The Group Coordinator (Cyber Law) in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is designated as the Designated Officer for the procedure governing blocking of public access to information. The designation is made under section 69A(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, read with rule 3 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009.

UCC data management is mandatory for disposal of longstanding containers through auction or destruction. Container Freight Stations must complete prescribed checklists before submitting auction or destruction files and before out-of-charge for successful auction bids, with verification by disposal officers. Checklists may be printed only after required UCC updates. UCC records must also be updated for customs-auction adjudication, adjudication concerning redemption of confiscated goods, and re-export proceedings.

Application of the notice requirement under section 143(2) to block assessments under Chapter XIV-B involves the statutory qualification "so far as may be", the proviso prescribing the notice time limit, and compliance with principles of natural justice, including audi alteram partem. The key legal focus is whether and how the regular assessment notice procedure and its temporal limits operate within the special block-assessment framework.

Notice under section 143(2) in a block assessment under Chapter XIV-B raises the extent to which regular assessment procedures apply so far as may be. The key issues concern whether the proviso prescribing the notice time limit governs such block assessments and whether timely notice is required to satisfy audi alteram partem requirements.

Section 80P(2)(d) permits a co-operative society to deduct interest income derived from investments or deposits with another co-operative society. Section 80P(4) prevents a co-operative bank from claiming deduction under Section 80P but does not alter its status as a co-operative society registered under applicable State co-operative societies law. Interest received by a co-operative society on deposits with co-operative banks therefore qualifies for deduction under Section 80P(2)(d).

The Central Government, exercising its powers under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, designates Cyber Forensic Division, State Forensics Science Laboratory, Vellayambalam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence within India. Its authorised scope is confined to computer (media) forensics, excluding floppy disk drives, and mobile devices forensics.

Late filing charges for delayed Bills of Entry may be waived by the designated proper officer. A separate ICES ACL-menu function de-links the waiver from Bill of Entry assessment. Before duty payment, an officer with the ACL role may process the waiver after obtaining the required approval, without recalling the Bill of Entry. This avoids reassessment of RMS-facilitated Bills of Entry solely for reduction or removal of late filing charges.

Cyber Forensic Laboratory, Air Force Cyber Group, New Delhi, is designated as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence within India under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Its approved functions include computer (media) forensics and mobile devices forensics. The scope expressly excludes floppy disk drive examination and confines recognised electronic-evidence examination to the specified forensic categories.

Common Advertisement Code requires regulated entities to ensure advertisements are true, fair, accurate, complete, unambiguous, and comprehensible to investors. Celebrity endorsements are limited to brand or entity promotion, require prior approval, cannot include product-specific inducements or claims, and cannot be charged to clients or mutual fund schemes. Advertisements must include prescribed disclosures and disclaimers, substantiate statistical material, avoid investor inducements and dark patterns, and use only permitted ratings or rankings subject to explanatory and comparability conditions.

Section 80P(2)(d) allows a co-operative society to deduct interest derived from investments with another co-operative society. A co-operative bank continues to fall within the definition of a co-operative society under Section 2(19), even though Section 80P(4) excludes the bank itself from claiming a deduction under Section 80P. Where conflicting non-jurisdictional High Court decisions exist, the interpretation favourable to the assessee applies. Interest income from bank investments was therefore treated as eligible for deduction under Section 80P(2)(a)(i) or Section 80P(2)(d).

The Central Government designates the Directorate of Forensic Science, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Its authorised scope covers computer media forensics and mobile device forensics for examination of electronic evidence within India.

Mutual fund regulatory requirements are realigned by replacing references to the Fifth Schedule in regulation 28 and regulation 81(l) with references to Chapter IIID of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Intermediaries) Regulations, 2008. The Fifth Schedule is omitted, and the amendments take effect on the one hundred eightieth day following publication in the Official Gazette.

Electronic evidence examination is assigned to the State Forensic Science Laboratory, Madiwala, Bengaluru, Karnataka, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Its authorised scope includes computer media forensics, excluding floppy disk drives, and mobile device forensics.

Research analyst regulation introduces an institutional investor definition aligned with the capital-issue and disclosure framework. Maintaining recordings of calls with clients remains prescribed generally, but is no longer mandatory where the clients are institutional investors. This creates a targeted exemption from call-recording compliance for institutional investor communications while retaining the client-communication recording requirement for other clients.

The National Assessment Centre Portal provides a common, publicly accessible repository for assessment-related information supporting uniform and consistent Customs assessment. It offers keyword-based search and download access to Audit Objections, CAAR Rulings, legal decisions, NAC issues, classification and valuation matters, meeting minutes, advisories, alerts, circulars, public notices, and trade-facilitation references. The platform is intended to promote informed compliance, transparency, certainty and consistent decision-making while reducing divergent interpretations and avoidable disputes.

The Forensic Science Laboratory, Sector 14, Rohini, New Delhi, is designated as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, with application within India. Its notified scope comprises Computer (Media) Forensics, excluding Floppy Disk Drive examination, and Mobile Devices Forensics.

NDPS Act enforcement involved two intelligence-based vehicle interceptions leading to seizure of 4,209.80 kg of concealed poppy straw, two vehicles and wheat bags used as cover cargo. Three persons were arrested under the relevant provisions. The recovered contraband included lanced poppy straw, unlanced poppy straw and poppy straw powder. Investigation continues to identify the source, intended recipients and other persons connected with the trafficking network.

Central Government designates the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad, under the Directorate of Forensic Science Services, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence within India. Its authorised remit covers computer (media) forensics, excluding Floppy Disk Drive examination, and mobile devices forensics.

Central Government designates the Forensic Science Laboratory, Rohini, New Delhi, as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence under section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The designation applies within India and limits the laboratory's statutory electronic-evidence examination functions to computer media forensics, excluding floppy disk drives, and mobile-device forensics.

Intelligence-led customs enforcement intercepted a car travelling from Kolkata to Hyderabad at Visakhapatnam and recovered 5,832.90 grams of 24-carat foreign-origin gold from a specially fabricated cavity beneath the front co-passenger seat leg space. The occupants reportedly admitted that the gold had been smuggled into India through the Indo-Bangladesh border. The gold was seized under the Customs Act, 1962, and both occupants were arrested.