November 13, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

POSITION REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ON LEGAL SERVICES

According to the Goods and Services tax (GST) Laws, legal services have been made taxable based on reverse charge mechanism. Reverse charge has been defined to mean the liability to pay tax is on the recipient of supply…

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November 4, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

DELHI HIGH COURT: REMOVAL OF LOUDSPEAKERS FROM RELIGIOUS PLACES

The Delhi High Court in a Bench comprising of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar issued notice to the Union of India, Government of NCT of Delhi and Delhi Police Commissioner on a public interest…

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November 4, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

THE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN INDIA RANKING 2018 BY THE WORLD BANK

Recently, the World Bank has published the rankings for 190 economies in terms of their ease of doing business (EODB) at http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings which are taken upto to June 2017. India has been ranked at 100 in terms of…

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October 31, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

COMPULSORY REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS UNDER REGISTRATION ACT, 1908

Introduction The Registration Act, 1908 serves the purpose of proper recording and registration of documents/instruments, which give them more authenticity. Registration means recording of the contents of a document with a Registering Officer and preservation of copies of…

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October 31, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

OPTIONAL REGISTRATION OF DOCUMENTS UNDER THE REGISTRATION ACT, 1908

The real purpose of the Registration Act, 1908 (the Act) is to provide a method of public registration of documents so as to give information to people regarding legal rights and obligations arising or affecting a particular property,…

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October 28, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA: SEX WITH MINOR WIFE AMOUNTS TO RAPE

The Supreme Court held on Wednesday, 11th October, 2017 that sex with one’s minor wife will amount to rape. A Bench comprising of Justice Madan Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta watered down an exception to Section 375 of…

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October 27, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

RISK OF MANDATORY AADHAAR-LINKING TO ANY DATABASE

Recently, there has been a huge uproar against the mandate of the Government of India for every person to link his/her Aadhaar Card to various services of the banks, mobile service providers, Income Tax Department, etc and to…

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October 16, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

THE SUPREME COURT’S BAN ON SALE OF FIRECRACKERS IN THE DELHI-NCR REGION

The Supreme Court, in the case of Arjun Gopal v. Union of India, has issued an order dated 09.10.2017 (Order) to ban the sale of fireworks (including fire crackers) in the territory of Delhi-NCR till 01.11.2017 in order…

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October 7, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

HINDU UNDIVIDED FAMILY ASSETS SHOULD BE TAKEN AS JOINT PROPERTY AND MEMBERS CLAIMING INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP HAS TO PROVE ASSET IS SELF ACQUIRED

  A Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) is a separate entity that can be created by members of a family, wherein the members are lineal ascendants or descendants. Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Sikhs can open HUFs. A single person…

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September 29, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

SPEEDY DISPOSAL AND USE OF ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION BY CONSUMER FORA

Supreme Court on 30th August 2017 in the matter of Bijoy Sinha Roy, by Legal Representative vs. Biwasnath Das and the Bench comprising of Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit, heard an Appeal challenging an order passed…

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