ED summons PSPCL CMD, director, others in case against Punjab minister Sanjeev AroraThe Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior IAS officer Basant Garg and PSPCL Director Harsharan Kaur Trehan for questioning. They are ...
16 May, 2026, 08.59 PM IST
SC order turns up tax heat on old benami transactionsThe Supreme Court has ruled that tax authorities can retroactively apply the benami law to confiscate assets from transactions predating 20...
10 May, 2026, 08.48 AM IST
Benami property deals under taxman’s lens, issues hundreds of noticesAs various govt departments start sharing data with each other, the income tax department has started going after benami properties, or rea...
12 Mar, 2021, 09.50 AM IST
How Benami law changes impact both old and new property buyersBenami Property can be in any form, i.e., immoveable, movable. Intangible, tangible, corporeal, incorporeal, property in converted form and...
23 Feb, 2019, 10.57 AM IST
Rs 900 crore Benami properties attached in Rajasthan in 16 monthsSo far, 176 benami properties and 25 bank accounts were attached till March after the amended Benami Transaction (prohibition) Amendment Ac...
09 May, 2018, 11.09 AM IST
Income Tax Dept attaches 900 benami properties worth over Rs 3,500 crore: Finance Ministry"Income Tax Department has attached properties worth more than Rs 3,500 crore, including immovable properties of more than Rs 2,900 crore, ...
11 Jan, 2018, 10.53 PM IST
Benami properties next on Modi's hit list? PM may have a plan next yearGiven its huge disruptive influence on real estate market as well as politics, a crackdown on benami property has the possibility of hoggin...
27 Dec, 2017, 12.43 PM IST
Benami assets: Why Modi has pressed cold start on what could be a big-bang moveCrackdown on benami assets will have the high visibility of note ban without any impact on common man. It can be more helpful to Modi in po...
15 Nov, 2017, 01.33 PM IST
Here is how Aadhaar can help government to catch Benami propertiesNote ban was the fight against black money held in the form of cash. Close to its anniversary, some harsh measures are expected on benami p...
07 Nov, 2017, 06.14 PM IST
Auction benami properties to build houses for poor: Secretaries to governmentThe government may take the route of auctioning "benami" properties for construction of affordable houses for the poor and lower middle cla...
19 Jan, 2017, 11.02 AM IST
Cover common man from benami law, Shiv Sena tells Modi governmentVowing to carry forward the war against corruption and black money post-demonetisation, Modi had on Sunday said the government will soon op...
28 Dec, 2016, 01.20 PM IST
Law against 'benami' properties to be operationalised soon: PM ModiMaking his last monthly address this year in his "Mann ki Baat" programme, he defended the frequent changes in the rules of demonetisation.
25 Dec, 2016, 02.13 PM IST
Whip cracked on benami property ownersThe newly enforced Benami Property Transactions Act carries a penalty and imprisonment of up to seven years. The I-T Dept is responsible fo...
22 Nov, 2016, 01.47 PM IST
After demonetisation, benami properties to be next target says PM ModiThe way ahead is for India to adopt the Torrens system wherein land ownership is directly registered by the state.
15 Nov, 2016, 12.18 PM IST
New law to enable confiscation of benami properties: Jayant SinhaSinha said there was proposal for amending Depositories Act or inserting a provision in the I-T Act for forfeiture of benami assets.
28 Apr, 2015, 04.02 PM IST
- Govt takes over benami properties owned by former Dy PM
Two prime "benami" properties in Kullu district allegedly belonging to former deputy prime minister Devi Lal and his grandson Ajay Chautala...
18 Dec, 2011, 04.25 AM IST
- Beware of Benami property
The govt can soon acquire & auction benami properties & property deeds must be verified by CAs.
29 May, 2007, 01.17 AM IST