Offences and Prosecutions Under Chapter XXII of the (Indian) Income-Tax Act, 1961

Offences and Prosecutions Under Chapter XXII of the (Indian) Income-Tax Act, 1961

Tax Law

  Chapter XII of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (I.T. Act), which deals with the OFFENCES & PROSECUTIONS, is always a matter of concern for anyone concerned and related with the I.T. Act. It is quite perplexing to understand the defenses available to anyone prosecuted under the provisions of this chapter of the I.T. Act. For understanding the

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Law Of Nutritional & Supplemental Food Products In India - The Conflict: Food Or Drug?

Law Of Nutritional & Supplemental Food Products In India – The Conflict: Food Or Drug?

Consumer, Food & Regulatory Law

One of the potential threats for manufacturing and sale of food/health supplements such as “Dietary food supplement”, “Food supplements”, “Nutritional supplements”, “Health supplements”, is its categorization in the category of “Food” or “Drugs”, as there is a very thin line between “drugs/ medicines” and “nutritional supplements”. Practically all ingredients of a nutritional supplement, known through

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Validity of Section 45 of the PMLA: Effect of Pendency of SLP in the Supreme Court of India

Validity of Section 45 of the PMLA: Effect of Pendency of SLP in the Supreme Court of India

Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes

In this case of Madanlal Manekchand Jain Vs.  State of Gujarat and Ors. [Criminal Misc. Application (For Regular Bail) No. 22552 of 2015], the validity of Section 45 of the PML Act, 2002 was questioned before the High Court of Gujarat. The applicant contended that as a special leave petition is pending before the Supreme

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The Dichotomy Of Registered and Permitted Users Under The Trade Marks Act, 1999

The Dichotomy Of Registered and Permitted Users Under The Trade Marks Act, 1999

Intellectual Property Rights

Introduction The creation of a trademark results in the rise of certain proprietary rights, which can be exclusively exercised by the proprietor. These exclusive rights do not only provide them with the unequivocal authority to utilize and employ their mark, but also the exclusionary authority to control and regulate its use by any other entity.

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Significance of Issuing Notice in Benami Property Transactions

Significance of Issuing Notice in Benami Property Transactions

Anti-Money Laundering & Financial Crimes

Right to property may not be included in the fundamental rights under the Constitution of India, however, it still remains a valuable constitutional right under Article 300-A of the Constitution of India which provides that no person shall be deprived of his property save by authority of law. Even the Supreme Court of India has

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Can a WhatsApp Group administrator be held liable for content posted by a group member?

Can a WhatsApp Group admin be held liable for content posted by a group member?

IT, Cyber Law & Data Protection

On February 25, 2021 the Press Information Bureau released some telling statistics to go along with the recently announced Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“IT Rules 2021”) by the Ministry of Information. According to it, Indians are using these platforms in a very significant way and in numbers which

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