Monthly Archives: October 2015

Issuance of Electronic Delivery Orders for Ease of Doing Business

By | October 16, 2015

Circular No. 24 /2015- Customs F.No. 450/226/2014- Cus IV Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs New Delhi, Dated: 14.10.2015 To All Chief Commissioner of Customs / Customs (Preventive) All Chief Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise All Commissioners of Customs All Commissioners of Customs and Central Excise Sir / Madam, Subject: Improving Ease of Doing Business – Issuance of Electronic Delivery Orders -regarding As part of Government’s initiatives for improving “Ease of Doing Business”, several facilitation measures are being taken by the Central Board of Excise & Customs. After consultation… Read More »

Service Tax on services provided in relation to remittance of money to India from overseas

By | October 16, 2015

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue Central Board of Excise and Customs  Notification No. 19/2015-Service Tax  New Delhi, the 14th October, 2015 22 Asvina 1937 Saka  G.S.R. (E).- Whereas, the Central Government is satisfied that in the… Read More »

Running Collective Investment Scheme through private trust are also within the purview of SEBI

By | October 16, 2015

since the appellant has been running Collective Investment Scheme through the arrangement of a private Trust without obtaining registration from SEBI, no fault can be found with the decision of SEBI that the appellant is guilty of operating Collective Investment Scheme in violating of SEBI Act and the Collective Investment Scheme Regulations. Where the appellant… Read More »

Sale of property of liquidating company without proper publicity or fixing of reserve price of assets is illegal

By | October 16, 2015

Sale of property of company-in-liquidation in auction without proper publicity through advertisement or fixing any reserve price for assets could not be sustained particularly when property put in auction was of much higher valuation than price at which it was sold SUPREME COURT OF INDIA Tech Invest India (P.) Ltd. v. Assam Power & Electricals… Read More »

No reassessment because income remained untaxed due to non coordination between departmental officers

By | October 16, 2015

Facts of the Case :- Assessing Officer finalised assessment under section 143(3) .Assessing Officer issued notice under section 148 as Assessing Officer had reasons to believe that taxable income had escaped assessment . In reasons recorded by Assessing Officer, he stated that certain amounts remain untaxed because of non co-ordination between Departmental Officers.  However, it… Read More »

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA

By | October 15, 2015

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIA Table of Content INTRODUCTION RECENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLICY MEASURES SUMMARY PROJECTS FOR PROCUREMENT ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS PORTS AND SHIPPING CIVIL AVIATION POWER DELHI-MUMBAI INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR  RAILWAYS  INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN INDIAN STATES  INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH  INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN BIHAR  INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN TAMIL NADU  REASONS TO INVEST AND… Read More »

REVIEW OF EXISTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLICY ON PARTLY PAID SHARES AND WARRANTS

By | October 15, 2015

REVIEW OF EXISTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT POLICY ON PARTLY PAID SHARES AND WARRANTS – AMENDMENT IN PARA 2.1.5 AND INSERTION OF PARA 3.3.3 OF CONSOLIDATED FDI POLICY CIRCULAR OF 2015 PRESS NOTE NO. 9 (2015 SERIES), DATED 15-9-2015 1. The Government has reviewed the provisions of the extant FDI policy on the captioned subject and… Read More »

Time limit to file refund claim does not apply to rebate claim arising out of export

By | October 15, 2015

Since notification issued under rule 18 of the Central Excise Rules, 2002 does not provide any period of limitation for a claim for rebate, rebate claim cannot be dismissed as time-barred applying provisions of section 11B of Central Excise Act, 1944 HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA JSL Lifestyle Ltd. v. Union of India S.J.… Read More »