Four decades to solve land acquisition row

It took nearly four decades for courts to decide a land acquisition dispute and the curtain fell on a clutch of cases in the Supreme Court only a few days ago. Calculating... Read more »

Pad up for Goods & Services Tax

The clock has started ticking for corporate India to get its act in place by April 2016 Read more »

Corporate governance 2014-15 in retrospect

Most companies are not yet ready to adopt best practices and comply with provisions only in letter, not spirit Read more »

Incremental step on earlier policy

The two new incentive schemes for merchandise and services exports, Merchandise Exports from India Scheme and Services Exports from India Scheme, are improvements over the ones they replace Read more »

Harassed for cheque complaint

When a person is prosecuted for issuing a cheque that bounced, he might hit back by filing criminal cases against the complainant. His harassment could succeed to some extent as seen in... Read more »

An elephant in a hurry

Regulatory turfs are set to get reworked as financial sector reforms gather pace Read more »

How constitutional are Sebi directions?

SC's rationale on validity of IT Act holds immense significance for the financial sector Read more »

Caution on injunctions against banks

A weekly selection of key court orders Read more »

Tackling transfer pricing

Time and negotiation needed for the govt and corporates to come out of the maze around transfer pricing-related issues; the current half-hearted approach will not work, say experts Read more »

Winds of change in insurance boardrooms

There are stirrings in the insurance sector - foreign joint venture firms are raising their stake to 49 per cent while their Indian partners retain management control. Experts discuss how the control... Read more »