Volume 1 Issue No.1 November Date:
26.11.2009
Thought for the day
Integrity is telling myself the truth and honesty is telling the truth to other people.
News from the Govt

Company Law
SEBI

RBI / FEMA

Others
Legal Term


Legal Term



Uberrimae fidei


Meaning
Utmost good faith


Origin

Latin


Usage
‘utmost good faith’ is a term used to
describe the duties owed by one person to
another when a contract brings them
particularly close. The two areas in which
it principally appears are insurance law and
partnership law. In each case, one part is
said to owe the other a duty of the utmost
good faith.

Statutory Compliance Chart


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 Reminders
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Dec– Service Tax Payment
 05 Dec– Excise Duty Payment 07 Dec– TDS/TCS Payment
 10 Dec– Excise Return 15 Dec– P. F. Payment 15
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– Advance Tax Payment
 20 Dec– P.T. Payment
 20 Dec– VAT Payment 21 Dec– E.S.I.C. Payment

Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes

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Big Unlisted
Companies also under e-surveillance of the
Government

The government is planning to expand its
electronic surveillance to include more listed
and big unlisted companies to detect quickly any
fraud or malafide action.


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A Major milestone in the history of MSMEs in
India

SEBI Board announces special provisions for
listing of MSMEs on SME Exchange platform


Read more


EPFO proposal to benefit employees

EPFO proposing a salary cap rise to Rs.10000 per
from existing Rs.6500 as well as reducing the
number of members from 20 to 10


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Launch of e-Voting System for
Corporate

CDSL Ventures Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of
Central Depository Services (India) Limited
(CDSL), has designed an electronic voting system
as an alternative to the paper-based postal
ballot process, to facilitate voting on company
resolutions.

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Now NGOs under the ambit of money-laundering law

Charitable trusts, whether temples,
non-government organizations (NGOs), educational
institutions or societies etc., if registered as
non-profit organizations (NPOs), will not only
have to disclose the source of their funds but
also be scrutinized for large monetary
transactions.
Read more


Profitable firms may have to earmark funds for
CSR

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is
working on the broad contours of a code that
will require all profit-making companies to set
aside an amount proportionate to their turnover
or profits for corporate social responsibility
(CSR) initiatives.

Read more


Foreigner can’t claim right to a visa: High
Court

In a landmark judgment, Bombay HC has ruled that
a foreign national has no fundamental right to a
visa to stay in India.


Read more

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