November 21, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

INDIA’S CREDIT WORTHINESS RATING BY MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE

Moody’s Investors Service, a global rating company, is a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation and has offices across the globe. It is a leading provider of credit ratings, risk analysis and research covering various debt instruments and securities issued…

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November 21, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

DEFAMATION

Defamation is an injury to the reputation of a person. A defamatory statement is a statement calculated to expose a person to hatred, contempt or ridicule, or to injure him in his trade, business, profession, calling or office,…

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November 13, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

AARUSHI MURDER CASE: ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT ACQUITS TALWAR COUPLE FOR INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

There is a strong possibility that (the) incident was caused by some outsider,” a bench comprising justices BK Narayana and AK Mishra said, upholding the Talwars’ appeal against the CBI court verdict. The Allahabad High Court on Thursday,…

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November 13, 2017 In Blog, Uncategorized

GOODS AND SERVICES TAX: THE NEW RATES

  After the 23rd GST Council meeting in Guwahati, the tax rates on over 200 items, including beauty products, chewing gums, chocolates, coffee, and custard powder, among others, were slashed from 28 per cent to 18 per cent. Only luxury…

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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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