TweetDelhi High Court ruled that the Income Tax Department cannot take recourse to revisional powers under Section 263 of the Income Tax Act to re-open an assessment based on fresh inference of transactions which have been carried on by the assessee and accepted in-turn by the Department for several preceding years on the pretext of dubbing them [...]
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Indian Law (via Google News)- To Wed Your Rapist, or Not: Indian Women on Trial - Wall Street Journal May 17, 2013Wall Street JournalTo Wed Your Rapist, or Not: Indian Women on TrialWall Street JournalThe Indian legal system is built on British common law, and cases are decided by a sitting judge, not by a jury. There is "a bias that begins in the society and spills over to the courtroom," in certain sex-assault and domestic-violence cases, said ...and more » […]
- Truck driver kills sister-in-law - Times of India May 16, 2013Truck driver kills sister-in-lawTimes of IndiaMUMBAI: A truck driver, Arvind Yadav (25), was arrested on Thursday for the murder of his sister-in-law, Kusum Yadav, who is a Kharghar resident, over a property dispute. The incident took place on May 11 when Kusum had gone to Arvind's house in Boisar. […]
- India needs a strong whistleblowers' law - The New Indian Express May 16, 2013Forbes India (blog)India needs a strong whistleblowers' lawThe New Indian ExpressThe role of a whistleblower in exposing the Ranbaxy fraud in the US has once again underlined the need for a strong whistleblower's law in India. Dinesh Thakur, the whistleblower of Indian origin, would not have succeeded in India as people like him ...Why whistle blow […]
- White House backs laws to protect press sources - Times of India May 15, 2013Times of IndiaWhite House backs laws to protect press sourcesTimes of IndiaHe also backed the Schumer proposal, saying: "There should be a shield law with regard to the press's ability to the gather information and to disseminate it... the focus should be on those people who break their oaths and put the American people at ...and more » […]
- To Wed Your Rapist, or Not: Indian Women on Trial - Wall Street Journal May 17, 2013