The IGCR framework permits job work for eligible concessional-duty imports, including outsourced manufacture, while excluding specified sensitive goods. Importers must provide prior information, execute a continuity bond, intimate imports and receipts, and maintain prescribed accounts. Goods sent for job work require challans and may remain with a job worker only for the permitted period. Imported goods must be used for their intended purpose or re-exported within the prescribed period; otherwise, differential duty and interest apply. Quarterly returns, job-worker records and penalties for contraventions form part of the compliance mechanism.

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR For the Petitioner : By Advs. Sri. T.A. Shaji (Sr.) Shri. Nikhil Sunny Mooken Sri. S. Abhilash Vishnu For the Respondent : R1 By Sri. Christopher Abraham, Income Tax Department JUDGMENT The petitioners are Primary Agricultural Credit Society registered under the provision of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act. In the writ petition, the petitioners are aggrieved by Exts.P1 and P3 communications received from the General Manager, K... ... ...

GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI DEPARTMENT OF TRADE & TAXES VVAPAR BHAWAN, I.P. ESTATE, NEW DELHI-110002 (POLICY BRANCH) No. F.3(577/GST/Policy/2024/2034-43 Dated: 04/10/2024 Circular No. 27/2024-GST of State Tax (Ref. Circular No. 233/27/2024 GST of Central Tax) Sub :- - regarding. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued the above referred circular. For the uniformity, it has been decided that the said circular issued by the CBI... ... ...

Hon'ble Judges C.N. Ramachandran Nair and K. Surendra Mohan, JJ. For Appellant : Sarangan, K. Vinod Chandran and A.S. Beenu, Advs. For Respondents : P.K.R. Menon and Jose Joseph, Advs. JUDGMENT C.N. Ramachandran Nair, J. 1. The appeal is filed by the assessee. An amount of Rs. 4,55,57,980 was received by him towards prize money in a super lotto on-line lottery conducted by the Government of Sikkim, The Government of Sikkim however deducted Rs. 45,54,886 towards. Sikkim Income ... ... ...

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A.K.JAYASANKARAN NAMBIAR For the Petitioner : By Advs. Sri.T .R. Harikumar Sri. Arjun Raghavan For the Respondents : R1 By Sri. Christopher Abraham, Income Tax Department R5 By Sri. Thomas Abraham Sc Thiruvananthapuram Dist. Co.Op Bank JUDGMENT The petitioner is a Primary Agricultural Credit Society registered under the provision of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act. In the writ petition, the petitioner is aggrieved by Ext.P2 communication received from... ... ...

Pending customs refund claims before the Centralized Refund Cell are subject to a special priority disposal drive from 15 May 2021 to 31 May 2021. The drive is intended to expedite processing and disposal of pending claims, providing immediate business relief, particularly to MSMEs, as part of trade-facilitation measures. Importers, exporters, customs brokers, and trade associations are requested to assist in furnishing documents required for pending refund claims.

Place of supply for custodial services provided by banks to Foreign Portfolio Investors is governed in Delhi under the clarification issued for corresponding central GST purposes, applied mutatis mutandis in implementing the Delhi GST Act, 2017. The clarification is intended to secure uniform application of the place-of-supply position under the State GST framework.

Regulation 2 establishes the objective of a framework prohibiting market abuse in securities markets within the International Financial Services Centre. The framework is directed at safeguarding investor interests by addressing market abuse in that securities-market setting. It defines the regulatory purpose of the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Prohibition of Market Abuse in Securities Markets) Regulations, 2026, and its investor-protection function.

International Financial Services Centres Authority (Prohibition of Market Abuse in Securities Markets) Regulations, 2026 establish a regulatory framework directed at prohibiting market abuse in securities markets within the International Financial Services Centres regime. The Regulations are made under the International Financial Services Centres Authority Act, 2019, read with specified provisions of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, and take effect upon publication in the Official Gazette.

The deadline for Angel Funds registered on or before September 10, 2025 to implement the Accredited Investor mandate is extended to March 31, 2027. Until that date, these funds may not offer investment opportunities to more than 200 non-Accredited Investors. From March 31, 2027, they may not accept contributions from non-Accredited Investors for investment in an investee company. Existing investors may continue to hold investments already made under the applicable private placement memorandum or fund documents.

PFMS-level non-validation of bank account details affecting Drawback and IGST refund processing is addressed through a one-time validation drive for listed IEC holders. Listed IEC holders must update revised IFSC codes or bank account numbers through the online Export Promotion Bank Account Management facility on ICEGATE, using the modify option. The process applies particularly to changes resulting from PSU bank mergers and amalgamations and is intended to facilitate validation and refund scrolling.

Interest paid by a co-operative bank on time deposits to co-operative societies remains exempt from tax deduction at source despite the withdrawal of the member-based exemption for co-operative banks from 1 June 2015. The clarification preserving exemption for interest paid by one co-operative society to another applies to co-operative banks, even where recipient co-operative societies are also members of the paying bank. Where all recipients are co-operative societies, no withholding-tax obligation arises; consequently, default demands, interest for non-deduction, and related expenditure disallowance are unsustainable.

Special GST procedure for manufacturers of specified commodities under Central Tax Notification No. 04/2024 is applied mutatis mutandis under the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The central clarification on issues concerning that procedure is adopted with necessary adaptation to the State GST framework to secure uniform implementation. Implementation difficulties may be brought before the Commissioner of State Tax, Delhi.

Electronic amendment of Bill of Lading details in prior or advance Bills of Entry is available through an auto-approved Customs EDI process. Importers or customs brokers may use amendment code A_PBEIGM to correct MBL, MAWB, HBL or HAWB details. The system auto-approves and regularises the Bill of Entry where corrected transport document numbers match the Import General Manifest. The facility is limited to transport document number corrections and electronic regularisation requests; container-detail and other amendments require Customs officer approval.

Ineligible IGST input tax credit must be correctly disclosed and reversed in Table 4 of FORM GSTR-3B. Permanent reversals, including blocked credit, credit attributable to exempt or non-business supplies, and credit unavailable because of time-limit or place-of-supply restrictions, are reported in Table 4(B)(1) or Table 4(D)(2) and are appropriated during IGST settlement. Temporary reversals capable of later reclaim are reported in Table 4(B)(2), with reclaim disclosed in Table 4(A) and Table 4(D)(1). Proper Officers must verify GSTR-3B against GSTR-2B and monitor compliance.

Medical oxygen cylinders and pressure vessels imported for COVID-relief and oxygen-distribution purposes may receive expedited clearance under relaxations to the Gas Cylinders Rules, 2016. Physical inspection of foreign manufacturers' facilities is waived, with online approval based on specified manufacturer, technical, testing and inspection records. Importers with pending online applications, and those without applications for urgent logistics needs, may bring cylinders into India. Consignees must comply with relaxed conditions before filling cylinders with medical oxygen, while customs clearance may be granted without prior PESO approval for eligible consignments.

Rupee depreciation in the interbank foreign-exchange market reflected elevated Brent crude prices, Middle East geopolitical tensions and weaker investor confidence. RBI dollar sales and foreign-currency inflows under special schemes supported range-bound currency trading despite external pressures. A softer dollar index, foreign institutional equity purchases, inflation data and the Federal Open Market Committee meeting were identified as relevant indicators for currency-market direction.

Document Identification Number (DIN) generation and quotation requirements for communications issued to taxpayers and other concerned persons are applied, with necessary adaptations, under the Delhi Goods and Services Tax framework. The measure adopts corresponding central indirect-tax guidance to promote uniformity in official tax communications and is clarificatory in nature.

Implementation of the Performance Linked Incentive Scheme for Public Sector Bank executives is kept in abeyance for FY 2025-26 following employee concerns about its structure. The scheme will be considered during ongoing Bipartite Settlement and Joint Note discussions. Employee representatives also raised issues concerning ex-gratia benefits and medical facilities for retired employees. The concerns are to be addressed through dialogue, consultation and mutual understanding.

China's customs trade indicators for August record export growth of 25% year-on-year, accelerating from July's 23.9% rate, supported by demand for automobiles and high-technology goods. Imports rose 28.2% year-on-year, up from July's 27.5% growth. Higher import and export values produced a trade surplus of $119.1 billion, widening from $112.5 billion in July.