Restaurants can't levy mandatory service charge on food bills: HC

Restaurants cannot mandatorily levy service charge on food bills in a "camouflaged and coercive" manner as it is against public interest and amounts to unfair trade practice, the Delhi High Court......

Day after ED arrest, Gujarat Samachar owner gets temporary bail

A court in Ahmedabad on Friday granted bail to one of the owners of leading Gujarati daily Gujarat Samachar Bahubali Shah till May 31 on health grounds a day after his arrest by the......

Upholding constitutional ethos hallmark of CJI Sanjiv Khanna's tenure

Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday concluded a brief yet eventful six-month-long tenure, leaving an indelible mark on the judicial landscape with decisions that upheld secularism and......

SC judges make assets public, CJI owns 2015 Maruti Swift

Outgoing Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna has Rs 55.75 lakh in a fixed deposit, a three-bedroom DDA flat in south Delhi, and a four-bedroom apartment measuring 2,446 square feet in the Commonwealth......

Sensex climbs 260 points on FII buying, hopes of India-US trade deal

BSE benchmark index Sensex ended 260 points higher on Friday amid optimism surrounding a potential India-US trade deal, record high GST collection in April, and continuous foreign fund inflows.......

What are India's free trade agreements?

India finalised a free trade agreement with the UK, its 16th so far as the country aimed at boosting bilateral trade and investments. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff The other regions and......

GST revenue hits record high of Rs 2.37 lakh cr in April

Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection rose 12.6 per cent Y-o-Y to an all-time high of about Rs 2.37 lakh crore in April, which the government said shows resilience of the Indian economy and the......

Fake Invoices: Beware! IT Reopens Old Assessments

These cases are being reopened under Section 147 of the Income Tax Act, which empowers the department to reassess income if it believes that taxable income has escaped assessment. Illustration:......