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Articles by Raj Kumar Makkad

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New Disclosure Noms for Indian Insurance companies

  Raj Kumar Makkad   04 February 2010 at 15:31

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Irda) has issued disclosure norms for insurance companies, mandating them to publish accounts on a half-yearly basis. The disclosure norms are seen as a precursor to allowing insurance companies to ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   2467 Views


RTI must be empowered to penetrate the veil of corporate Ind

  Raj Kumar Makkad   03 February 2010 at 18:59

THE RIGHT to Information Act, 2005 has changed the relationship of the people with the Indian state.The last three years have seen the Indian citizen knocking at the offices of the President, the PrimeMinister, the police and state administrations, a ..


Posted in Civil Law |   2078 Views


Affidavit of Prashant Bhushan Advocate in contempt Case

  Raj Kumar Makkad   03 February 2010 at 18:58

1IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIACRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTIONCRIMINAL CONTEMPT PETITION NO. 10 OF 2009INI.A. NO. 1374, 1474, 2134 OF 2007INWRIT PETITION (c) NO. 202 OF 1995IN THE MATTER OF:AMICUS CURIAE PETITIONERVERSUSPRASHANT BHUSHAN & A ..


Posted in Criminal Law  1 comments |   4907 Views


Unique Identification Authority of India

  Raj Kumar Makkad   03 February 2010 at 18:57

The Big Four – KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and PricewaterhouseCoopers – are in a fray for snapping up the consultant’s job for the Unique Identification Authority of India’s UID project. These four have cleared the first t ..


Posted in Legal Documents |   4664 Views


UNDERTRIALS WILL FINALLY TASTE FREEDOM

  Raj Kumar Makkad   31 January 2010 at 22:57

On January 26, in one of those nice moves that we encounter on Independence and Republic Days, the Government launched a programme to release about 2,00,000 undertrials from jails across the country. Two lakh undertrials, you gasp? Actually, we have ..


Posted in Criminal Law |   2094 Views


GROWING LAWLESSNESS ON INDIAN ROADS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   31 January 2010 at 22:57

The first week of every New Year is observed as the 'road safety week' throughout the country. The traffic police launches campaigns to sensitise people and make them obey the traffic rules. However, any semblance of civilised driving disappears soon ..


Posted in Civil Law |   3544 Views


EASY MONEY, BAD LOANS

  Raj Kumar Makkad   29 January 2010 at 18:30

The deterioration in the overall asset quality of banks — gross non-performing assets (NPAs) are reportedly 27% higher at the end of December 2009 than at the end of December 2008 — is not surprising. Any slowdown in growth is bound to tr ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   2029 Views


Exporters and Service Tax Refund

  Raj Kumar Makkad   28 January 2010 at 09:25

In order to make exports of services from India internationally competitive, the Government of India has zero rated such exports. Consequently, the services exporting community is entitled to obtain refunds of input tax credits or utilise such credit ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   4154 Views


Safe Harbour Rates and CBDT

  Raj Kumar Makkad   28 January 2010 at 09:25

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is in a fix over the application of one safe harbour rate to all sectors. A committee, formed last month to frame safe harbour rules as announced in the 2009-10 Budget to minimise transfer pricing disputes, ha ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   2101 Views


Sueing a Company

  Raj Kumar Makkad   28 January 2010 at 09:25

To prevent misuse of class action suits, the new Companies Act may specify a minimum number of shareholders or creditors of companies for exercising the right to file such cases, the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Salman Khurshid, has said. This is a ..


Posted in Corporate Law |   1905 Views