Special Economic Zone declaration for pharmaceuticals notifies defined land parcels as the SEZ area under SEZ Act authority.
Notification declaring a sector specific Special Economic Zone for pharmaceuticals at Lemarthi, Jagannadhapuram and E Bonangi villages in Parawada Mandal, Visakhapatnam District, under section 4(1) of the SEZ Act and rule 8 of the SEZ Rules, listing specific survey numbers and parcel areas in hectares to define the notified SEZ and stating the aggregated land area for the zone.

Research institution approval under Section 35(1)(ii) enables tax-deduction eligibility subject to audit and utilisation conditions.
Approval is granted to Vivekananda Institute of Biotechnology for purposes of Section 35(1)(ii), read with Rules 5C and 5E, effective 1 April 2005, as an other Institution partly engaged in research, subject to conditions that payments be utilised for scientific research; research be conducted by faculty or enrolled students; books of account be maintained and audited with the audit report furnished by the return due date; and a separate, auditor-certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for research accompany the audit report.

Research institution approval enables tax-deduction eligibility when donations fund scientific research and audit requirements are met.
Approval is granted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi as an approved institution for the purpose of clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Income-tax Act, read with specified Rules, effective from 1-4-2000, in the category of 'other Institution' partly engaged in research. Conditions: sums must be used for scientific research; research conducted by faculty or enrolled students; maintain books of account and obtain statutory audit and furnish the audit report by the income-tax return due date; and maintain and furnish an auditor-certified statement of donations received and amounts applied for research.

VAT appellate vacation schedule announced; summer and winter breaks set, with appeals accepted only during morning hours.
The notification prescribes the tribunal's 2007 vacation schedule: Summer Vacation from 1 June to 29 June and Winter Vacation from 24 December to 31 December (both inclusive), and provides that appeals and applications will be received during vacations between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.

Appointment of member under securities law: individual named to appellate tribunal role with tenure until statutory age or further orders.
The Central Government appoints Shri Utpal Bhattacharya, IA & AS (Retired), as Member of the Securities Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai under Section 15L read with Section 15N of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, for a term ending on attainment of the age of sixty two years or until further orders.

Anti-dumping duty on Potassium Carbonate imports from a Taiwanese exporter imposed, effective until November and payable in Indian currency.
Following revocation of a price undertaking by M/s Taiwan Pulp and Paper Corporation, the Central Government imposed an anti dumping duty on Potassium Carbonate exported by that company, payable in Indian currency and effective up to and inclusive of 8 November 2007; the rupee amount is to be calculated using the Government specified exchange rate with the relevant date being the date of presentation of the bill of entry.

Amendment to anti dumping notification removes exporter undertaking and provisos, modifying anti dumping duty provisions administration
Amendment omits, from paragraph 1 of the principal anti dumping notification on Potassium Carbonate, the clause recording an exporter's undertaking not to export below a specified CIF price and deletes the provisos occurring after the Table, thereby removing that pricing undertaking and the qualifying provisos from the notification.

Prohibition on export of unmarked or unstamped goods enforces trade mark identification and stamping compliance before export.
The notification, issued under the powers of section 11 of the Customs Act, prohibits export of goods that are required by notification under the Trade Marks Act to bear an indication of country or manufacturer but have not applied such indication as specified, and also prohibits export of goods required to be stamped under the Trade Marks Act but not stamped as specified in the Trade Marks Rules, 2002.

Import prohibition of intellectual-property-infringing goods bars entry of counterfeit marks, false descriptions, pirated designs and patented products absent consent.
Prohibits the import of specified categories of goods that infringe or falsely represent intellectual property rights, subject to the procedural conditions set out in the Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007. Covered goods include those bearing a false trade mark or false trade description, goods bearing or imitating a registered design without licence, products under an in-force patent or obtained by a patented process without patentee consent or where importation is otherwise permitted, goods with a false Geographical Indication, and goods prohibited by an order of the Registrar of Copyrights.

Customs notification amendment updates trademark references and omits specified clauses under public interest powers statute
Notification No.48/2007 Customs (N.T.) amends Notification No.1/64 Customs by omitting clauses (iii), (iv) and (vii), and by substituting references to provisions of the Trade and Merchandise Marks Act, 1958 with corresponding provisions of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 in clause (viii) and in sub clauses (b) of clauses (ix) and (x). These changes are made under section 11 of the Customs Act, 1962 in the public interest.

Intellectual property enforcement: customs may suspend, examine and seize imported goods suspected of infringing rights under procedural safeguards.
These Rules enable suspension, examination, seizure and disposal of imported goods suspected to be goods infringing intellectual property rights. A right holder may serve a prescribed notice and pay an application fee; the Commissioner must register or reject the notice within a set period. Registration requires bonds and indemnities. Customs may suspend clearance on notice or on its own initiative, follow fixed time-limits (shorter for perishables), permit examination and sampling, and, if infringement is determined, seize and destroy or otherwise dispose of goods with right holder concurrence; costs of destruction and detention are borne by the right holder.

Anti-dumping duty on zinc oxide continues, imposing a specified per unit charge and pro rata basis for other purities.
Imposition of anti-dumping duty on imports of Zinc Oxide targets specified tariff headings for goods originating in, exported from, or routed through the People's Republic of China; duty prescribed as a specific charge per unit for 99.5% purity, with other purities assessed on a pro-rata basis. Duty is payable in Indian currency, exchange rate for calculation set by separate government notification, with the relevant date for exchange determination being the bill of entry presentation date. The measure is effective for a multi-year period from publication, subject to earlier revocation or amendment.

Customs amendment expands designated notified ports and airports under Advance Licensing Scheme and DEEC scheme.
The Government amends specified Customs notifications under the Advance Licensing Scheme/DEEC Scheme by substituting location clauses to add Indore to the grouping with Rajasansi (Amritsar) and Lucknow (Amausi), and to add Loni (District Ghaziabad) to the grouping with Durgapur (Export Promotion Industrial Park) and Babarpur; these textual substitutions are applied to the conditions/paragraphs specified in each listed notification and the amendments take effect on publication in the Official Gazette.

Appointment of Special Adjudicator to exercise customs adjudication powers for DRI show cause notices against implicated importers.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking statutory powers under the Customs Act, appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa, and authorises him to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Port Import, Chennai, for adjudicating the show cause notice(s) issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, in proceedings concerning M/s Shri Balaji Rollings Pvt. Limited and others.

Special Adjudicator appointment under the Customs Act authorises adjudication of DRI show cause notices in a specified case.
The Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa is authorised under Section 4(1) and Section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962 to exercise the powers of the Commissioner of Customs, Port Import, Chennai for adjudicating the show cause notice and related matters issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit concerning M/s. Karthik Inductions Limited and others, as notified by S.O. 715(E).

Delegation of Adjudicatory Authority: Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa authorised to adjudicate DRI show-cause notices against Global Ispat.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa and authorises him as the proper officer to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Port Import, Chennai for adjudicating show-cause notices relating to M/s Global Ispat Limited and others issued by the revenue intelligence agency; the delegation is case-specific and effected under the Board's statutory powers.

Special adjudicator appointment empowers a Central Excise Commissioner to exercise customs adjudication powers in DRI show cause proceedings.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under Sections 4 and 5 of the Customs Act, appointed the Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa as Special Adjudicator empowered to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Port Import, Chennai for adjudicating specified show cause notices issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence relating to Twenty First Century Wire Road Ltd. and others, thereby temporarily transferring adjudicatory competence for those matters to the designated officer.

Appointment of Special Adjudicator: Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa authorised to adjudicate DRI show cause notices.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, invoking its statutory adjudicatory powers, appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa and authorises him to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Port Import, Chennai for adjudicating show-cause notices issued to M/s. Tulsyan NEC Ltd. and others arising from an investigation file of the Revenue Intelligence unit, as set out in S.O. 712(E).

Appointment of special adjudicators authorizes a commissioner to exercise customs adjudication powers in specified DRI show cause matters.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs, under Section 4(1) and Section 5(1) of the Customs Act, 1962, appoints the Commissioner of Central Excise, Goa and authorizes him to exercise the powers and duties of the Commissioner of Customs, Port Import, Chennai for adjudicating show-cause matters issued to M/s. RKKR Steels Limited and others by the Additional Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit.

Special Economic Zone notification: Sholinganallur parcels designated for IT/ITES under SEZ Act enabling approved developer to proceed.
The Central Government, having granted and later amended approval under section 3 of the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 to substitute the approved developer's name, notified specified survey parcels at village Sholinganallur, Tambaram Taluk, District Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu as a sector specific Special Economic Zone for information technology and information technology enabled services in exercise of powers under section 4(1) of the Act and rule 8 of the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006.