GUWAHATI, India, Feb. 2 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Jan. 6: 1. Heard Ms. N. Hawelia, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Gogoi, learned Addl. AG, Assam appearing for all the respondents. 2. The challenge in the present writ petition is to an order dated 27-12-2012 passed by the Superintendent of Taxes, Khanapara Check Post, Guwahati, Assam, compounding the offence involved under Section 85(1)(n) of the Assam Value Added Tax Act, 2003 (in short the Act...
GUWAHATI, India, Feb. 2 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Jan. 6: 1. Heard Mr. A F N U Mollah, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. K Konwar, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam, appearing for the State respondent. 2. The petitioner in the present proceedings has presented a challenge to an order dated 18.10.2012 issued towards imposing upon him the penalty of removal from service upon completion of a departmental proceeding instituted against him. The petition...
GUWAHATI, India, Feb. 2 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Jan. 6: 1. Heard Dr. A. Todi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Gogoi, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam, appearing for the respondents. 2. As the above noted writ petitions arise out of the same transaction and give rise to similar questions of fact and law, they were taken up together for hearing and are being disposed of by this common order. 3. The challenge in the above noted writ p...
GUWAHATI, India, Feb. 2 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Jan. 6: 1. Heard Dr. A. Todi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Gogoi, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam, appearing for the respondents. 2. As the above noted writ petitions arise out of the same transaction and give rise to similar questions of fact and law, they were taken up together for hearing and are being disposed of by this common order. 3. The challenge in the above noted writ p...
GUWAHATI, India, Feb. 2 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Jan. 6: 1. Heard Dr. A. Todi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. B. Gogoi, learned Additional Advocate General, Assam, appearing for the respondents. 2. As the above noted writ petitions arise out of the same transaction and give rise to similar questions of fact and law, they were taken up together for hearing and are being disposed of by this common order. 3. The challenge in the above noted writ p...
India, Feb. 2 -- "India's mental well‑being is at a crossroads. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the country carries one of the world's highest treatment gaps in mental health-between 70% and 92% of people needing care do not receive it. With only about one psychiatrist per 100,000 people and an age‑adjusted suicide rate of 21.1 per 100,000, India faces a crisis that touches workplaces, families, and communities alike. Rising stress among youth and professionals make...
India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Shri Amit Shah, on behalf of every Indian, heartily congratulated Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman for the budget that depicts the roadmap for the next 25 years and the creation of a developed India by 2047. X प्लेटफॉर्म पर पोस्ट्स क...
India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: Union Budget 2026-27 presented by the Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament today emphasized the 'Kartavya' of sustaining the momentum of structural reforms. The Finance Minister proposed a slew of Direct tax reforms to simplify the tax regime and ensure better compliance by the citizens. New Income Tax Act The Income Tax Act, 2025 is slated to come into effect from 1st April 20...
India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 today in the Parliament, announced that the proposals for Customs and Central Excise aim to further simplify the tariff structure, support domestic manufacturing, promote export competitiveness, and correct inversion in duty. Ease of Living The Union Budget proposes to reduce the tariff rate on all dutiable good...
India, Feb. 1 -- The Government of India has issued a release: The Union Budget 2026-27 lays emphasis on Scaling up manufacturing in 7 strategic and frontier sectors. While presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament today, Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt Nirmala Sitharaman said that the proposed interventions forms part of six areas under 'First Kartavya' in the Budget. To develop India as a global Biopharma manufacturing hub, the Budget proposes Biopharma SHAKTI with ...