A three-member NCLAT bench set aside an earlier order passed by the Kolkata bench of the NCLT and asked the interim resolution professional (IRP) to handover all the assets and records of the company to its board.
The GST Council on Saturday clarified that guarantees provided by corporate to their subsidiaries will attract an 18 per cent GST, while no tax will be levied if a personal guarantee is given by a director to the company. The council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising state ministers, also cut the GST rate on molasses to 5 per cent from 28 per cent. It also ceded the right to tax Extra Neutral Alcohol (raw product for making alcohol for human consumption) to the states.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Thursday questioned market regulator Sebi's credibility on completing its investigation within a stipulated time in the Zee Entertainment Enterprises' (ZEEL) matter. SAT was hearing Zee's plea against Sebi's order baring Zee Entertainment Enterprises' Punit Goenka and Subhash Chandra from holding any key managerial positions in the company and other organisations for allegedly siphoning off funds of the media firm. "There is no certainty that these eight months won't be extended. ...past record of Sebi is that they have always extended it (investigation).
The company is seeking more time to submit documents related to about three crore investors in the case involving two of its group companies.
The Supreme Court Thursday asked NDTV promoters Prannoy Roy and Radhika Roy to give a statement on shares indicating the current market value which they would like to deposit as security with market regulator Sebi under the order of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT).
The Tribunal will hold on Saturday its 'preliminary hearing' of four petitions in this matter related to the high-profile case involving a refund of over Rs 24,000 crore (Rs 240 billion) raised through 'various illegalities' by two Sahara companies.
During the proceedings, the counsel appearing for the Trai said the regulator was willing to look into various issues raised by the broadcasters which have opposed the move to put a cap on advertising time.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Amendment) Bill, 2013 seeks to include the criterion of appointing a retired or serving High Court judge having held the position for seven years for heading the Tribunal.
While recalling the order, the bench agreed to the contention of the law officer that there was a "breach of principle of natural justice" as the government department was not accorded the hearing.
The Supreme Court of India has ordered the Union government to grant a permanent commission to a woman officer in the Army Dental Corps who was denied benefits given to similarly placed officers. The court ruled that the woman officer was wrongly excluded from consideration and that the principle of "what is sauce for the goose ought to be sauce for the gander" applies in this case. The court directed the government to implement the order within four weeks and to extend all consequential benefits, including seniority, promotion, and monetary benefits, to the officer.
On the basis of her committee's report, the UCC in Uttarakhand established mandatory registration for marriages and live-in relationships, banned polygamy, and provided equal inheritance rights for women.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday upheld an order of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) refusing to stay a notice issued by the Income Tax department to the Congress party for recovery of outstanding tax of more than Rs 100 crore.
The companies have been collecting money through different schemes from investors which has been estimated at several millions.
The Tribunal, in its last hearing in Mumbai on March 23, decided to hold its final hearing in the matter here in the National Capital on March 26.
The two member bench comprising its Chairman Justice S B Sinha and member P K Rastogi differed in theirs findings.
The mystery surrounding the alleged fund diversion from Zee Entertainment Enterprises (Zee) by founders Subhash Chandra and Punit Goenka has thickened with speculations of an amount multiple times higher than that cited by the ex-parte interim order passed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) dated June 12, 2023. While Zee shares witnessed a fresh selloff on Wednesday, news reports of accounting fraud left investors guessing about the hole in the media broadcaster's books. An order by the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) in October 2023 had clearly hinted that Sebi's investigation had found a deeper rout.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Wednesday directed the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to allow PW cross-examination of former key executives of Satyam - former chairman Ramalinga Raju, former managing director Rama Raju, former chief financial officer (CFO) Vadlamani Srinivas and former vice-president (finance) G Ramakrishna.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has returned an amount of seven million rupees to Shoaib Akhtar which it had deducted from the former fast bowler's earnings as part of a fine imposed on him years ago. An official of the board said that during a meeting between Chairman of the executive committee, Najam Sethi and Akhtar, the matter was amicably resolved.
Admitting Sahara's plea, a bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia listed the matter for further hearing on January 20.
After hearing Kingfisher's plea, the COMPAT observed that the CCI had acted beyond its scope in the matter and set aside the penalty.
Its effort to stave off bankruptcy by selling spectrum to Reliance Jio got scuttled after the long legal and government delays for approvals.
The NCLAT said the RBI cannot restrict it from prohibiting banks from 'asset classfication' and observed that any change in this order would upset the entire resolution process of the IL&FS
Vodafone pleaded in High Court that IT department had no jurisdiction in the transfer pricing case because the said transaction was not international and did not attract tax.
Tribunal's direction came during the hearing of a petition filed by Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Fuel Resource Ltd, seeking license for laying pipelines from KG Basin to its upcoming power plant at Dadri, Utter Pradesh. The board had directed Reliance Fuel to apply afresh for a license to build a pipeline from Kakinada to Dadri as there were no guidelines at that time. It asked the company to apply in compliance with new regulations.
The Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) upholds government's decision on dual technology for RCom.
A company spokesperson said Vodafone has received a copy of the report submitted to the DoT and said the company's accounts are in line with statutory standards set by telecom tribunal Telecom Disputes Settlement And Appellate Tribunal.
Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct an audit of Go First's preparedness before approving resumption of flights by the crisis-hit carrier, according to a communication. Cash-strapped Go First stopped flying from May 3 and is undergoing voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings. On Tuesday, a senior official at the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the airline has submitted its response to the regulator's show cause notice indicating that it is working on the details of a plan to resume flights at the earliest.
The telecom tribunal TDSAT on Wednesday asked new operators S Tel and Videocon Teleservices to pay 60 per cent of the penalty within two weeks, imposed on them by the Department of Telecom for failing to meet their roll-out obligations.
Treats gains on sale of as capital gains, not business income, spares him from huge tax liability.
The Securities Appellate Tribunal on Friday set aside market regulator -- Securities and Exchange Board of India -- order banning Samir Arora, former fund manager with Alliance Capital Management, clearing him of insider trading charges.
Justice Beevi was admitted to the private hospital a few days ago due to age-related ailments and breathed her last on Thursday afternoon around 12.15 pm, an official source said.
Madhabi Puri Buch, the first female chairperson of Sebi, doesn't plan to rest on her laurels in her third and final year in office and has set out an ambitious goal, such as moving towards a same-day and instantaneous settlement cycle for the secondary market.
With the church-run Newman college management unrelenting despite the university's directive to revoke the dismissal order, Joseph's sister Stella said her brother has decided to approach the tribunal for reinstating him.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its judgement on a petition filed by Tata Teleservices challenging the telecom tribunal's order, which classified the company's fixed wireless phone service 'Walky' as limited mobile. TDSAT had ruled that Walky service offered by Tatas was a mobile service, thus the private company was liable to pay a levy called Access Deficit Charge (ADC) to state-owned BSNL as per the interconnect order of telecom regulator Trai.
In its petition filed before the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity, IOC, supported by sister public sector firms like ONGC, challenged PNGRB's decision to look into the pricing of the two auto fuels contending that the downstream regulator had no jurisdiction to decide the price.
In a development that would hit the government's revenues, telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday stayed the hike in spectrum charges for both GSM and CDMA mobile operators.
A bench headed by Justice S H Kapadia, while disposing of Sebi's plea, also expunged the Securities Appellate Tribunal's observations on Sebi's adjudicating officer Amit Pradhan. Pradhan had imposed a penalty of Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million) on Goldman Sachs Investment (Mauritius) for furnishing 'false' declarations citing violation of the Sebi(Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995.
The telecom tribunal TDSAT on Wednesday directed Uninor to pay Rs 6 crore to the government as penalty for delay in rolling out services in two circles, as per its license conditions.
Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday directed Uninor to pay 60 per cent of the penalty, demanded by the Department of Telecom (DoT), for failing to roll-out services within the stipulated period.
