One should not keep any unaccounted or undisclosed money, property or income popularly known as black money. If such a disclosure is made before its detection by the Income Tax Department, the chances of being trapped in a tax raid are minimized. A t ..
The chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on fisheries and livestock has taken exception to fishermen using children for deep-sea fishing which is a highly hazardous job. Apparently, most of this activity is concentrated in Dublar Char, i ..
Yaakov Neeman's modus operandi - walking the fine line between truth and lies, and apparently crossing that line as well - is not worthy of a commercial lawyer, whose main interest is the outcome for his client. It is intolerable in a justice minist ..
As happened in July 2005, it will take some time to grasp the full scope of the evolution in the Indo-US partnership that has been achieved as a result of the state visit of the Indian prime minister to Washington, DC. Looking through the rosy haze ..
Company dispute resolution mechanism – Company Law in India: With the experience of looking at the litigation before the Company Law Board and the Company Court, with the privilege of looking at various judgments under the provisions of Compa ..
Is the Dinakaran imbroglio really a puzzling question? I do not think so. The Chief Justice of India, K.G. Balakrishnan, is right that the collegium is bound to follow the Supreme Court decisions on the point relating to the appointment of judges, ti ..
Business impact of regulations in the Indian Asset Management Industry: Playing in the new market place The financial year 2008-09 was a landmark year for the Indian Asset Management Companies (AMC’s). After a 50% year on year growth for 6 pr ..
In October 2007 the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown had to personally apologize for the loss of two disks containing personal information of 25 million citizens leading to fears of breach of privacy. This breach was expected to cost the governmen ..
The world, still uncertain about economic prospects, now made a little more uncertain by Dubai's bankruptcy, seems to be making a beeline for gold, still considered a safe investment. Of course, as is well known, there is an inverse relationship betw ..
Chennai: Can a mere expression of regret by employees be construed as admission of guilt and the worker concerned be dismissed from service? No, the Madras high court has ruled.Justice KK Sasidharan, directing the reinstatement of three industrial wo ..