Sections in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill are a blatant violation of the Right to Privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution.
The CMS allows e-adjudication of certain lapses and paying penalties online, doing away with the need to visit an MCA office or go through a legal process.
Call for fiscal autonomy to Union Territories with Assemblies may get louder with 'special status' to J&K in the Finance Commission, say experts.
Unless security is given paramount importance, it is difficult for real estate activity to pick momentum in J&K.
'My biggest contribution is the creation of the first 'modern Indian law firm',' Cyril Shroff tells Sudipto Dey.
The immediate concern for all companies is to prepare themselves - and their vendors and suppliers - for the new GST return filing mechanism, being test piloted from April 1.
Regulators and investigators around the world have access to sophisticated tools making it possible to detect white collar crimes. This is where Indian investigators and regulators have been found wanting, says Sudipto Dey.
Going by the provisions of the new company law, the responsibility and accountability equation for independent directors has seen a major change.
Experts say, auditors must not allow themselves to be intimidated by the client management into conducting audits by conversation. It is important for auditors to conduct proper interviews and ask probing and searching questions.
Any act by a chartered accountant that brings disrepute to the profession, whether or not in the professional domain, is open to disciplinary scrutiny and action.
For most companies this would mean extending medical coverage to same-sex partners, say legal experts.
Steps taken to prevent misuse of the platform have to be balanced with data privacy and security concerns, say experts.
The business would also not be allowed to claim any un-availed input tax credit for "goods lost" or "destroyed".
Legal experts are not sure if threat of confiscation of property will be deterrent enough for fleeing offenders
While the scam highlights the need for an overhaul of the oversight mechanism of banks and of their internal controls, questions are being raised on why multiple audits failed to raise an alarm
While the concerned property may be confiscated, a person indulging in such a transaction is liable to pay a fine up to 25 per cent of fair market value of the property
While looking at consumer behaviour in the post demonetisation period, the research found that rural consumers were equally enthusiastic about cashless payments.
Even though the powers of the board of directors stand suspended once a company's insolvency process begins, it does not absolve the directors from actions taken up to two years earlier.
The tax imposed on buyback of shares and employee stock options is different in case of listed and unlisted companies, says Sudipto Dey
'If you wish to expand your business in a competitive global environment, you have no option but to be ethical.'