Foreign law firms/companies or foreign lawyers cannot practice profession of law in India either in the litigation or in nonlitigation side. “fly in and fly out” will only cover a casual visit not amounting to “practice” ABCAUS Case Law Citation: ABCAUS 2245 (2018) (03) SC The issue involved …

Resolution professional doesn’t require nod of shareholders/members for insolvency resolution  Ministry vide its circular no. IBC/01/2017 dated 25.10.2017 clarified that Section 30 and 31 of the Code provide a detailed procedure from the time of receipt of resolution plan by the resolution professional to its approval by the …

RBI Discontinues Letters of Discontinuance of Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) and Letters of Comfort (LoCs) for Trade Credits with immediate effect.  In 2004, LoUs/LoCs were permitted by RBI allowing Authorised Dealers to Issue Guarantees upto USD 20 Million for Imports. Further, Master Direction No.5 of 2016 on ‘ External Commercial Borrowings, …

ICAI Financial assistance to poor meritorious CA students from CASBF to pursue the Chartered Accountancy course for one year. As per ICAI latest announcement, the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Accountants’ Students Benevolent Fund (CASBF) has decided to provide financial assistance of Rs. 1500/- p.m, for articled …

Deadline for linking of Aadhaar number with bank and mobile extended It is learnt that the Constitution bench of the Supreme Court have extended the deadline for mandatory linking of Aadhaar number with bank accounts and mobile numbers till the disposal of petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of …

Processing of GST refund application for UIN entities-Clarification. Such entities are not registered person. Grant of UINs enable them to claim refund of GST  The GST Council, in its 23rd meeting held at Guwahati on 10th November 2017, had decided that the entities having Unique Identity Number (UIN) …