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<title>ED raids premises linked to ex-Andhra MLA Malla Vijaya Prasad in chit fund scam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A money-laundering investigation concerns alleged proceeds of crime arising from a multi-state chit fund operation associated with Welfare Building and Estates Pvt Ltd. The company is alleged to have collected investor deposits through investment schemes promising high returns before defaulting. Searches at premises linked to its former managing director form part of the inquiry into alleged laundering. The underlying alleged fraud had previously resulted in a CBI case and multiple police FIRs.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Specifying Exemption from TDS Deduction under Section 393(1) on Lease Rent Paid to a unit engaged in the business of leasing of aircraft located in IFSC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[No deduction of tax is required on lease rent or supplemental lease rent paid to a unit located in an International Financial Services Centre for lease of an aircraft, subject to the unit furnishing the prescribed statement-cum-declaration. The lessee may stop deducting tax only after receiving the declaration and must report the exempted payments in the prescribed tax deduction statement. The relaxation applies only for the twenty consecutive tax years declared for the deduction under section 147, and tax remains deductible for any other year.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Specifying Exemption from TDS Deduction under Section 393(1) on Lease Rent Paid to a unit engaged in the business of leasing of Ship located in IFSC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[No deduction of tax is required on lease rent or supplemental lease rent paid to an International Financial Services Centre Unit leasing a ship, subject to receipt of the prescribed statement-cum-declaration and compliance with the declared twenty consecutive tax years for which deduction under section 147 is opted. The lessee must cease deduction only after receiving the form, report the non-deducted payments in the prescribed statement, and deduct tax for any year outside the declared period. Secure procedures, formats, standards, archival and retrieval policies are to be prescribed for data handling.]]></description>
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<title>Notification for Non-Deduction of Tax at Source on Specified Payments to Units in International Financial Services Centres (IFSCs) under the provisions Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Non-deduction of tax at source is notified for specified payments made to IFSC Units under the Income-tax Act, 2025, including interest, professional fees, referral fees, brokerage, commission, insurance commission, dividend income, advisory fees, distribution fees, trusteeship fee, credit rating fee, investment banker fee, technical fee and commission income. The benefit applies only to designated IFSC entities that satisfy the relevant IFSCA regulatory definitions, registration requirements and service conditions, and is available only on furnishing Form No. 1(N) to the payer for the opted consecutive tax years.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Authorising Sharing of information regarding income-tax payers’ for identifying eligible beneficiaries for the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Central Government specifies the Principal Secretary, Cooperation, Marketing and Textile Department, Government of Maharashtra, for the purposes of section 258(1)(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025, in connection with sharing information regarding income-tax payers for identifying eligible beneficiaries under the Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Farmer Loan Waiver Scheme, 2026.]]></description>
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<title>'Gungi gudiya' remark against Sunetra shows Cong's 'ideological bankruptcy': NCP leader Tatkare</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Political restraint in public communications was urged after a social-media remark directed at Sunetra Pawar was criticised as ideologically irresponsible. It was stated that regret alone was insufficient and that leaders should exercise care in public comments. Press-conference protocol was also emphasised: the principal dignitary should respond to media questions, and those seated alongside should not participate in the interaction. Party colleagues were expected to act more responsibly in future media engagements.]]></description>
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<title>Refund arising due to Inverted Duty Structure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The query concerns refund of accumulated input tax credit under an inverted duty structure after a refund application has been filed. With IGST and CGST credit ledgers reduced to nil and a substantial balance remaining in the SGST credit ledger, it asks whether refund of the remaining SGST credit can be claimed.]]></description>
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<title>RBI holds interest rates for fourth straight meeting, awaits clearer inflation outlook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Monetary policy maintained the benchmark policy repo rate and a neutral stance pending clearer evidence that energy-cost pressures will generate broad-based inflation. Inflation is expected to rise temporarily due principally to food and fuel prices before moderating, while core inflation remains benign. The approach remains data-dependent, supported by two-way liquidity operations. Proposed measures include resuming urban cooperative bank licensing, revising rural cooperative bank credit-monitoring directions, and harmonising interest-rate regulation on advances across regulated entities to improve transparency and consumer protection.]]></description>
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<title>GST applicability on leased out property for residential purpose</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where a GST-registered business is the contractual lessee of a residential dwelling for its consultant's residence, the stated view is that it should pay GST under the reverse charge mechanism on rent payable to both co-owners. Input tax credit is considered uncertain because the premises are used as the consultant's residence and may constitute personal consumption. Credit may have a stronger basis if accommodation is a documented business necessity under the consultancy arrangement. A co-owner's separate GST registration does not alter the reverse-charge treatment or require forward-charge GST.]]></description>
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<title>Highlights of RBI's August monetary policy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Monetary policy maintained the repo rate at 5.25 per cent following a unanimous policy committee decision. The growth forecast for FY27 was marginally increased, while the inflation projection was lowered. Inflation conditions remain uncertain because of monsoon, El Nino and geopolitical developments. Liquidity remained in surplus, and external-sector indicators reflected a current-account surplus, buoyant foreign direct investment inflows, renewed foreign portfolio investment inflows, and adequate foreign-exchange reserves.]]></description>
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<title>RBI targeting polymer currency notes launch in early FY28: Guv Malhotra</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Polymer currency notes are targeted for circulation at the beginning of the next financial year, subject to implementation proceeding as planned. They are intended to improve durability, especially for lower-denomination notes with high circulation velocity. Monetary policy decisions will remain data-dependent and focused on aligning headline inflation with its medium-term target. Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) scheme inflows are expected to remain healthy until closure, with no proposal for premature termination. Rupee management aims to maintain an orderly exchange-rate trajectory.]]></description>
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<title>Agreement and Protocol between the Republic of India and the Government of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The India-Sri Lanka tax treaty protocol is notified for implementation and applies in India to income derived in fiscal years beginning on or after 1 April following the calendar year of its entry into force. It strengthens the treaty's anti-abuse framework by adopting a principal purpose test. Treaty benefits may be denied where obtaining the benefit was one of the principal purposes of an arrangement or transaction, unless granting the benefit is consistent with the object and purpose of the relevant treaty provisions. The amended preamble also addresses tax evasion, avoidance and treaty shopping.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government specifies the Cost Inflation Index for the financial years 2026-27</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cost Inflation Index for financial year 2026-27 is specified as 384 under section 72(8)(a) of the Income-tax Act, 2025. It applies to tax year 2026-27 from 1 April 2026 and to subsequent tax years.]]></description>
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<title>Central Government specifies the bond as zero coupon bond</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Ten Year Zero Coupon Bond of the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development is specified as a zero coupon bond for purposes of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The bond has a ten-year life and must be issued on or before 31 March 2028. The notification prescribes its maturity or redemption amount, discount, and number of bonds, and remains effective only if the bank fulfils requirements under the Income-tax Act, 2025 and the Income-tax Rules, 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Two women held at Delhi airport with 1 kg gold concealed as silver-coated armlet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs officers intercepted two passengers arriving from Istanbul after Advance Passenger Information System profiling and their activation of the Door Frame Metal Detector. A personal search recovered approximately one kilogram of gold, silver-coated and concealed as traditional armlets worn on the upper arms. The gold was seized under the Customs Act, a smuggling case was registered, and investigation was initiated into the source and any wider smuggling network.]]></description>
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<title>Sensex trades higher, Nifty flat post RBI policy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Reserve Bank retained the repo rate with a neutral stance amid uncertainty over energy prices and supply disruptions. Stock exchanges introduced the Closing Auction Session in the equity cash segment for eligible shares with futures and options contracts. This auction-based mechanism determines closing prices of eligible stocks and aims to make price discovery more transparent and robust.]]></description>
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<title>The Taxation and Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026 - Introduced in Lok Sabha on 4th August 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Taxation and Other Laws Amendment Bill 2026 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 4 August 2026. The supplied material records this legislative introduction through a news and press-release entry but does not specify the Bill's proposed amendments, substantive tax measures, operative provisions, or implementation framework. It contains no adjudicatory determination, legal holding, or reported outcome.]]></description>
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<title>India's services sector growth hits four-and-a-half-year low in July on weak demand: PMI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Services-sector growth slowed as domestic and export orders moderated amid weaker demand, competitive pressures, softer market conditions and postponed orders. Output continued to expand, but at its weakest pace in more than four years. Employment growth improved modestly, while input costs rose and firms increased selling prices. Business confidence remained positive but declined, and the composite output indicator weakened due principally to the sharp slowdown in services activity.]]></description>
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<title>SC grants interim bail to businessman Anwar Dhebar in manpower commission 'scam' case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Interim bail was granted to Anwar Dhebar in a matter involving alleged corruption and an illegal commission mechanism linked to a state marketing corporation. Conditions require him to remain outside Chhattisgarh, attend the trial court, and provide his residential address. The allegations concern manpower supply agencies allegedly being compelled to pay commissions for clearance of legitimate bills, with proceeds routed through intermediaries. The case was registered under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Corruption Act.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Delhi Pollution Control Committee in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a) to (c) and (e) of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for specified income of the Delhi Pollution Control Committee. Exempt income includes government grants or subsidies, statutory fees, environmental penalties and fines, and interest on surplus-fund deposits or investments. The exemption is conditional on absence of commercial activity, unchanged activities and income character, and filing of required income-tax returns. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>RBI marginally raises FY27 GDP growth projection to 6.7 pc, lowers inflation forecast</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Monetary policy projections for fiscal 2026-27 revise real GDP growth upward to 6.7 per cent and Consumer Price Index inflation downward to 5 per cent. Domestic activity is described as resilient amid global uncertainty, but inflationary risks persist from rainfall disruption, energy-price volatility, supply-chain uncertainty, and second-round effects of higher food, fuel and input costs. Core inflation is projected at 4.3 per cent for the fiscal year.]]></description>
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<title>Transactions not regarded as transfer. - Central Government notifies transfer of capital asset from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited u/s 47(viiaf) of IT Act 1961 and U/s 536(2) of Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Capital asset transfer from Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited to Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Limited under a Central Government-approved plan is notified as a specified transaction not regarded as a transfer. The notification operates under section 47(viiaf) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 read with the transitional provision in the Income-tax Act, 2025, and applies to Financial Year 2025-26, corresponding to Assessment Year 2026-27.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to District Legal Service Authority, Jind in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for specified income of District Legal Service Authority, Jind, including statutory-purpose grants and donations, court-ordered amounts, recruitment application fees, and bank-deposit interest. The exemption requires the authority to refrain from commercial activity, keep its activities and specified income unchanged, and file its income-tax return as required. Non-compliance may attract penal action and withdrawal of exemption. The notification has retrospective application for the stated assessment years.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Kerala Headload Workers Welfare Board, Kochi in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is granted to the Kerala Headload Workers Welfare Board, Kochi, for specified income under Section 10(46) of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961, pursuant to the saving and transitional provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Exempt income includes government grants and loans, statutory levies, registration fees, employer deposits, member contributions, specified wages, and related interest. The Board must not undertake commercial activity, must retain the same activities and income character, and must file the prescribed income-tax return. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Fees Regulating Authority in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is notified for the specified income of the Fees Regulating Authority under the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961, preserved through transitional provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025. Exempt income includes institutional processing fees, interest, penalties and charges, government reimbursements and grants, and interest from deposits and investments. The Authority must not engage in commercial activity, must keep its activities and income nature unchanged, and must file the prescribed income-tax return. Non-compliance may attract penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Chhattisgarh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (PAN: AAAJC1049H) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for the Chhattisgarh Real Estate Regulatory Authority for government grants, loans or advances, regulatory fees and penalties, and interest earned on those receipts. The exemption requires the Authority to avoid commercial activity, retain the same activities and nature of specified income, and file its income return as required. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of the exemption. The notification operates retrospectively for the stated assessment years.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to District Legal Services Authority, Charkhi Dadri (PAN AAAGD1414N) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is granted to the District Legal Services Authority, Charkhi Dadri, for specified grants, government donations, court-ordered receipts, recruitment application fees and bank-deposit interest. The exemption operates under the saving and transitional framework preserving application of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961. It is conditional on absence of commercial activity, continuity in the Authority's activities and specified income, and filing of income-tax returns as required. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption, with retrospective application to the stated assessment years.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Haryana State Board of Technical Education (HSBTE), Panchkula (PAN: AAAGT0008A) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is notified for the Haryana State Board of Technical Education, Panchkula, in respect of specified governmental receipts, educational fees, royalties and charges, donations, property-related income, securities sale proceeds, and bank-deposit interest. The exemption operates under section 10(46) of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961, preserved through transitional provisions of the Income-tax Act, 2025. It requires absence of commercial activity, continuity in activities and specified income, and filing of the required income-tax return; non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority (PAN:AAAGK1025N) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a)/(b) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is notified for specified income of the Kerala Real Estate Regulatory Authority, comprising registration fees for projects, agents and plots, fees for compensation claims and complaints, and government grants. The Authority must not engage in commercial activity, must maintain unchanged activities and specified income, and must comply with the applicable income-tax return-filing requirement. Non-compliance may attract penal action and withdrawal of the exemption. The notification operates retrospectively for the stated assessment years under the transitional framework preserving application of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Noida Special Economic Zone Authority (PAN: AAALN0639A) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section 536(2)(a) to (c) and (e) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for specified income of the Noida Special Economic Zone Authority, including lease rent, bank interest, permit and allotment fees, transfer charges, building-plan fees, site-usage charges, and scrap-sale receipts. The exemption requires that the Authority not engage in commercial activity, that its activities and specified income remain unchanged, and that it file the prescribed income-tax return. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee (PAN: AAAGO0158G) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section section 536(2)(a) to (c) and (e) of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption under section 10(46) of the repealed Income-tax Act, 1961 is notified for specified examination, counselling, application-processing and bank-deposit interest income of the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee. The exemption requires absence of commercial activity, unchanged activities and income nature, and prescribed return filing. Non-compliance may lead to penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Granting Tax Exemption to Noida Special Economic Zone Authority (PAN: AAALN0639A) in respect of the specified Income under Section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961 and section section 536(2)(a) to (c) and (e) of the Income-tax Act, 2025.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Specified-income exemption is granted to Noida Special Economic Zone Authority under section 10(46) of the Income-tax Act, 1961, as preserved by the Income-tax Act, 2025. Covered income includes lease rent, bank interest on fixed deposits, designated fees and charges, proceeds from vacant-property allotments, and scrap or waste sales. The Authority must not engage in commercial activity, must maintain unchanged activities and income nature, and must file returns under the 1961 Act. Non-compliance may result in penal action and withdrawal of exemption.]]></description>
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<title>Collaboration, Inclusion and Entrepreneurship: How SIDBI MSME Samvaad Is Shaping the Future of India’s MSME Ecosystem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MSME development is linked to collaboration, knowledge-sharing, institutional support and capability building. Industry associations can provide networking, policy advocacy, business intelligence, skills programmes, shared infrastructure and market linkages, while collective procurement, shared logistics, digital commerce and export readiness may improve competitiveness. Women-led enterprises benefit from market-oriented capability development, mentorship, continuous learning, professional networks, capacity-building programmes and institutional support. The Development of Industry Associations initiative is intended to connect associations and facilitate the sharing of best practices.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Granting Tax Exemption to the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee under Section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is notified for the Odisha Joint Entrance Examination Committee in respect of examination fees, counselling and application-processing fees, and interest on bank deposits under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025. The exemption is conditional on the absence of commercial activity, prescribed income-tax return filing, and continuation of unchanged activities and specified income. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of the exemption and commencement of proceedings under the Act.]]></description>
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<title>RBI keeps policy rate unchanged for third time in row in FY27 amid West Asia crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Monetary policy rate maintenance was continued with the repo rate retained at 5.25 per cent under a neutral stance amid uncertainty over energy prices and supply disruptions associated with the West Asia crisis. The growth forecast was marginally increased and the inflation projection reduced. Sustained rupee depreciation against the dollar was attributed to costly oil, capital outflows, widening trade deficits and a strong US dollar.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Granting Tax Exemption to the Noida Special Economic Zone Authority under Section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption is notified for the Noida Special Economic Zone Authority under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025, for specified receipts including lease rent, bank interest, fees, allotment and transfer charges, auction receipts, site-usage charges, and scrap-sale proceeds. Applicable for tax years 2026-27 and 2027-28, the exemption requires the Authority to avoid commercial activity, file its return in the prescribed manner, and maintain unchanged activities and specified income. Non-compliance leads to withdrawal of exemption and proceedings under the Act.]]></description>
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<title>RBI keeps policy rate unchanged for third time in row amid West Asia crisis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Monetary policy rates were retained without change for a third consecutive review, with a neutral stance maintained amid uncertainty over energy prices and supply disruptions associated with the West Asia crisis. The policy assessment noted retail inflation above the medium-term target, alongside an upward revision to growth expectations and a downward revision to the inflation projection. Continued rupee depreciation was linked to higher oil prices, capital outflows, widening trade deficits and a stronger US dollar.]]></description>
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<title>Markets climb in early trade on falling crude oil prices; RBI monetary policy decision awaited</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Equity market sentiment improved in early trading as lower crude oil prices and foreign fund inflows supported benchmark indices, while investors awaited the monetary policy decision. Softer crude prices, rupee recovery, improving global risk sentiment, resilient economic growth, corporate earnings and sustained foreign portfolio investment supported domestic financial assets, despite continuing global and geopolitical uncertainties.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee jumps 39 paise to 94.89 against US dollar ahead of RBI monetary policy decision</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign exchange market movement saw the rupee appreciate against the US dollar in early trading, supported by lower crude oil prices, a softer dollar index, domestic equity gains and net foreign institutional investment. Market attention centred on the Reserve Bank of India's monetary policy decision, with expectations of an unchanged benchmark repo rate. Policy communication on inflation and developments in Hormuz-related talks were identified as factors that could influence the rupee's direction.]]></description>
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<title>When Ego and Arrogance Overshadow Law: A Lesson from the Delhi High Court By Adv. G. Jayaprakash Former Central Excise Officer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Administrative discretion in customs and other regulatory functions must serve statutory purposes, legality, proportionality, reason and public interest rather than institutional prestige or departmental ego. Inter-agency disagreements should be resolved through coordination, consultation and reasoned legal interpretation, not prolonged confrontation. Litigation should be pursued only where required by law and public interest. Regulatory authorities must protect revenue while facilitating legitimate trade, and officers must act with objectivity, restraint, impartiality and fairness. Firm enforcement is distinct from obstinacy and requires cooperative, practical and lawful decision-making.]]></description>
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<title>Service Tax: Wrong Forum Can Stop the Right Appeal</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Legacy Service Tax appeals require issue-based forum selection. Appeals involving ordinary substantial questions of law follow the High Court route, while disputes concerning taxability, classification, rate, valuation, or assessment-linked questions fall within the specialised Supreme Court route. Taxability is connected with rate and assessment because it determines whether the levy applies at all. Saving provisions preserve pending Service Tax proceedings and remedies but do not change the applicable appellate mechanism. Filing before an incorrect forum may cause delay and limitation-related concerns without determination of the merits.]]></description>
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<title>JURISDICTION FOR INTELLIGENCE BASED ENFORCEMENT IN GST</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Intelligence-based GST enforcement may be initiated by either the Central or State tax administration irrespective of taxpayer assignment. The authority commencing action may investigate, issue a show cause notice, adjudicate and recover. Parallel adjudicatory proceedings on the same subject matter are barred. Proceedings formally commence through issuance of a show cause notice; summons, searches, seizures and preliminary inquiries do not independently constitute adjudicatory proceedings. Both administrations may investigate until identical liability and contravention are established, but duplicate adjudication after an existing show cause notice is not permitted.]]></description>
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<title>Service Tax Appeals Need Finality, Not Mechanical Remand</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Appellate remand in service tax disputes should not replace a merits decision where the record is adequate and settled precedent directly addresses the issue. The appellate forum should examine the relevant facts, consider the precedent relied on, and issue a speaking order explaining its application or non-application. Remand remains appropriate for necessary factual verification, unexamined documents, or procedural defects, but mechanical remand can create repetitive adjudication and appeals. The same approach is relevant to recurring GST disputes where settled law can be applied to available facts.]]></description>
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<title>CESS ON PAN MASALA- MISBORN ACT</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Capacity-based cess on pan masala is examined as an anti-evasion measure subject to Article 14 equality requirements. Taxing deemed machine capacity rather than actual output may treat materially different production capacities alike and create disproportionate liabilities for smaller manufacturers. A fixed minimum shutdown period for abatement may also deny relief for genuine short-term operational disruptions. The article supports verifiable operational metrics, technology-enabled supply-chain tracking, and field verification over deemed-production formulas, while maintaining that public-health regulation and tax enforcement must comply with constitutional fairness.]]></description>
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<title>Farewell to the popular word 'notwithstanding' and welcome to phrase 'irrespective of' in the Income-tax Act, 2025.Possibility of unsettling settled things and proving scope of litigation afresh.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Income-tax Act, 2025 uses "irrespective of" in place of "notwithstanding" in provisions corresponding to overriding clauses under the Income-tax Act, 1961. "Notwithstanding" is an established device for creating exceptions and giving a provision overriding effect over competing provisions. Although "irrespective of" may communicate a similar sense, its legal operation must be determined from the provision's wording, context, statutory setting, and purpose. The terminology shift may require fresh interpretation of the intended exception or overriding effect.]]></description>
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<title>WAYS TO MANAGE RISKS, ASSOCIATED WITH INTERNATIONAL TRADE: A COMPLETE ANALYSIS WITH EXPERT ADVICE, PREDICTIVE AND PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[International trade risk management requires a continuing process of identifying, assessing, prioritising, mitigating and monitoring cross-border financial, commercial, legal, political, logistical, compliance and cybersecurity risks. Businesses should conduct counterparty and country due diligence, use secure payment mechanisms and foreign exchange hedging, document contracts with governing-law and dispute-resolution provisions, diversify suppliers and transport routes, obtain appropriate insurance, and maintain accurate customs documentation. Predictive tools, including data analytics, supply-chain monitoring and scenario planning, support early detection of currency, market, political and operational disruptions.]]></description>
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<title>JNCH Public Notice 88/2026: Streamlining Export Procedures for Drugs and Pharmaceuticals.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical export procedures distinguish manufacturers, merchant exporters, and exporters of unapproved, new, or banned drugs. Manufacturers of approved products upload prescribed documents through e-Sanchit and generally need no separate Assistant Drugs Controller clearance. Merchant exporters require a regulatory No Objection Certificate, on which Customs ordinarily relies without duplicate document verification. Exporters of unapproved, new, and banned drugs must obtain a CDSCO certificate before seeking a Manufacturing Licence, ensure Shipping Bill details match it, and obtain amendments for buyer or purchase-order changes. A limited transitional relaxation applies until 30 September 2026.]]></description>
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<title>JNCH Public Notice 2026: Manual Container Bond Procedures Phased Out to Promote Digital Compliance.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customs administration of temporarily imported duty-free containers is being digitised through electronic monitoring and automated Continuity Bond management. Manual Container Movement Permission is discontinued, while manually executed Continuity Bonds must be registered in the Indian Customs EDI System for automated bond debits and credits through electronic manifests. Pending complete automation, stakeholders must submit electronic quarterly bond and container-status reports. Bond holders remain responsible for timely re-export, accurate records and fulfilment of exemption conditions; non-compliance may lead to bond enforcement, duty recovery with interest and penal proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>Reasoned GST registration cancellation and effective hearing are mandatory; unreasoned cancellation orders require fresh adjudication.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Cancellation of GST registration requires reasons demonstrating application of mind and an effective opportunity to respond to the show-cause notice. The High Court stated that an unreasoned cancellation order fails the test under Article 14. As the taxpayer had not effectively responded, it was permitted to submit a reply, which must be considered after a hearing. The cancellation order and appellate order were quashed, and the matter was remitted for fresh adjudication.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-trial detention in alleged fraudulent input tax credit cases must not become punitive where trial delay and risk factors favour bail.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pre-trial detention in alleged fraudulent input tax credit offences is not punitive and should secure the accused's presence at trial. Bail was considered appropriate where the offence was triable by a Magistrate with a maximum five-year sentence, investigation was complete, no charge had been framed, trial was unlikely to conclude promptly, and the accused had no criminal antecedents. In the absence of exceptional circumstances or material indicating absconding, repeat offending, witness intimidation, or evidence tampering, bail was granted subject to conditions requiring cooperation with trial and non-interference with evidence or witnesses.]]></description>
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<title>Effective communication of GST orders justified condoning appeal delay and requiring merits adjudication within the court-directed period.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Effective communication of a GST adjudication order is examined in relation to delay in filing a statutory appeal where the order was uploaded only on the GST portal. The notes state that, although the Appellate Authority is bound by the limitation period under Section 107 of the RGST/CGST Act, delay may be condoned where circumstances beyond the taxpayer's control prevented timely filing and denial of merits adjudication would cause grave prejudice. The appeal was directed to be entertained and decided on merits if filed within the period specified by the Court.]]></description>
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<title>Reasoned GST registration cancellation orders and a hearing are mandatory; unreasoned ex parte action requires fresh adjudication.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST registration cancellation requires a reasoned quasi-judicial order that shows application of mind and complies with Article 14 where it adversely affects the right to carry on business. An unreasoned ex parte cancellation order issued without an opportunity of hearing is unsustainable. The High Court quashed the cancellation and appellate orders, permitted a reply to the show-cause notice, and directed fresh adjudication after hearing the parties and considering the defence.]]></description>
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<title>GST return rectification for wrong GSTIN reporting may preserve input tax credit where correction causes no revenue loss.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Bona fide GST return errors involving invoices reported under a GST TDS GSTIN rather than the regular GSTIN may be rectified where the correction causes no revenue loss and is necessary to enable input tax credit consideration. The text states that portal limitations on altering filed entries do not, by themselves, justify refusal of rectification. It also notes that retrospective relaxation of the input tax credit time limit for the relevant financial year supported the request. Amendment or rectification of GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B was directed through online or manual means within four weeks.]]></description>
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<title>Refund rejection requires prior notice of the decisive objection, despite authority to examine consequential relief impediments.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A refund claim for excess service tax cannot be rejected on an objection not disclosed to the assessee through a show cause notice. Although a Tribunal finding of refund eligibility with consequential relief does not require automatic disbursement and permits examination of legal impediments, including notification conditions and unjust enrichment, the adjudicating authority must give the assessee an opportunity to respond to any objection concerning tax paid on an abated value while CENVAT credit was availed. The High Court quashed the rejection and required fresh adjudication after notice, hearing and a reasoned order.]]></description>
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<title>Deemed withdrawal of best-judgment assessments follows delayed GSTR-3B filing when required returns and late fees are furnished.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 62(2) of the GST law provides for deemed withdrawal of a best-judgment assessment when the registered person files the required returns within the prescribed framework; delayed filing requires payment of the applicable late fee. The note records that, following amendment of the provision, delay in filing GSTR-3B may be condoned where the relevant returns and late fee have been furnished. In the described matter, the assessments were treated as deemed withdrawn, and consequential recovery proceedings and attachments of immovable property were rendered ineffective.]]></description>
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<title>Deemed withdrawal of best-judgment assessment follows timely valid return filing, while late fee and interest liabilities continue.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 62(2) of the CGST Act provides that a best-judgment assessment for non-filing of a return is deemed withdrawn where the registered person furnishes a valid return within the prescribed period after service of the assessment order, although interest and late-fee liability continues. The notes state that the dealer filed the return for the disputed period with applicable interest and late fee after the assessment order, which the revenue did not dispute. Applying the statutory provision and cited High Court decisions, the January 2024 assessment was treated as withdrawn and set aside.]]></description>
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<title>Interest and penalty on delayed GST payment remain stayed pending verification of payment through input tax credit adjustment.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Interest and penalty for delayed payment of CGST and SGST were made subject to verification of the taxpayer's claim that tax dues had already been discharged through adjustment of input tax credit within the permissible period. The High Court directed the competent authority to examine that claim and determine whether any interest or penalty remained payable. The taxpayer may submit a representation for expeditious decision, and recovery under the challenged order and notice remains stayed until the representation is disposed of.]]></description>
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<title>Inherent quashing jurisdiction cannot decide disputed defences on non-supply of seized material or wilful failure to file returns.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Inherent jurisdiction to quash criminal proceedings does not permit resolution of disputed factual defences concerning alleged wilful failure to furnish returns pursuant to search-assessment notices. Assertions that seized material was requested but not supplied, and that the default lacked wilfulness or mens rea, were disputed and lacked prima facie proof of requests before the stipulated period expired. Such matters require evidence and cannot be determined through a mini-trial at the quashing stage, where the Court assesses only whether a prima facie case exists. The quashing petitions were dismissed, leaving the Trial Court to decide the prosecutions on evidence without being influenced by the order's observations.]]></description>
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<title>Eligible industrial deductions and book-profit adjustments turn on income nexus, exempt-fund presumption, valuation, and lawful appellate claims.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Eligible-industrial-unit deductions are discussed in relation to interest on staff advances and deposits, overdue customer-bill interest, and a Sikkim manufacturing unit. The notes distinguish interest not eligible for deduction from overdue-bill interest and address continuity where prior-year positions govern. They also cover exempt-income expenditure: sufficient interest-free own funds may preclude interest disallowance, while administrative expenditure is computed under the prescribed method. For LLP-interest transfers, partnership rights are capital assets, but related-party status and approved valuation require examination. In book-profit computation, the notes address exempt-income adjustments, intangible-asset amortisation, and trea.....]]></description>
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<title>Website development depreciation, banking gateway fees, and revenue advertising expenses receive favourable treatment under discussed tax principles.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Website development costs are discussed as qualifying for depreciation at the higher rate applied to computer software, based on earlier decisions. Payment gateway charges paid to banks are characterised as banking-service fees rather than commission or brokerage because the gateway facilitates secure payment settlement without acting as an agent; consequently, tax deduction obligations on commission were not attracted. Advertisement, marketing and publicity expenditure is treated as revenue expenditure where it forms part of the profit-earning process and creates no permanent asset or enduring advantage of decisive character. Ticket-cost reimbursements to an overseas group company are also discussed as not being expenditure claimed by the assessee, supporting deletion of the related tax-deduction disallowance.]]></description>
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<title>Foreign-currency loan benchmarking follows the loan currency, while export hedging losses qualify as non-speculative business losses.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign-currency loan interest must be benchmarked against the relevant currency's LIBOR-based rate, not domestic lending rates; the interest adjustment was deleted. Corporate guarantees were treated as international transactions, but commission was restricted to 0.50% of outstanding guarantees. For section 10A, separately claimed units require factual examination as independent undertakings, while exclusions from export turnover must also be excluded from total turnover. Exempt-income disallowance excludes interest where interest-free funds exceed investments, with administrative expenditure limited to investments yielding exempt income. Hedging losses on export-related forward contracts were treated as non-speculative revenue losses. Seve.....]]></description>
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<title>Delayed initiation of TDS return penalties after nine years rendered the penalty illegal and unsustainable.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Penalty for belated filing of TDS returns may not be sustained where penalty proceedings are initiated after an unexplained nine-year lapse. The Tribunal note states that, following a coordinate Bench decision on materially similar facts, the delayed penalty was treated as illegal and unsustainable. The penalty order was set aside and the taxpayer's appeal was allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Project-development assistance treated as capital, while infrastructure construction costs may be amortised over the concession period.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Project assistance received from a development authority for constructing and establishing water infrastructure is characterised by its purpose: assistance for project development is capital in nature, unlike operational assistance, which may be revenue. The note states that the Tribunal treated the assistance as a capital receipt and deleted the corresponding revenue addition, following its consistent prior approach. It also states that excess construction expenditure over capital assistance may be amortised over the concession period as deferred revenue expenditure where consistent with applicable accounting principles and CBDT guidance for infrastructure facilities. The disallowance of amortised project expenditure was deleted; interest and penalty issues were consequential and premature.]]></description>
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<title>Delayed trade receivables require separate transfer pricing benchmarking, subject to debt-free status and an appropriate credit period.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Delayed trade receivables from associated enterprises are treated as a separate international transaction where realisation exceeds the normal credit period and provides an uncompensated financing benefit. Acceptance of the underlying IT/SDS service margin at arm's length, or inclusion of finance costs in operating costs, does not itself establish arm's-length compensation for extended credit. A debt-free service provider with no interest-bearing borrowings may not require a notional interest adjustment, subject to factual verification. For foreign-currency IT/SDS receivables, the article notes benchmarking at LIBOR plus 200 basis points after allowing a 60-day credit period.]]></description>
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<title>Modified returns, MAT book profit limits, and tested-party selection shape transfer pricing treatment of integrated intra-group services.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A modified return filed by a successor following an NCLT-approved business reorganisation must be examined within the scope of the reorganisation order for recomputation of income. Under MAT, transfer pricing adjustments under normal provisions cannot increase book profit unless authorised by a specified adjustment to certified accounts. For transfer pricing, closely linked software sales and support services may be aggregated under TNMM where they form an integrated business model; documented evidence of service rendition and benefit precludes a nil valuation. A foreign associated enterprise may be the tested party if it is the least complex entity, and comparable margins require appropriate period and segmental-data analysis.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer pricing comparability requires functional alignment, reliable financial data, and careful review of working capital and receivables adjustments.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transfer pricing of low-end IT-enabled back-office support services requires functional comparability and reliable public financial data. Comparable companies may be included where their accounting, human-resources or BPO functions are broadly similar, but excluded for unavailable data, abnormal royalty-driven profits, high-end consultancy or audit functions, or unsegregated merger effects. Working capital adjustment requires examination of demonstrated differences in collection periods between the tested party and comparables. Interest on outstanding associated-enterprise receivables requires review of the taxpayer's debt-free status and whether its average collection period is abnormally high against industry practice; denial of working capital adjustment should not coexist with an unexamined receivables interest adjustment.]]></description>
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<title>Transfer pricing rules require benchmarking corporate guarantees and associated-enterprise advances, while invalid domestic-transaction adjustments cannot survive statutory omission.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Corporate guarantees to subsidiaries are described as shareholder activities but, following retrospective inclusion within capital financing, remain international transactions requiring arm's length benchmarking; the guarantee commission was restricted to 0.5%. Omission without a saving clause of the specified domestic transaction category for related-party expenditure invalidated the related transfer-pricing reference and adjustment. Common head-office costs may be allocated at cost among eligible and non-eligible units because the head office is a cost centre, not an independent service provider. Interest-free advances to overseas associated enterprises require arm's length interest benchmarking despite own funds or commercial expediency. Recurring advertisement, brand-promotion and market-research expenditure was treated as revenue expenditure, not capital expenditure.]]></description>
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<title>Share valuation method choice protects DCF valuations from replacement with NAV, though projections remain open to scrutiny.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Valuation of unquoted shares under the prescribed framework allows the assessee to choose either the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) or Net Asset Value (NAV) method. Where DCF is selected, the Assessing Officer may examine the underlying data and projections and obtain or determine a fresh valuation if they are unreliable or unrealistic, but must continue under the DCF method. The notes state that substituting NAV for the assessee's chosen DCF method exceeds the Assessing Officer's jurisdiction; accordingly, the NAV-based addition discussed was deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Penalty immunity requires reconsideration where rectification removes the assessment demand and leaves a refund instead.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Immunity from penalty for under-reporting of income requires reconsideration where a timely Form No. 68 application is followed by rectification of the assessment demand resulting in a refund. The material states that neither the penalty order nor the appellate order considered whether the rectification affected compliance with the requirement to pay tax and interest, particularly where no demand ultimately survived. The immunity claim was restored for fresh examination by a speaking order after granting reasonable opportunity, with consequential reconsideration of the penalty issue if required.]]></description>
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<title>Under-reporting penalty applies when taxable income is not returned, even if reassessment disclosure is accepted without additions.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Failure to file a return despite taxable income can constitute under-reporting under section 270A where no original return is furnished and assessed income exceeds the maximum amount not chargeable to tax. The note explains that section 270A is triggered by objective statutory conditions rather than concealment or intent to evade tax. Income disclosed in response to a reassessment notice and accepted without further addition does not cure the initial filing default. Availability of income details through tax deduction at source also does not remove the return-filing obligation. As no exclusion under section 270A(6) was established, penalty under section 270A(7) was sustained.]]></description>
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<title>Benami RTGS credits unsupported by independent evidence justified attachment, while unproven prejudice defeated the natural justice challenge.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[RTGS credits claimed as gold-sale proceeds were treated as a benami transaction because the appellant did not prove a prior business relationship with the remitting entities or independently corroborate invoices, purchase bills, ledgers and stock records. The undisputed cash deposit with the alleged benamidar, subsequent RTGS transfers, timing after demonetisation and bank records supported confirmation of the provisional attachment. Denial of cross-examination did not breach natural justice: no intermediary statement existed, the alleged benamidar had been made available but did not appear, and no actual prejudice was shown. The appeal was dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Prospective sugar export prohibition required registered letters of credit; private contracts and export quotas created no enforceable continuation right.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sugar export prohibition applied prospectively under the policy prevailing on the export date. Transitional protection required a pre-existing, registered irrevocable commercial letter of credit; private contracts, advance payments, and unsubstantiated claims that goods were in the export pipeline did not qualify. Consignments covered by a Let Export Order issued before the notification remained unaffected. The article notes that export quotas did not create vested rights for merchant exporters, and legitimate expectation or promissory estoppel could not prevent a revised policy adopted in supervening public interest. The prohibition, intended to protect domestic availability and price stability, was treated as a reasonable restriction; the writ petitions were dismissed, with domestic disposal of retained sugar permitted under applicable law.]]></description>
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<title>Brand rate drawback for bus bodies may coexist with DEPB where duplicate duty reimbursement is not established by evidence.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Brand rate drawback on exported bus bodies was discussed in relation to simultaneous DEPB benefit for chassis components. The notes state that the 1988 circular's average-rate dispensation did not require independent body builders to furnish duty-paid documents, and that the 2003 circular continued this approach after DEPB was introduced. They further state that double reimbursement could not be presumed solely from DEPB availing without material showing reimbursement of the same duty incidence. Recovery proceedings for wrongly granted drawback were treated as distinct from brand-rate revision and subject to Rule 16, requiring initiation within a reasonable time rather than automatic application of customs-duty limitation. The impugned denial and recovery were quashed for covered exports.]]></description>
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<title>Made-up textile article classification governs triangular umbrella panels, while full customs disclosure prevents extended limitation in classification disputes.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Triangular umbrella fabric panels are discussed as "made-up" textile articles because Section Note 7 to Section XI covers articles cut otherwise than into squares or rectangles. Once fabric is cut into triangular panels for umbrella assembly, it acquires the commercial identity of umbrella panels; Heading 6307 is therefore presented as more specific than Heading 5407 for woven synthetic filament fabric. The notes also address extended limitation in customs classification disputes: where the goods' description and claimed classification are fully declared in Bills of Entry and accepted on assessment, there is no suppression or misdeclaration to support recovery under the extended period.]]></description>
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<title>Abetment penalties require proof that a Customs Broker representative knowingly facilitated improper importation of prohibited goods.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Section 112A penalty for abetment of improper import requires evidence that the Customs Broker's G Card holder participated in, omitted an act connected with, or knowingly facilitated conduct rendering goods liable to confiscation. The note addresses an alleged import of prohibited crackers concealed as glassware, where the G Card holder returned the documents after detecting a description mismatch and informed Customs. Initial processing of Bills of Entry and personal-bank-account deposits, without further evidence of knowledge or involvement, did not establish abetment. The reported penalty was therefore set aside.]]></description>
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<title>Actual user conditions prohibit disguised sales of duty-free inputs through arrangements labelled as job work.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Duty-free imported inputs must be used by the actual user and cannot be sold or transferred contrary to exemption conditions. The notes explain that job work requires production substantially from materials supplied by the customer; where processors use their own inputs, issue sale invoices for different intermediate goods, and adjust the imported input's value against sale prices, the arrangement constitutes a sale rather than job work. Such diversion supports confiscation, recovery of duty with interest, and penalty. Obligations under import bonds continue until discharge, so the duty recovery is not time-barred; suppression of diversion by presenting sales as job work also warrants penalty. A director responsible for diversion may be penalised under section 112(a)(ii).]]></description>
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<title>Abetment of attempted export requires proven positive assistance or knowledge; penalties cannot rest on unsupported allegations of concealment.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Abetment of attempted export requires a positive act supported by admissible evidence of assistance, tampering, or knowledge of concealment. The notes state that no evidence linked the exporter, its managing partner, employees, or Customs House Agent to loading red sanders into a container declared to carry roofing tiles, tampering with the container, or knowing of the concealment during transit. On that basis, penalties against the exporter-side parties were set aside, while the proposed penalty against the Customs House Agent remained dropped. A remand for fresh adjudication was considered unjustified because no aggrieved party had challenged confiscation of the goods.]]></description>
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<title>Unsubmitted arbitral award claims are extinguished by approved resolution plans, while court-deposited security remains the corporate debtor's asset.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[An arbitral award is a claim in corporate insolvency resolution, requiring the award-holder to submit it to the resolution professional. Once a resolution plan is approved, claims excluded from that plan are extinguished under the clean slate principle, and proceedings concerning them cannot continue. An unsubmitted award claim therefore renders a pending challenge to the award infructuous. A court deposit made as security for staying execution of an award does not amount to payment or transfer ownership to the award-holder. The deposit remains an asset of the corporate debtor, subject to the court's conditions, and may be refunded with accrued interest after the underlying claim is extinguished.]]></description>
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<title>Retroactive interim-moratorium exclusion permits protective asset disclosure and preservation measures against personal guarantors pending arbitration.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The amended exclusion from the interim moratorium applies to insolvency applications against personal guarantors that were filed before commencement and remained pending. The phrase "where an application is filed" covers existing pending applications; this is characterised as retroactive operation on a continuing status, rather than retrospective operation affecting vested rights. Accordingly, the interim moratorium ceased from the amendment's effective date and did not bar the petition. Pending arbitration, limited equitable protection may include asset disclosure and restraints on alienation or dissipation, even where an insolvency professional may access similar information. Such relief remains subject to commencement of arbitration and further arbitral directions.]]></description>
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<title>Pre-existing operational debt dispute and post-admission settlement led to reversal of CIRP admission and closure of insolvency proceedings.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Settlement of the operational creditor's claim after commencement of CIRP supported closure of the insolvency process. The parties acknowledged that the transportation-charge claim was subject to a pre-existing dispute, particularly concerning distance measurement, before the demand notice was issued. The operational creditor confirmed full satisfaction of its claim and consented to setting aside the admission order, while no other creditor claim remained after discharge of the provident fund claim. The NCLAT therefore set aside the order admitting the corporate debtor to CIRP and closed the process.]]></description>
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<title>Poultry cage components classification restored as parts of poultry-keeping machinery rather than iron and steel structural goods.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Welded mesh top, side, bottom, door and centre components made from galvanised iron wire exclusively for poultry battery cages are discussed as classifiable under CETH 84369100 as parts of poultry-keeping machinery, rather than under CETH 73089090 as iron and steel structures or parts. The material described the components as manufactured to specified designs and identifiable solely for battery cages. It notes that the absence of a mechanical function in the assembled cage did not establish classification as structural goods, and that reliance on the cited Supreme Court order was misplaced because the subsequent appellate decision accepted the machinery-parts classification. The impugned classification was set aside with consequential benefits.]]></description>
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<title>Admitted cheque signatures raise debt presumptions, while revisional courts cannot reassess concurrent evidence without material jurisdictional error.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Admitted cheque signatures trigger presumptions of consideration and discharge of a legally enforceable debt or liability under the Negotiable Instruments Act. The notes explain that an accused alleging misuse of a blank security cheque must rebut those presumptions with credible material; unsupported assertions, delayed demands for return of the cheque, and unsubstantiated challenges to the complainant's financial capacity may be insufficient. They further state that revisional jurisdiction is supervisory, not appellate: concurrent findings should not be reversed through fresh reappreciation of evidence unless perversity, material error, failure to consider relevant evidence, or miscarriage of justice is shown.]]></description>
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<title>Punjab govt committed to paying all valid dues; legal options being examined: FM Cheema</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Pending dearness allowance arrears of government employees and pensioners are to be cleared within a fortnight, with restraint on unproductive expenditure until admissible dues are paid. The government states that it will pay constitutionally and legally valid dues while examining the judgment, precedents and possible legal remedies. It attributes the arrears to delayed pay commission implementation and frozen dearness allowance, and states that a structured liquidation plan has been prepared and partly implemented.]]></description>
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<title>ED searches multiple locations in Punjab, Chandigarh in PMLA case against PSIEC officials</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A money-laundering investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act examines alleged irregularities in industrial-plot allotments involving corporation officials, private persons, property dealers and alleged benamidars. The inquiry concerns alleged use of fictitious firms and false addresses to obtain plots, allotments to relatives and associates, and alleged diversion or change of land use from industrial to residential purposes. These activities are alleged to have generated private gains while causing loss to the public exchequer.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee gains 9 paise against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Rupee exchange-rate movement was supported by foreign capital inflows and improved global risk sentiment, while elevated crude-oil prices and a stronger US dollar constrained gains. Market attention shifted to monetary policy, overseas dollar-deposit incentives and easier foreign access to government bonds, which were reported to support capital inflows and India's external position. A cautious approach to the benchmark repo rate was expected amid assessment of the West Asia conflict.]]></description>
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<title>India, US working towards interim trade agreement: MEA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Interim bilateral trade agreement negotiations between India and the United States are continuing. Both sides have undertaken substantial work, while certain issues remain to be finalised before completion of the proposed interim trade arrangement. A United States Trade Representative delegation visited India to advance discussions. The text records the status of negotiations and identifies no concluded agreement or operative customs measure.]]></description>
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<title>Govt to adopt appropriate measures to mitigate fuel price volatility: MoS Finance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Fuel-price volatility is to be mitigated through fiscal and administrative measures that protect consumers while maintaining fiscal sustainability. The approach includes monitoring revenue and expenditure, reprioritising spending, and using fiscal measures when economic conditions require. Reduced central excise duty on petrol and diesel moderated the impact of elevated international crude prices and partly offset under-recoveries of public-sector oil marketing companies. Longer-term measures include revenue mobilisation, import diversification, Strategic Petroleum Reserves, cleaner fuels and energy efficiency.]]></description>
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<title>Instruction regarding Coordination with State Mining Authorities for sharing information relating to illegal mining and transportation of minerals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[CGST Zones must coordinate with State Mining Authorities to obtain and analyse information on illegal mining, mineral transportation, seizures, mining-lease action, excess extraction and related violations for potential GST implications. Each Zone must appoint a Nodal Officer, establish periodic information sharing, initiate action where warranted, disseminate intelligence to relevant formations, and hold periodic review meetings to address operational issues.]]></description>
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<title>Tariff rate quota applications under India-Oman CEPA open with product-specific documentation requirements for eligible imports.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Applications are invited for tariff rate quota allocations under the India-Oman CEPA for FY 2026-27 for specified imports, including dates, marble, petrochemicals, plastics and aluminium products. Applications may be submitted from 4 August to 19 August 2026 and imports will be governed by the TRQ procedure in Annexure-VIII of Appendix 2A of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023. Marble-block applicants must provide a Chartered Engineer certificate confirming processing capacity, machinery installation and production for the preceding three financial years. Marble-slab applicants must submit a pre-purchase agreement with an Oman supplier, while PET-flake applicants require an MoEFCC no-objection certificate.]]></description>
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<title>Standard Input Output Norms for chemical and pharmaceutical exports enable direct Advance Authorisations and uniform input entitlement assessment.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Seven new Standard Input Output Norms under the Chemical and Allied Products group prescribe permitted import inputs and quantities for specified export products, including theophylline, liraglutide injection, lumefantrine, meropenem formulations and ophthalmic solutions. The norms specify relevant bulk drugs, chemicals and sterile bulk materials as allowable inputs; for ophthalmic solutions, bulk-drug content must conform to the Drug Manufacturing Licence. The new entries enable Regional Authorities to issue Advance Authorisations directly in eligible cases without individual referral to the Norms Committee, promoting faster processing and uniform norm fixation.]]></description>
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<title>SCMTR-only manifest filing replaces supplementary IGM and EGM processes at New Mangalore and Karwar Ports.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations filing becomes the sole channel for manifest and transhipment filings at New Mangalore and Karwar Ports after the supplementary IGM/EGM process is disabled from 16 June 2026. Shipping lines, agents, custodians, terminal operators, customs brokers and other stakeholders must transition to the SCMTR module. Legacy-format and manual or automated filings for SCMTR-covered modules will not be accepted, except where an exceptional system failure is verified by the local Systems Manager. The change is intended to support fully digital cargo processing, visibility and risk management.]]></description>
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<title>Supersession Notification No. ERTS (T) 3/2025/467, dated 17th September, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Appellate Tribunal filing timelines under the Meghalaya Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 fix 31 July 2026 as the final date for appeals against orders communicated before 1 May 2026 and applications concerning orders passed before 1 February 2026. Appeals for later-communicated orders must be filed within three months of communication. Applications relating to later-passed orders must be filed within six months from the date of the order.]]></description>
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<title>Taxation laws (Amendment) Bill to attract more foreign capital, provide policy certainty introduced in LS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The proposed Bill seeks to simplify conditions for foreign investment funds using fund managers in India without being treated as carrying on business in India, while retaining safeguards against misuse and round-tripping. It proposes removal of approval requirements for foreign cloud companies using Indian data centres and permits leased operation of Indian data centres. It also extends tax support for foreign companies participating in electronics contract manufacturing and component warehousing, preserves tax-free dividends for REIT and InvIT investors in specified circumstances, and removes the prohibition on Merchant Discount Rate charges for notified electronic payment modes.]]></description>
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<title>Champion Mirabai Chanu Unveils MMTC-PAMP's 'Virasat' Recycled Gold Coin to Celebrate India's 80th Year of Independence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Responsible precious-metals recycling is promoted through a commemorative recycled-gold coin intended to support domestic recycling, responsible sourcing and a self-reliant supply chain. The product is described as having certified purity authentication, tamper-proof packaging, a unique identification number and an assayer-certified minted card. The initiative seeks to reduce dependence on imported gold and expand organised, transparent recycling infrastructure. An organised silver buyback programme is also described as supporting secure consumer sales and a circular economy for precious metals.]]></description>
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<title>Indian economy to hit USD 5-trillion mark in FY29 as per IMF: FM</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The growth strategy combines agricultural productivity, manufacturing, MSME support, infrastructure, logistics, ease of doing business, streamlined income-tax and GST reforms, innovation, digitalisation, human-capital development, energy security, public capital expenditure, foreign direct investment liberalisation, export promotion, fiscal prudence and price stability. Trade resilience is to be strengthened through expanded trade agreements, while manufacturing, services, agriculture and strategic sectors receive targeted policy support. The material also reports secured-asset enforcement cases and recoveries by banks under the SARFAESI framework during FY25.]]></description>
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<title>Notification Granting Tax Exemption to the District Legal Services Authority, Charkhi Dadri under Section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax exemption under Schedule III read with section 11 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 is notified for the District Legal Services Authority, Charkhi Dadri in respect of specified grants, government grants or donations, court-ordered amounts, recruitment application fees and bank-deposit interest. The exemption for tax year 2026-27 requires that the authority undertake no commercial activity, file its income-tax return as prescribed, and keep its activities and specified-income nature unchanged. Non-compliance results in withdrawal of exemption and proceedings under the Act.]]></description>
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<title>SVC Co-operative Bank Concludes 120th Annual General Meeting, Reaffirms Growth, Governance and Digital Focus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Co-operative bank governance and financial disclosure were addressed at the annual general meeting, where the member-notice agenda was transacted and audited financial statements were presented. The bank reported growth in business, deposits and advances, together with net profit, asset quality, provisioning coverage and capital adequacy indicators. Its operational priorities include digital transformation, risk management, selective network expansion, customer service and operational discipline. Future priorities include retail and priority-sector lending, MSMEs, affordable housing and institutional deposits.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee falls 3 paise to close at 95.40 against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The rupee weakened against the US dollar amid elevated crude oil prices, weaker domestic equities and a stronger dollar index, while foreign fund inflows moderated the decline. Attention shifted to the central bank's monetary policy meeting, with continuation of the existing benchmark policy rate anticipated. Earlier measures encouraging overseas dollar deposits and facilitating foreign participation in government bonds were reported to support capital inflows and India's external position.]]></description>
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<title>Government Boosts MSME Financing Through SIDBI and ECLGS 5.0</title>
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<description><![CDATA[MSME credit access is being expanded through SIDBI's branch network, direct lending, refinance support, co-lending arrangements, affordable credit for informal micro-entrepreneurs, and invoice-based digital credit for micro enterprises. Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme 5.0 enables eligible MSMEs to obtain additional credit linked to peak fund-based working-capital outstanding, with full guarantee coverage for member lending institutions against defaults on the additional facility. The scheme also covers scheduled passenger airlines under distinct eligibility and guarantee parameters.]]></description>
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<title>India's Market Opportunity is Growing, and the Trade is Taking Notice</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[imm india 2026 is presented as a business-to-business sourcing platform linking Indian furniture, home de cor, rug, carpet, mattress and handicraft manufacturers with domestic and international trade buyers. It is intended to provide direct manufacturer access, design-led sourcing and project-scale procurement opportunities for architects, designers, retailers, hospitality professionals and real estate developers. The programme includes a hosted buyer initiative, industry conferences, knowledge sessions and awards addressing innovation, sustainability, craftsmanship and design.]]></description>
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<title>50,000 Students to Participate in Season 2 of the Franklin Templeton National Mutual Fund Olympiad 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Financial literacy and investment awareness are promoted through a nationwide, multi-level educational competition for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Participants are assessed on mutual funds, investment fundamentals, financial planning, market concepts and long-term wealth creation, with exposure to market-linked products including ETFs, portfolio management services, alternative investment funds and specialised investment funds. The initiative combines academic institutions and financial-sector participants to improve practical investment knowledge, informed decision-making and responsible participation in investment markets.]]></description>
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<title>Currently nine trade disputes pending against India under WTO rules: Govt</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Nine pending WTO disputes against India concern safeguard measures, sugar support and export schemes, information and communications technology tariffs, and technology-sector incentives. India contests the claims as consistent with its WTO rights and obligations. Appeals concerning iron and steel safeguards, sugar measures, and certain information and communications technology tariff reports remain pending, including because the WTO Appellate Body is non-functional. Other proceedings concern Chinese challenges to production-linked incentives, tariffs, and solar, automotive, renewable-energy and information-technology measures; one panel proceeding is ongoing and another panel has not been constituted.]]></description>
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<title>MNLU Mumbai Launches MBA in Entrepreneurship  Digital Business Law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The MBA programme integrates management education, entrepreneurial capability, digital business law, and legal and policy awareness for technology-driven enterprise. It addresses compliance, digital platforms, data-driven decision-making, artificial intelligence, digital transactions, intellectual property, cross-border commerce and evolving regulatory frameworks. The programme is designed for prospective founders, start-up professionals, transforming family businesses and careers in consulting, strategy, business development, policy-oriented enterprises and digital commerce, with industry-relevant entrepreneurship education and digital-first learning.]]></description>
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<title>Procedures and documents required for export consignments of Drugs  Pharmaceuticals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Manufacturer exporters of drugs other than unapproved, new or banned drugs must upload prescribed export documents through e-Sanchit. Non-manufacturer exporters must obtain an ADC/CDSCO export NOC after submission and verification of relevant documents, on which Customs ordinarily relies. For unapproved, new or banned drugs manufactured solely for export, a CDSCO Zonal Office NOC through SUGAM must precede the State Licensing Authority manufacturing licence, and shipping bill details must match the NOC. A limited interim relaxation permits post facto CDSCO NOCs until 30 September 2026 where specified approvals are valid.]]></description>
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<title>Taxability on Issue of Right Issue of Shares by Unlisted Public Company</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A bona fide proportionate rights issue to existing shareholders, even at a price below prescribed fair market value, is presented as generally outside Section 92 where no real economic accretion arises. The shareholder's proportionate interest remains substantially unchanged, and the apparent benefit in newly allotted shares is offset by dilution in the existing holding. This position does not automatically extend to disproportionate allotments, subscriptions following renunciation or non-exercise of rights, or arrangements transferring economic value to selected shareholders.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification No. 11/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Central excise exemption notification amendment substitutes the entry in column (4) against serial number 2 of Notification No. 11/2026-Central Excise with "Rs. 1.5 per litre". The amendment, issued under the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with the Finance Act, 2018, takes effect from its publication in the Official Gazette on 3 August 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Extension of timeline for enrolment with PaRRVA as specified in SEBI Circular No. HO/38/14/(4)2026-MIRSD-POD/I/10557/2026 dated April 29, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Enrolment with the Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA) for registered Investment Advisers and Research Analysts intending to communicate certified past performance data to clients, including prospective clients, has been extended to September 3, 2026. Investment Advisers and Research Analysts wishing to make such communications must enrol with PaRRVA by the extended deadline. The extension is intended to facilitate smooth implementation of the framework.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Central excise exemption notification is amended under the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with the Finance Act, 2002. Against serial number 1 of the table in Notification No. 08/2026-Central Excise, the entry in column (4) is substituted with "Rs. 22 per litre". The amendment takes effect from its publication in the Official Gazette on 3 August 2026.]]></description>
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<title>AU Small Finance Bank Savings Accounts: Competitive Interest Rates, Zero-Balance Digital Account Opening and 24x7 Mobile Banking</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Savings accounts provide monthly interest payments, liquidity and access to funds, subject to eligibility, internal policies and applicable terms. Digital account opening through Video KYC is available for an account with no minimum balance requirement, supported by mobile banking for UPI transfers, bill payments and balance monitoring. Account variants include premium, value-oriented, agricultural, financial-inclusion, children's and basic no-frills accounts. Deposit insurance applies up to the prescribed limit per depositor per bank.]]></description>
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<title>Amendment in Notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise, dated the 26th March, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Central excise exemption notification No. 06/2026-Central Excise is amended under the Central Excise Act, 1944 read with the Finance Act, 2002. The substituted table entries prescribe rates of Rs. 3.5 per litre for serial number 1 and Rs. 24 per litre for serial number 2. The amendments take effect from publication in the Official Gazette on 3 August 2026.]]></description>
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<title>Rupee opens on flat note, rises 3 paise to 95.34 against US dollar in early trade</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Foreign-exchange market conditions supported a marginal early appreciation of the rupee against the US dollar, led by broad US-dollar weakness, improved risk sentiment, lower oil-price levels and foreign portfolio inflows. Importer demand for dollars moderated the movement. Market direction remained linked to the forthcoming monetary-policy decision and US economic data, while reported central-bank activity was described as helping smooth currency volatility. The US dollar index, crude-oil movements, global supply expectations and domestic equity-market activity were relevant exchange-rate influences.]]></description>
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<title>Meeting of Heads of National Statistical Offices of BRICS Countries “Quality Statistics as Driver of Change”</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Quality statistics are advanced through modernised national statistical systems, administrative data, digital public infrastructure, and stronger data-governance and privacy standards. Cooperation among national statistical offices is intended to address data gaps through knowledge sharing, methodological harmonisation and statistical innovation. Discussions also emphasised digital dissemination, transformational statistical reforms, and the use of administrative data for timely, cost-effective and granular official statistics, supported by harmonised metadata, interoperable systems and institutional collaboration.]]></description>
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<title>Modernization of National Sample Surveys through adoption of digital platforms such as Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI) integrated with e- sigma platform incorporating in-built validation checks, AI-enabled chatbot, and multilingual interfaces</title>
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<description><![CDATA[National statistical modernisation uses digital survey platforms with validation checks, AI-enabled support and multilingual interfaces, alongside short-duration surveys and administrative data to improve sampling and timely official statistics. Reforms include base revisions for Gross Domestic Product, Consumer Price Index and Index of Industrial Production; adoption of metadata, quality-assessment and classification standards; and alignment with international statistical principles and methodologies. Sustainable development indicators and infrastructure monitoring are supported through a national indicator framework, PAIMANA and a standardised performance dashboard.]]></description>
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<title>Exemplary example for first appellate authority in GST law.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST exemption for unbranded goods is discussed in relation to packages bearing a supplier's company name for identification or statutory compliance. The article distinguishes such printing from affixing a brand name and addresses the treatment of institutional-consumer packages under the "pre-packaged and labelled" framework. It contends that a dispute based on interpretation of an exemption notification, where disclosures are available in GST returns, should be examined under the ordinary demand provision rather than the extended-period fraud or suppression provision. It advocates consistent use of GST Appellate Tribunal decisions to reduce litigation.]]></description>
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<title>The most used section 10(14)(i) to get a "Magic Refund" for salaried individuals</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 10(14)(i) exempts employer-granted allowances covered by Rule 2BB only to the extent of expenditure actually incurred wholly, necessarily and exclusively for official duties. It is not a general deduction for salaried employees or routine personal commuting costs. Bank statements, fuel bills, Form 16, or an entry in the income-tax return utility do not independently establish eligibility. The claimant must show that an eligible allowance was granted and that qualifying official expenditure was actually incurred. Unsupported refund claims remain open to verification and scrutiny.]]></description>
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<title>Efficacy of provisions need to be evaluated to avoid litigation, brain drain and to enforce result orientation in tax laws. - first issue covered S.14A of Income-tax Act, 1961.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 14A disallows expenditure related to income excluded from total income and permits prescribed computation where the Assessing Officer is dissatisfied with the assessee's accounts-based claim. Rule 8D provides for direct expenditure and a prescribed investment-based amount, subject to a cap of total expenditure claimed. The commentary identifies ambiguity, extensive litigation, and potentially disproportionate compliance costs where exempt income is incidental or economically offset by lower returns or alternative taxation. It proposes evaluating revenue efficacy and either omitting or narrowly confining the disallowance mechanism.]]></description>
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<title>GST Demand Must Rest on Tested Evidence and Year-Wise Adjudication</title>
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<description><![CDATA[GST adjudication under Section 74 must rest on reliable, tested evidence and a fair opportunity to contest relied-upon statements and documents. Cross-examination of ordinary witnesses should ordinarily be allowed where their statements influence the demand; non-retraction or presumed witness bias does not by itself justify refusal. Documents requiring explanation from their authors or custodians must be properly proved. Multi-year GST demands cannot be determined through a composite block assessment, as liability, credit, interest, limitation and compliance are tax-period-wise. Confiscation proposals likewise require a sound evidentiary and procedural foundation.]]></description>
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<title>Supreme Court to examine whether the six-month time limit for issuance of show cause notice under Section 74(2) of the CGST Act is mandatory or directory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The six-month notice interval under Section 74(2) of the CGST Act is under examination as a potentially mandatory jurisdictional limitation or a directory procedural timeline. The provision requires a show cause notice to be issued at least six months before the outer deadline for an adjudication order under Section 74(10). The competing views turn on whether statutory silence on the consequence of breach permits non-compliance, or whether the interval protects natural justice by ensuring meaningful time for reply and hearing. The issue remains unsettled, with interim protection operating in the reported proceedings.]]></description>
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<title>Benefit of tolerance limit of +/- 5% as contained in Section 92C(2) available even when one comparable remains in comparable set [Sec 92C of ITA'61 - Sec 165 of ITA'25]</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Transfer pricing tolerance range under the second proviso to section 92C(2) deems the actual transaction price to be the arm's length price where its variation from the determined arm's length price is within the notified limit. The expression "so determined" covers an arm's length price determined under both the main provision and the first proviso. The tolerance benefit therefore applies whether the arm's length price arises from multiple comparable prices or from a single remaining comparable in the comparable set.]]></description>
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<title>Departmental Appeals under GST: The Jurisprudence of the "Recurring Nature" Exception Part II (Concluding Part) - From Jurisprudential Theory to GST Practice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The recurring nature exception under the GST departmental litigation policy applies where substantially the same question of law can arise repeatedly under substantially similar facts, notwithstanding monetary limits. It is not determined by the number of disputes, taxpayers affected, or prospective revenue. In GST, classification, valuation, exemption eligibility, place of supply, taxability of continuing arrangements, refunds and input tax credit may be recurring where the same statutory principle governs successive transactions or tax periods. Disputes dependent on evidence unique to an individual transaction ordinarily remain fact-specific and are not recurring merely because similar litigation may arise again.]]></description>
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<title>No Capital Gains on Agricultural Land u/s 2(14) even incase the land is not used for earning agricultural income and is sold after purchasing [Sec 2(14) of ITA'61 - Sec 2(22) of ITA'25]</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Agricultural land outside the prescribed municipal or cantonment limits and aerial-distance criteria is excluded from capital assets under section 2(14)(iii). Agricultural activity or agricultural income is not a stated condition where revenue records classify the land as agricultural, no conversion to non-agricultural use has occurred, and location requirements are satisfied. Profit on transfer of such land is presented as outside income for tax purposes rather than exempt income and as not requiring disclosure in the income-tax return.]]></description>
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<title>Appreciable Adverse Effect on Competition (AAEC) under Indian Competition Laws.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Appreciable Adverse Effect on Competition is the principal standard under the Competition Act, 2002 for evaluating whether agreements, dominant-enterprise conduct, or combinations significantly harm competition in India. Horizontal restraints are presumed harmful unless rebutted, while vertical restraints require case-specific assessment. Abuse concerns arise from exclusionary or unfair use of dominance, rather than dominance itself. Assessment requires defining the relevant product and geographic markets and balancing entry barriers, foreclosure, and exclusion against consumer benefits, production or distribution efficiencies, and technical or scientific development.]]></description>
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<title>ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS): A Complete Guide to Quality Management, Customer Satisfaction, and Continual Improvement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ISO 9001:2015 provides a Quality Management System framework for consistently meeting customer, applicable legal and regulatory, and organisational requirements while pursuing continual improvement. It requires organisations to define their context, QMS scope and processes; demonstrate leadership commitment; identify risks and opportunities; set measurable quality objectives; provide competent personnel and documented information; and control operational processes, suppliers and nonconforming outputs. Performance is monitored through customer feedback, audits, measurements, inspections and management review, followed by corrective action and process improvement. Certification generally includes implementation, internal review, correction of nonconformities and staged external audits.]]></description>
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<title>Doctrine of merger does not arise from SLP dismissal, while challenges remain premature until remanded issues are decided.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Dismissal of a special leave petition does not, by itself, merge the High Court decision into the Supreme Court order or create a binding Supreme Court adjudication on exemption of affiliation fees. Applying the doctrine stated in Kunhayammed, the note records that the earlier dismissal did not establish the claimed exemption. It further explains that a challenge to a Division Bench reference order is premature where residual issues have been remanded to a Single Judge. The petitioner may challenge any prejudicial subsequent order together with the reference decision, while a favourable intervening Supreme Court ruling may be placed before the Single Judge and would prevail over the reference finding.]]></description>
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<title>Jurisdictional challenges to GST adjudication may bypass alternative remedies, requiring the adjudicating authority to decide its competence first.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A writ petition raising a pure jurisdictional challenge, without disputed factual issues, may be entertained despite an available statutory appeal. Where the competence of the GST investigation officer to issue a show-cause notice and adjudicate input tax credit proceedings is questioned, the adjudicating authority must first determine its own jurisdiction. Because the jurisdictional grounds had not been raised before that authority, the High Court did not decide them on merits. It quashed the adjudication and appellate orders, including consequential steps, and remanded the matter for fresh reasoned adjudication after allowing all grounds to be raised, with jurisdiction to be decided first.]]></description>
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<title>Correction of export shipping bill errors permits consequential GST return rectification, subject to lawful assessment and verification.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Inadvertent errors in taxable value and IGST declarations in export shipping bills may be corrected through consequential rectification of GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B for FY 2017-18 after amendment of the shipping bills. In the stated peculiar facts and by consent of the parties, rectification of the specified GST returns was permitted, subject to assessment, verification or scrutiny in accordance with law.]]></description>
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<title>Portal-only upload is not valid service, so ex parte proceedings require restoration and appellate limitation remains untriggered.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Uploading a show-cause notice or adjudication order solely in the Common Portal's 'View Additional Notices and Orders' tab is not valid service where the assessee neither acknowledges it nor responds. The notes state that the retrospective amendment permitting CGST Rules functions through the portal does not prescribe the portal as a service mode and cannot replace formal service where civil consequences follow. An ex parte order based on portal-only upload should result in restoration of proceedings to the show-cause-notice stage. For an order passed after contest but uploaded only on the portal, the limitation period for appeal does not begin.]]></description>
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<title>Input tax credit pass-through in ongoing housing projects covers all eligible buyers, with recipient-specific refunds and interest payable.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Input tax credit benefits in ongoing real estate projects must be passed to all eligible purchasers, including those booking flats after GST where construction continued beyond its introduction. The benefit is project-specific, and renegotiated prices do not establish a commensurate reduction without transparent evidence. Unpassed amounts must be refunded to identified homebuyers rather than deposited in the Consumer Welfare Fund; excess benefit given to some purchasers cannot be set off against amounts due to others. Profiteering includes GST charged on an inflated base price. Interest accrues from each purchaser's last instalment payment until refund. Anti-profiteering penalties do not apply where the completed contravention predated the penalty provision's commencement.]]></description>
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<title>Prospective pre-deposit requirement cannot restrict admission of penalty-only GST appeals arising before the proviso took effect.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The penalty-only pre-deposit proviso to section 112(8) of the CGST Act applies prospectively from 1 October 2025. The text states that, because the impugned appellate order predated that effective date and the amendment did not expressly or necessarily imply retrospective operation, the pre-deposit condition could not attach to a substantive right of appeal arising from proceedings instituted earlier. Accordingly, no pre-deposit was required for admission of the penalty-only GST appeal, without affecting the merits or any direction at final hearing.]]></description>
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<title>Co-operative investment income and balance additional depreciation claims succeeded, with milk cans recognised as eligible plant and machinery.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Interest and dividend income from investments with co-operative societies and co-operative banks qualified for the claimed deduction because the statutory condition was met where income arose from such investments. The remaining additional depreciation for machinery used for less than 180 days in the preceding year was allowable for the relevant assessment year under the amended third proviso, which permits the balance claim in the immediately succeeding year from 1 April 2016. Milk cans and artificial insemination and laboratory equipment could qualify as plant and machinery for additional depreciation where normal depreciation was allowed and other conditions were satisfied. All proposed questions were decided for the co-operative society, and the tax appeals were dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Bogus purchase disallowance limited to embedded profit where sales and books remain accepted; reassessment procedure upheld.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Where alleged bogus purchases are not supported by proof of actual goods movement, but the books, sales and disclosed profits remain accepted, only the profit element embedded in those purchases may be disallowed rather than their full value. The High Court upheld the Tribunal's factual estimate of a 10 per cent disallowance, finding no legal infirmity. On reassessment, a notice under section 148A(b) need not supply every item of material held by the Assessing Officer; the prescribed reopening procedure was found to have been followed. The challenges to both the disallowance restriction and reassessment were rejected, and both cross-appeals were dismissed.]]></description>
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<title>Business expenditure deduction requires proof of genuine commission payments and commercial allowability; turnover growth alone cannot validate the claim.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Business promotion expenditure claimed as commission or incentive payments is deductible under section 37(1) only when the taxpayer proves its nature, actual incurrence and business allowability with adequate particulars and supporting evidence. The article notes that failure to provide recipient details, payment amounts, dates, modes of payment or documentary support defeats the claim. Increased turnover alone does not establish compliance with the statutory requirements. The disallowance rested on the unproven genuineness and allowability of the expenditure, rather than solely on recipients being private persons instead of public servants; the claimed deduction was therefore disallowed.]]></description>
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<title>Sole testamentary trusts fall outside maximum marginal rate taxation despite assessment as an association of persons.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A sole testamentary family trust created under a deceased's will is discussed as falling within proviso (ii) to section 164(1). The note states that its assessment as an association of persons does not by itself attract taxation at the maximum marginal rate under section 167B, because the statutory proviso applies to a trust that is the only trust declared by will. It also refers to a CBDT clarification and a prior Tribunal decision as supporting taxation otherwise than at the maximum marginal rate. The stated conclusion is that income of the sole testamentary trust is not taxable at that rate for the relevant assessment years.]]></description>
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<title>TDS on agricultural land transfers cannot arise through enhanced PAN-based rates where the primary deduction provision is inapplicable.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tax deduction on transfer of agricultural land under section 194-IA does not arise unless the land falls within that provision's scope. The text states that a registered sale deed identified the property as agricultural land and no contrary material established that it was covered land; therefore, no primary TDS obligation applied. Section 206AA only increases the deduction rate where tax is otherwise deductible and PAN is not furnished; it cannot independently create a TDS liability. Consequently, section 201(1) cannot treat the purchaser as an assessee in default absent a statutory duty to deduct. The short-deduction demand and consequential interest were deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Diamond grading reports do not make available technical know-how, so non-resident certification payments may fall outside withholding tax.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Diamond grading and certification payments to non-resident laboratories are analysed as consideration for independent examination and reporting of a diamond's physical characteristics, rather than managerial, technical or consultancy services. The use of specialised personnel or equipment does not alone convert such payments into fees for technical services. Under the India-USA and India-UK treaty provisions on fees for included services, a grading report does not "make available" technical knowledge, skill, know-how or a process because it does not enable the recipient to conduct future grading independently. In the absence of a permanent establishment, the payments are discussed as business profits not chargeable to tax in India, with no related withholding obligation.]]></description>
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<title>Goodwill from slump sales remains depreciable where newly created, while non-compete fees cannot support depreciation claims.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Depreciation on non-compete fees arising from acquisition of a proprietary business through a slump sale is unsustainable where such fees are allowable only as revenue expenditure. In contrast, goodwill created when slump-sale consideration exceeds the net value of acquired assets may qualify for depreciation where it was not an existing depreciable asset or block transferred from the predecessor. Successor-depreciation restrictions do not apply to goodwill absent from the predecessor's books, and the later statutory exclusion of business goodwill applies prospectively from 1 April 2021. Accordingly, depreciation on non-compete fees was rejected, while depreciation on the goodwill was allowed.]]></description>
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<title>Article 8 treaty coverage excluded third-party airline support services, while documented demonetisation cash receipts remained accepted business income.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Article 8 of the India-UK DTAA exempts profits from operating aircraft in international traffic and participation in pools, but engineering and ground handling services provided to other airlines were not treated as pool participation or activities directly connected with air transportation under the treaty. Unlike broader provisions in certain other treaties, the India-UK provision did not cover those receipts; they remained taxable in India. Cash deposits made during demonetisation were accepted as regular airline business receipts because they were recorded in the books, arose from airport counter collections from passengers and cargo agents, and no specific defect in the books was identified. The deletion of the related addition was sustained.]]></description>
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<title>Documented funding sources and pending valuation reference defeat unexplained investment and stamp-duty differential additions for property purchases.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Documentary evidence of bank credits, gifts, fixed-deposit encashment and disclosed business income supported the sources used for an immovable-property purchase and related registration charges, leading to deletion of additions for unexplained investment. On stamp-duty valuation, the text states that once the Assessing Officer referred valuation to the Departmental Valuation Officer, the stamp-duty value could not be adopted as fair market value before receiving the valuation report or identifying defects in the explanation of lower market value for the basement property. The resulting addition based on the valuation difference was also deleted.]]></description>
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<title>Functional comparability under TNMM requires highway contract benchmarks to reflect operation, maintenance and transfer activities, requiring fresh benchmarking.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Transfer-pricing benchmarking of subcontract payments under a highway operation, maintenance and transfer contract must use the Transactional Net Margin Method where Common Schedule of Rates cannot be reliably correlated with the work allocated under related-party and third-party subcontracts. The schedule rates, including basic and premium components, were not shown to permit verification as an internal comparable; the proposed other method was therefore not accepted. Comparables selected on a build, maintain and transfer profile were functionally unsuitable because the contract covered operation and maintenance of an existing highway with ancillary facilities. Fresh benchmarking was directed using functionally comparable operation, maintenance and transfer entities after giving the assessee an opportunity to respond.]]></description>
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<title>Carry-forward of losses remains available to educational trusts assessed as Associations of Persons despite absent charitable registration.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[An educational trust assessed as an Association of Persons may claim carry-forward and set-off of earlier years' excess expenditure over income, including depreciation, notwithstanding that it is not registered under section 12A or section 10(23C). The notes state that the claim must be examined under section 72, and absence of charitable registration alone does not justify denial. Set-off remains subject to fulfilment of the statutory conditions governing carry-forward and adjustment of losses.]]></description>
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<title>Unexercised stock option repurchase constitutes transfer of a capital asset and is taxable as long-term capital gains.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Consideration received on repurchase of vested but unexercised employee stock options is characterised as long-term capital gains rather than a salary perquisite. Section 17(2)(vi) applies to specified securities allotted or transferred by an employer and requires valuation upon exercise of the option. An unexercised option is only a right to subscribe for shares; where no option is exercised and no shares are allotted, no specified security arises and no taxable perquisite can be valued. The right is a capital asset, and its repurchase is a transfer. Form 16, TDS and indicative tax statements cannot determine liability contrary to law.]]></description>
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<title>Permanent establishment taxation addresses head-office interest, arm's length guarantees, capital hedges, refund interest, and treaty tax ceilings.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Interest paid by an Indian permanent establishment to its head office or overseas branches may be deducted in determining profits attributable to the permanent establishment under the treaty, although the corresponding receipt is treated as payment to self under domestic law. Transactions between a foreign enterprise and its Indian permanent establishment may be subject to transfer-pricing rules; guarantee commission adjustments should reflect only the difference between the arm's length rate and commission already recovered. Foreign-exchange forward contract gains retain capital character where the contracts hedge capital investments. Interest on an income-tax refund is not effectively connected with the permanent establishment and is taxable under the treaty interest article. A treaty tax-rate ceiling prevents surcharge and education cess from exceeding that ceiling.]]></description>
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<title>Satellite transponder services are not royalty where customers receive communications without rights to use equipment or processes.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Satellite transponder service payments are discussed as consideration for standard communication services rather than royalty where the customer obtains no right to use, possess, operate or control the satellite, transponder or underlying process. The note states that a retrospective domestic-law expansion of royalty cannot unilaterally broaden the more beneficial India-USA treaty definition, which requires autonomous interpretation under international treaty principles. It further explains that withholding applies only to remittances chargeable to tax in the recipient's hands; consequently, payments not taxable as royalty under the treaty do not trigger a withholding obligation.]]></description>
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<title>Competent authority approval after three years is jurisdictional; reassessment based on invalid sanction is void from inception.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Reassessment initiated after three years from the end of the relevant assessment year required approval from the authority specified in section 151(ii). The Finance Act 2023 proviso to section 151, effective from 1 April 2023, operated prospectively and could not be treated as retrospective merely as a clarification. Extensions or exclusions under section 149 could not be imported into section 151 to extend the three-year period. As sanction under section 151 is a jurisdictional condition precedent, approval by the Principal Commissioner instead of the specified competent authority rendered the notice, order under section 148A(d), and consequential reassessment proceedings void ab initio and liable to be quashed.]]></description>
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<title>Customs valuation and anti-dumping duty disputes must be appealed to the Supreme Court, not the High Court.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Appeals concerning anti-dumping duty and customs valuation fall outside the High Court's appellate jurisdiction under section 130 where they relate to the rate of duty or value of goods for assessment. Questions regarding anti-dumping duty and rejection or redetermination of declared import values must instead be pursued before the Supreme Court under section 130E of the Customs Act, 1962. The departmental appeal was therefore dismissed for want of jurisdiction, with liberty to use the statutory remedy before the Supreme Court.]]></description>
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<title>Customs Broker due diligence requires evidence of knowledge or collusion before liability for an importer's misdeclaration arises.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Customs Brokers must advise clients on statutory compliance and report non-compliance, but liability for misdeclaration requires evidence that the broker knew of or colluded in the incorrect declaration. Where import documents supplied and approved by the importer contained inconsistent descriptions of peas, and the discrepancy emerged only on later investigation, the material did not establish a breach of the duty to advise or report under Regulation 10(d). The duty of due diligence in information imparted to a client under Regulation 10(e) does not apply where the broker did not provide the disputed information; information supplied by the importer cannot, without a factual basis, support that allegation.]]></description>
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<title>Misdeclaration of imported goods requires supporting evidence, while redemption fine depends on market price and profit margin determination.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Imported goods found in excess of the declared quantity may not justify confiscation or penalty where the supplier's invoice and packing list support the declaration and no evidence shows that the importer ordered or deliberately suppressed the excess goods. Valuation enhancement should rest on a specified Customs Valuation Rules, 2007 basis or identifiable contemporaneous data for identical goods. Redemption fine requires determination of market price and margin of profit; without those findings, the fine is not sustainable. The notes also indicate that penalty for misdeclaration requires established evidence of misdeclaration.]]></description>
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<title>Objective characteristics govern magnesium bis-glycinate chelate classification as an amino-acid coordination compound, not a food preparation or antibiotic.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Magnesium bis-glycinate chelate is classified by its objective characteristics and composition at importation, rather than its intended use in nutritional supplements. As a single chemically defined coordination compound, it remains within Chapter 29; water and citric acid used solely as stabilisers do not alter that treatment. Applying the Chapter Note for coordination compounds, classification follows the organic ligand obtained on cleavage of the metal bond. As the ligand is glycine, an amino acid, the product falls under CTI 2922 49 90 as other amino acids and their esters; salts thereof, and not under food preparations or antibiotics.]]></description>
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<title>Independent professional certification requires pleaded knowledge or complicity for criminal liability; untimely complaints remain barred by limitation.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Section 628 of the Companies Act, 1956 can apply to an independent professional who certifies statutory e-Forms, but liability requires specific allegations and foundational material showing conscious knowledge of falsity or active complicity. Mere certification, without pleaded knowledge, connivance or direct nexus to falsification, does not establish the required mens rea. For offences punishable by imprisonment up to two years, the limitation period for taking cognizance is three years, calculated from filing of the complaint. A complaint filed after that period, without a condonation application or explanation under the Cr.P.C., is barred by limitation.]]></description>
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<title>Proof of software import is essential for foreign-exchange remittances, and responsible officers may incur vicarious FEMA liability.</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:41:08 +0530</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Foreign-exchange remittances for purported non-physical software imports require reliable proof of actual import. A Customs intimation, a pre-import Chartered Accountant valuation report, and a later expert certificate based on company-supplied CDs did not establish receipt of software in the relevant period; the company's FEMA contravention was therefore sustained, although its penalty was reduced for financial duress. An officer in charge who signed remittance documents, admitted that the software received had no value, and failed to show due diligence to prevent the breach was vicariously liable under FEMA. The officer's liability was maintained, with a reduced penalty.]]></description>
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<title>TMI Updates - Newsletter dated: August 05, 2026</title>
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