The Centre is working to resolve royalty and tax disputes on mineral rights with states like Jharkhand. The Supreme Court deferred hearing ...

The Supreme Court's July 25 verdict permitted states to collect past royalties and taxes on mining since April 2005, causing concerns over ...

A Supreme Court ruling affirmed the power of Indian states to levy taxes on mineral rights, possibly resulting in arrears amounting to Rs 1...

Shares of PSU National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) were among the worst hit and were trading over 5% lower at Rs 212 on NSE, whi...

A nine-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud was told by the Centre that it opposed the demand of states for refu...

A nine-judge Supreme Court bench reserved its decision on applying last week's judgment on states' power to tax mines and minerals rights r...

The Supreme Court reserved its decision on whether a recent judgment upholding state powers to tax mines and minerals should be applied ret...

The Central government opposed states' plea in the Supreme Court for a refund of royalty levied on mines since 1989, arguing it would burde...

Odisha is expected to reimburse over ₹300 crore royalty for coal supplied by Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd (MCL), a Coal India unit, between Apri...

“Indian companies that use imported software still want to continue withholding the tax at 10% but the latter claims that following the SC ...

The question is whether Indian companies that use, sell, or market software — directly or installed in cell phones, computers etc— should d...

Rejecting the revenue’s plea that persons required to deduct tax at source do not fall within the subject matter of tax treaties, it held t...

Big Tech firms, including Facebook, Amazon and Google, are set to file for tax refunds in India following a Supreme Court judgment on tax o...

The Meerut Publishers’ Association filed the writ petition on September 11 against the Centre, and the subject matter is the biggest indire...

The reality is that starting a company in easier is very difficult and closing one is maddeningly painstaking.

Cairn India's profits for the Sept '11 quarter took a hit as the company provided for the cumulative royalty payment to ONGC for the Rajast...

The Supreme Court will decide on an important question of whether the miners should pay royalty on the ore or on the processed mineral extr...