SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 8th October, 2026 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (EMPLOYEES' SERVICE) (SECOND AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2026 F. No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2026/320.- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employees' Service) Regulations, 2001, na... ... ...

SHRI A.K.GARODIA, AM AND SHRI GEORGE GEORGE K, JM For the Appellant : Shri Rajashekar Reddy L, CIT (DR) For the Respondent : Shri P. Dinesh, Advocate ORDER Per George George K, JM This appeal at the instance of the Revenue is directed against the CIT(A)'s order dated 23.02.2017. The order of the CIT(A) arises out of the order imposing penalty u/s 271(1)(c) of the Act. The relevant assessment year is 2008-2009. 2. The solitary effective ground reads as follow:- "Whether... ... ...

Digitally or electronically signed certificates or documents shared from subscribers' Digital Locker accounts may be issued and accepted at par with physical documents. Where an issuer pushes a certificate or document into the system and a requester accesses or accepts it through a URI, it is deemed directly shared by the issuer electronically. Links leading to an issuer repository as the single source of truth enable automatic verification.

Customs sample-testing arrangements at the DYCC, JNCH Laboratory identify goods that cannot presently be analysed because required facilities are unavailable, including certain feed additives affected by non-functional HPLC equipment. The exclusions cover specified agricultural products, food preparations, medicines, bio-fertilisers, pigments, plastics, wood articles, textile waste, glass and precious stones. Specific difficulties may be brought to the Joint Commissioner of Customs in charge, and the operational decisions are to be treated as a Standing Order for officers and staff.

SHRI RAJPAL YADAV AND SHRI K.G. BANSAL For the Appellant : Shri B. Kishore, Sr. DR For the Respondent : Shri Rohit Jain, AR ORDER PER RAJPAL YADAV: JUDICIAL MEMBER The revenue is in appeal before us against the order of Learned CIT(Appeals) dated 18.10.2010 passed for assessment year 2004-05. The solitary grievance of the revenue is that Learned CIT(Appeals) has erred in deleting the penalty of Rs. 97,69,249 imposed under sec. 271(1)(c) of the Income-tax Act, 1961. 2. The ... ... ...

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, (NS-V) JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CUSTOM HOUSE, TAL:URAN, DIST:RAIGAD, MAHARASHTRA - 400 707 F. No. S/16-09/2019-20/LAB /JNCH Date: 20.05.2020 DIN NO: 20200578NX00004B285D PUBLIC NOTICE NO:- 69/2020 Subject: -reg. Attention of importers, Customs Brokers and other members of Trade and Industry is invited to Public Notice No. 96/2019 dated 23/10/2019. The need for allowing testing in outside laboratories for some commodities has been flagged. It... ... ...

DR. M. L. MEENA, ACCOUNTANT MEMBER AND SH. UDAYAN DAS GUPTA, JUDICIAL MEMBER For the Appellant : Sh. Ashray Sarna, CA For the Respondent : Sh. Digvijai Kumar Chaudhary, Sr. DR ORDER Per: Udayan Das Gupta, JM This appeal is presented by the assessee against the order of the Ld. CIT(A) NFAC, order dated 13/03/2024, passed u/s 250 of the Act 61, confirming the action of the AO u/s 143 (3) r.w.s. 147 of the Act 1961, dated 27.12.2017 for A.Y. 2010-11. 2. The assessee has taken the ... ... ...

UQC declarations in electronic Bills of Entry and Shipping Bills are standardised to improve import and export data quality. Statistical UQCs prescribed under the Customs Tariff Act are mandatory for every item in addition to invoice-based commercial units. Commercial UQC declarations must use only permitted codes for recognised measures; any other code will not be accepted. The restricted commercial-UQC framework takes effect from 20 August 2020.

Virtual personal hearings are mandatory for appellate, original adjudication and compounding proceedings under indirect tax laws, with hearing details and secure video-conference links communicated through official email. Parties must submit authorisation and identification documents electronically. Hearing submissions are recorded and emailed as a record of personal hearing, which may be corrected and returned within three days and is treated as an electronic document. Additional self-attested submissions may be emailed within three days. Exceptions to virtual hearing require written approval and recorded reasons.

Federal Bank's Core Banking Solution, payment-system switches and associated computer-resource dependencies are declared protected systems as Critical Information Infrastructure under section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Access is limited to persons authorised in writing by the bank, including designated employees, need-based managed-service-provider and vendor personnel, and case-specific consultants, regulators, Government officials, auditors and stakeholders. The designation takes effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

Central Government designates the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Kolkata, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence within India under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Its examination authority is confined to computer-media forensics and mobile-device forensics, establishing its electronic-evidence examination remit within those specified technical areas.

eOffice is launched to conduct office work electronically and promote paperless administration, with the objective of improving efficiency, transparency, accountability, taxpayer services, data security and integrity. Taxpayers are encouraged to use electronic communications, provide mobile numbers and email addresses for acknowledgements, and use diary numbers for future reference. Electronic letters should preferably be submitted in searchable PDF format to facilitate faster processing.

Validity of the assessment framed under sections 153A and 143(3) was determinative. A related appeal had already quashed that assessment because of foundational legal infirmities concerning the statutory approval required under section 153D. Since the underlying assessment no longer survived, the Revenue's challenge to the reduction of an addition for cash deposits made during demonetisation was dismissed in limine, without examining the merits of the disputed addition.

eOffice is introduced in the NS-I Commissionerate at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House to conduct office work electronically and create a paperless administrative environment. Taxpayers are encouraged to include mobile numbers and email addresses for email and SMS acknowledgements and Diary Number allocation. Electronic communications should preferably be sent in searchable PDF format to facilitate faster processing.

Under the CGST Act, a Commissioner-authorised appeal against a refund-sanction order must be filed within six months of communication, with condonation limited to one additional month. For internal departmental purposes, communication occurs when the refund order is issued; delay in transmitting it to the reviewing authority does not defer limitation. Portal-based service, online review procedures and post-audit timelines support a definite filing period. Separate recovery proceedings for an erroneous refund do not extend the appeal limitation, so delay beyond the condonable period precludes appellate reversal of the refund.

Limitation for Revenue appeals against refund sanction orders under Section 107(2) of the CGST Act runs from communication of the adjudicating order, construed for intra-departmental purposes as the date of its issuance. Online transmission of refund orders to the review module and their availability on the common portal constitutes service; internal administrative transmission cannot create an indefinite extension. The six-month appeal period may be extended by only one further month under Section 107(4). Post-audit dates and the separate recovery mechanism for erroneous refunds do not enlarge appellate limitation. Appeals filed beyond this period are time-barred and cannot be condoned.

Section 115BBE applies only after income is validly classified under the specified deeming provisions; a survey surrender alone is insufficient. Excess stock inseparable from regular inventory and credibly linked to unrecorded business receipts may be assessed as business income under Section 28 at normal rates. Excess cash may receive the same treatment where its business source is satisfactorily explained; otherwise, the statutory conditions for deemed income must be met. Classification requires a holistic assessment of statements and contemporaneous evidence. The substituted enhanced rate applies prospectively from financial year 2017-18, while financial year 2016-17 is governed by the earlier rate.

Section 67 of the CGST Act limits retention of seized articles through necessity-based and time-bound safeguards. Documents, books and things may be retained only while necessary for examination, inquiry or proceedings, and material not relied upon for a notice must be returned within the statutory period. The High Court applied the six-month return rule to seized mobile phones and bank debit cards and required their return because no extension order existed. Continued investigation alone cannot replace an extension based on sufficient cause by the proper officer, for no more than a further six months. Written authorisation, seizure orders and inventories remain central to assessing whether retention is lawful.

RFSL, Surat, Gujarat, is designated as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Its authorised scope within India is limited to computer media forensics, excluding floppy disk drives, and mobile devices forensics. Authority to examine electronic evidence is confined to these specified technical domains.

Cross-segment price manipulation may arise where aggressive futures orders alter the last traded price or visible order-book conditions so that larger, sentimentally opposite options orders obtain favourable execution. The relevant inquiry considers the integrated sequence of resting orders, aggressive executions, cancellations, timing, concentration, price impact and delta-adjusted exposure. Anti-fraud prohibitions cover manipulative devices, false appearances of trading and price manipulation, while opposite futures and options positions alone do not establish misconduct. Director liability requires responsibility for business conduct, or consent, connivance or neglect.