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...
ED attaches Rs 55 crore worth of 'benami' land of DMK MP A Raja in CoimbatoreThe federal agency said in a statement the land was purchased by a company allegedly linked to Raja, in lieu of granting environmental clea...
Income Tax Department conducts searches in ChandigarhThe Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said that investigations regarding the holding of Benami shares worth Rs 140 crore were in progres...
Rajasthan High Court rules Benami Amendment Act, 2016, can’t be effective retrospectivelyThe new ruling allows the tax office to confiscate property and put the real owners and benamidar behind bars.
Modi's benami law has companies running for coverThe case of roping a tribal to acquire land in the C'garh through sham deals opened a pandora's box for firms.
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...
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, ...
Bengaluru land, property records to be linked to Aadhaar from JulyThe project will be carried out by department of survey settlement and land records, starting with one selected ward of the Bruhat Bengalur...
Income Tax Department attaches assets in Misa Bharti benami land deal caseBenami properties are those in which the real beneficiary is not the one in whose name the property has been purchased.
Misa Bharti skips I-T summons 2nd timeBharti had not appeared in person on June 6, following which the department had issued a show cause notice under section 131 of the IT Act ...
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.
Make Aadhaar number compulsory for land registration: Ashok KhemkaHours before he was removed from the land consolidation department, Haryana's whistleblower IAS officer Ashok Khemka had framed a few novel...
- Incremental move to bring a new law to unearth benami property
Moreover, a single law is unlikely to check either speculative real estate transactions or real estate price bubbles.
- HP orders judicial probe into 'benami' land deals
Facing criticism from opposition Congress for alleged widespread fake land deals in the hill state, the HP government today ordered one-mem...
- Ending Benami: Electronic registry of property may curb menace
A centralised electronic registry of property titles can curb the menace.
- Karmapa's office denies benami land deal
The office of Tibetan spiritual leader Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorji has denied the deal for purchase of land by the Karmapa-backed Karmae Ga...
Benami trail may be difficult to trace in Satyam scamThere is little chance that Satyam will get back the cash suspected to have been siphoned off from the co. No bailout for Satyam | L&T stak...