indian Administrative Service, Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily has said.Addressing a fun ..

Posted in Others |   85 Views


Madras HC upholds CAT order of Railway board

   06 July 2009 at 11:48

The Madras High Court has upheld an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for quashing the orders of the Railway Board of 2006 by which the upper age limit of 38 years, plus training period, was applied to all class of candidates, irresp ..

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Bihar: Shahabuddin granted bail

   06 July 2009 at 11:47

A local court granted bail to incarcerated former RJD MP Mohammed Shahabuddin in connection with murder of a Mukhiya in 2002.Additional district and sessions Judge Gyaneshwar Srivastav granted bail to Mohammed Shahabuddin after hearing arguments of h ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   459 Views