Common adjudicating authority appointed to adjudicate customs show cause proceedings concerning importer Trivitron Healthcare under the Customs Act.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs appoints the Joint or Additional Commissioner, Office of the Principal Commissioner of Customs (III), Air Cargo Complex Import, Mumbai Zone III as the common adjudicating authority to exercise the powers and duties of the specified Additional or Joint Commissioners of Customs for adjudicating show-cause proceedings against M/s Trivitron Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. issued by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit.

Customs notification amendment adds Kathuwas and Mandhan Village for unloading imports and loading exports under ICD/LCS designation.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs amends the Principal Notification No. 12/97 CUSTOMS (N.T.) by inserting Kathuwas and Mandhan Village, District Alwar in the Table against serial number 10 for Rajasthan, authorising unloading of imported goods and loading of export goods at those locations under the powers conferred by clause (aa) of sub section (1) of section 7 of the Customs Act, 1962.

Anti-dumping duty on NBR imports from Korea continues, imposing specific per unit duties by producer/exporter classification.
Continuation of anti-dumping duty imposed on Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) originating in or exported from Korea RP, with producer/exporter-specific duties per metric tonne payable in Indian currency; duties expressed in US dollars converted at the notified Customs Act exchange rate as of bill of entry presentation; rationale based on continued dumping, price undercutting and injury to the domestic industry, and risk of intensified dumping if duties lapse.

Import restriction on hazardous dyes requires accredited pre shipment certification or government testing; certain origin countries exempted.
Import of textiles is permitted only if free of hazardous dyes and accompanied by a pre-shipment certificate from an accredited textile testing laboratory; absent such certificate, clearance follows sample testing and certification by the Textiles Committee or prescribed Central Silk Board laboratories, with Customs-directed sampling focused on consignments from countries without prohibitions and limited-period validity for test reports. Imports from countries listed in Appendix-2X where Azo dyes are banned are exempt from Azo-dye testing.

Reporting financial institutions must register and electronically file Form 61B or a digitally signed Nil statement using prescribed XML standards.
Reporting financial institutions must register on the Income Tax e filing portal and furnish Form 61B or a Nil statement by online electronic transmission to a designated server using the prescribed XML data structure and the designated director's digital signature; the Principal DGIT (Systems) prescribes procedures, validation rules, security, archival and retrieval standards, and files missing required validation elements may be rejected.

Amendment to tribunal remuneration rules expands definitions and adds pensions, commodity derivatives and insurance to covered matters.
The amendment modifies Tribunal rules by substituting the definition clause to import meanings from the SEBI Act and designated financial statutes, and by inserting pensions, commodity derivatives and insurance into the list of matters relevant to appointment and association provisions. It also provides that the Amendment Rules come into force on publication in the Official Gazette and updates the 2003 Rules accordingly.

Exchange rate determination under Customs Act sets specified conversion rates for listed foreign currencies for imports and exports.
Notification under section 14 of the Customs Act determines conversion rates for specified foreign currencies effective 4th September 2015 for valuation of imported and exported goods, superseding Notification No.81/2015, and provides separate rates for imported and export goods in two annexed schedules.

Listing obligations and disclosure requirements create a statutory compliance framework for listed entities and mandated disclosures.
Establishes a statutory framework imposing listing obligations and disclosure requirements on listed entities, prescribing duties for continuous and event disclosures, obligations on issuers and intermediaries to ensure timely and accurate reporting, and invoking enabling legislative powers to prescribe compliance mechanisms and enforcement.

Online submission of Form DP-1 mandated for all dealers, imposing a fixed compliance deadline under Delhi VAT notification.
Submission of Form DP-1 is mandated to be made online by all dealers, with a compliance deadline of 30/09/2015, issued under powers conferred by specified sub-sections of sections 70 and 59 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 as a partial modification of the earlier notification; all other provisions of that earlier notification remain unchanged.

Tariff value fixation: notification amends prior schedule, prescribing imported goods' tariff values under Customs Act authority.
The Central Board of Excise & Customs amends Notification No. 36/2001 by substituting Tables 1-3 to prescribe tariff values in US dollars for specified imported goods, including edible oils, brass scrap, poppy seed, areca nut, and unit values for gold and silver where concessional entries are availed, for use in customs valuation and related non tariff purposes.

Commencement of Section 132: government appoints date for provisions of Finance Act to come into force.
Central Government, exercising powers under the Finance Act, 2015, issues a statutory commencement notification appointing 29th September 2015 as the date on which the provisions of Section 132 of the Finance Act, 2015 shall come into force, thereby activating the section's legal effect from that appointed date.

Commencement of Finance Act provisions: Parts I (excluding Section 132) and II of Chapter VIII come into force on 28 September 2015.
The Central Government, exercising its statutory power to fix commencement dates, designates the effective date for the provisions of Part I (excluding a specified section) and Part II of Chapter VIII of the Finance Act; the notification cites its authority under the Act and records the administrative reference and issuing official.

Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2015 amend rule 23 and substitute the annual return Form MGT 7.
The Companies (Management and Administration) Amendment Rules, 2015 amend the 2014 Rules to substitute in rule 23(1) the words "not more than five lakh rupees" with "not less than five lakh rupees" and to replace Form No. MGT-7 with a new Form No. MGT-7; the rules commence on publication in the Official Gazette and are made under specified enabling provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.

Competent Authority designation: District Magistrates appointed to enforce the depositor-protection statute within their jurisdictions.
District Magistrates of the Revenue Department are designated as Competent Authority under the depositor-protection statute, authorised to exercise the functions conferred by that enactment within their respective jurisdictions with immediate effect; the appointment is promulgated by administrative notification for gazette publication and circulation to specified government offices for implementation.

Appointment as Assistant Commissioner for Excise, Luxury and Entertainment Tax effective on assumption of charge to perform statutory functions.
Sh. K.K. Mishra is appointed as Adhoc DANICS Assistant Commissioner for Excise, Luxury Tax, and Entertainment and Betting Tax under the respective Delhi statutes, effective from assumption of charge and continuing while he holds the post, to assist and perform functions conferred on the Commissioner of Excise, Entertainment, Betting Tax and Luxury Tax as specified by the Delhi Excise Act, the Delhi Tax on Luxuries Act, and the Delhi Entertainment and Betting Tax Act.

Exchange rate amendment updates foreign currency conversion rates for import and export valuation effective late August.
Amendment under Section 14 of the Customs Act substitutes entries in SCHEDULE I to replace the notified conversion rates for Danish Kroner, Euro and Swiss Franc (with distinct import and export rates) and substitutes the Serial No.1 entry in SCHEDULE II to revise the hundred unit conversion rate for Japanese Yen, the changes taking effect from 26th August, 2015 for customs valuation purposes.

Reporting obligation procedures: electronic registration and submission of Form 61B require e filing registration and a digital signature.
The Principal DGIT (Systems) prescribes registration on the e-filing portal for reporting financial institutions, requiring selection of calendar year and reporting entity category, download of the prescribed schema, and upload of Form 61B or a Nil statement via the designated online facility. Submissions must be made using a Digital Signature Certificate; Nil statements require a DSC-backed declaration on pre-existing and new accounts. If the designated director is the authorised signatory under section 140, that person's DSC must be used; other DSC procedures will be notified separately.

Jurisdiction allocation for Additional and Joint Commissioners to function as Assessing Officers under the black money regime.
Directs that the Additional Commissioners of Income-tax or the Joint Commissioners of Income-tax shall exercise the powers and perform the functions of Assessing Officers under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, in respect of territorial areas or persons or classes of persons or incomes or classes of incomes or cases or classes of cases for which they have been authorised by the Principal Chief Commissioner, Chief Commissioner, Director General, Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Income-tax pursuant to Board directions.

Section 10(22B) news agency exemption granted to Press Trust subject to income application for news and non-distribution.
The Central Government designates Press Trust of India Limited as a news agency for the purposes of clause 22B of section 10 of the Income-tax Act for specified assessment years, subject to the condition that the agency applies or accumulates its income solely for collection and distribution of news and does not distribute income to its members.

Anti-dumping duty on phosphoric acid imports from Korea RP imposed, applying per tonne and payable in Indian currency for a limited period.
The Central Government imposes anti-dumping duty on phosphoric acid (all grades and concentrations excluding agriculture or fertilizer grade) under the specified tariff classification, applying to goods originating in or exported from the Republic of Korea and related import scenarios, at a duty rate stated per metric tonne in US dollars. The duty covers any producers and exporters identified in the notification, is effective for a limited statutory period from Gazette publication unless earlier modified, and must be paid in Indian currency with conversion using the government-specified exchange rate on the bill of entry date.