Certifying Authorities must conduct half-yearly internal audits covering their security policy, physical security, operational planning and repository. The recurring obligation requires periodic internal scrutiny of policy controls, physical safeguards, planning processes and repository-related arrangements. The revised requirement takes effect on publication in the Official Gazette under the rule-making power of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Customs-area designation under section 8(b) of the Customs Act, 1962 applies to M/s. Chennai Container Terminal Pvt Ltd (O Yard CFS) for handling imported Full Container Load and Less than Container Load cargo, including unaccompanied baggage, arriving from M/s. Kamarajar Port, and for handling export cargo. Cargo handling must follow the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009 and applicable customs-house procedures.

M/s. Chennai Container Terminal Pvt. Ltd. (O Yard CFS) is appointed custodian of imported goods landed at Kamarajar Port, Ennore and received at its premises until clearance for home consumption, warehousing, or transhipment. It is also custodian of export cargo brought into its premises until export. Custodial handling must comply with section 45 of the Customs Act, 1962, the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, and applicable rules, regulations and instructions.

M/s. Viking Warehousing CFS is appointed custodian for imported goods landed at Kamarajar Port, Ennore, in addition to Chennai Port, and received at its CFS. Custody continues until clearance for home consumption, warehousing, or transhipment. Cargo brought into the CFS for export remains in custody until export, subject to compliance with the Customs Act, the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas Regulations, 2009, and applicable instructions.

Interim facilitation for export clearance of drugs and pharmaceuticals is extended until 31 December 2026, subject to the prescribed conditions and existing procedural and documentation requirements. From 1 January 2027, export clearance must strictly comply with the CDSCO Office Order dated 30 April 2024. All other applicable terms and conditions remain unchanged, and the extension takes immediate effect.

Suspension of a Customs Broker licence under Regulation 16 is confined to appropriate cases requiring immediate action while an enquiry is pending or contemplated. Where the shipping bill, examinations, statements and customs show-cause proceedings substantially predate the suspension, that chronology is inconsistent with the required immediacy. The immediate-necessity condition was therefore not established for suspension. Separate disciplinary proceedings under Regulation 17 may nevertheless continue, as suspension under Regulation 16 does not preclude those proceedings.

The framework requires each Container Freight Station under JNCH to operate integrated digital controls for cargo custody. Every vehicle, person, container and cargo movement must be tied to authenticated identity, an eligible transaction and a system-generated task. Regulatory Holds must apply across all systems and cannot be overridden locally. Gate-out must independently verify identity, release status, seal, completed tasks and alerts. CFSs must maintain real-time monitoring, audit trails, controlled exceptions, acceptance testing and continuing assurance; outsourced functions do not dilute custodian responsibility.

Foreign-award enforcement under Section 48 is confined to specified grounds: public policy does not permit merits review, including factual findings or damages quantification. Compensatory or restitutionary fraud damages and contractual interest may remain enforceable where they do not breach fundamental Indian law; "consequential damages", construed with punitive, exemplary and multiple damages, does not necessarily exclude such relief. Fraud limitation runs from discovery or reasonable discoverability and ordinarily depends on arbitral factual findings. Protection of minors bars enforcement of fraud-based liability against minors for acts of natural guardians or purported agents, while enforcement may continue against non-minor respondents.

Interest on borrowings used to acquire or construct a let-out property may be deducted under Section 24(b), subject to verification of loan terms and computation of the interest component attributable to the property. Interest expenditure connected with an inter-corporate deposit may be deducted under Section 57 only where verification establishes a direct nexus between the borrowings and the deposit. The prescribed verification and consequential computation govern the claimed interest deductions for both assessment years.

Procedure requires applications to be filed in Form 1 by the applicant, an authorised agent, or a legal practitioner, with prescribed paper-books, supporting records, and the filing fee. The Registrar records presentation, scrutinises applications, allows correction of defects, and may decline registration for uncorrected defects, subject to appeal to the Tribunal. Applications must generally arise from a single cause of action, while interim directions may be sought in the principal application or later. Notice is ordinarily served by hand delivery or registered post, and respondents file replies with supporting documents and proof of service.

Applicants must ensure that every communicated deficiency is fully rectified before online re-filing. Re-filed applications without proper compliance may be liable to rejection. No manual refund application will be entertained in relation to an application previously returned by the Refund Section, making ICEGATE the required filing route for corrected claims.

Import clearance for cosmetics, drugs, medical devices, in-vitro diagnostic kits and device raw materials/components requires category-specific documentary verification. Cosmetics require registration, product and origin records, compliant labels, batch quality certification, storage evidence and specified declarations. Drugs require registration and import-licence records, matching labels, batch certificates, licensed storage and prescribed residual shelf life; bulk drugs also require QR-code information. Medical devices require applicable licence or registration evidence, matching labels, quality records and residual shelf life where applicable. Special-purpose and personal-use imports require the relevant permission and quantity matching.

The Central Government constitutes the Cyber Regulation Advisory Committee under section 88 of the Information Technology Act, 2000. It is chaired by the Minister for Information Technology and includes governmental, financial, investigative, technical, State, academic and industry representatives. Non-official members receive travelling and dearness allowance under Central Government rules at the Ministry of Information Technology's expense. The Committee may co-opt persons for specific meetings.

Licensing to issue Digital Signature Certificates requires prescribed eligibility, financial security, a Certification Practice Statement, identity-verification procedures, audit commitments and compliance undertakings. Commercial operations may begin only after adoption of the Certification Practice Statement, generation of the authority key pair, accredited audit of facilities and submission of domestic cross-certification arrangements. Certificates issue only on approved and verified subscriber applications, require privacy compliance and publication consent, carry designated expiry dates, and cannot be extended or reused after expiry. Cessation requires advance notices, revocation of outstanding certificates, record preservation and destruction of the certificate-signing private key.

Drug-abuse prevention awareness in opium-cultivation areas focused on the harms of opium, cannabis and other illicit drugs, informed refusal at first exposure, resistance to peer pressure, and prevention of progression from use to dependence. Programmes for students, cultivators and residents used interactive sessions, campaign banners, community pledges, Gram Sabha participation and cleanliness drives to promote healthy drug-free lifestyles, community participation and collective action against addiction.

NABKISAN Finance Limited listed India's first social bond dedicated exclusively to water, sanitation and hygiene on the National Stock Exchange. The five-year issue raised Rs. 180 crore, carries an 8.10% coupon, matures in September 2031, and holds domestic AAA stable credit ratings. Proceeds are earmarked for safe water, sanitation and hygiene solutions in rural and underserved communities.

NDPS Act enforcement involved three intelligence-led operations addressing trafficking of amphetamine, cocaine and heroin. Searches of a vehicle's spare tyre, chocolate tubes in cabin baggage, and a backpack carried in a car-pooling taxi revealed concealed substances that tested positive through field-testing kits. The amphetamine, cocaine and heroin were seized, along with the vehicle in the amphetamine operation, and five persons were arrested under the NDPS Act, 1985.

Revenue appeals in GST matters are subject to CBIC monetary thresholds intended to restrict unnecessary litigation. Appeals should generally be pursued only where the stipulated amount is exceeded or the issue has substantial, recurring or cascading revenue consequences. The residual "any other issue" ground requires prudent and limited use. Non-filing under the monetary-limit policy neither constitutes acquiescence nor gives the unappealed matter precedent value. Compliance with these limits is presented as a preliminary objection to sub-threshold departmental appeals.

Input tax credit under Section 17(5)(d) depends first on whether capital infrastructure is immovable property, not on size, weight, or mere fastening to earth. Fastening for alignment, vibration control, balance, or safety does not alone make modular apparatus immovable. Equipment that can be unfastened, dismantled, and relocated without structural damage or loss of commercial identity may remain movable goods, so the threshold for the credit block is not met and ITC is considered under Section 16(1).

Import and export prohibitions may be absolute or conditional, with conditions capable of being required before or after clearance. Prohibited goods include goods whose import or export is barred under the Customs Act or another law in force, while restricted goods require applicable licences, authorisations, permits, or clearances and compliance with attached conditions. Contravention may lead to detention, seizure, confiscation, monetary penalties, redemption fine where permitted, licence action, prosecution, and imprisonment in serious cases.