Chandigarh's legal framework is set for a major upgrade. The Centre has extended five state laws to the Union Territory. These reforms aim ...

The Supreme Court has reinstated the SBI-led consortium as financial creditors of Reliance Infratel. The consortium is owed ₹3,628 crore. T...

Indian wealth is increasingly seeking global anchors, with GIFT City, Dubai's DIFC and Singapore emerging as key contenders. Each hub offer...

An ITAT ruling clarified that stamp duty valuation doesn't define agricultural land status for income tax. The tribunal emphasized that off...

Income tax appellate tribunal (ITAT): In an order dated January 8, 2024 ITAT has granted relief to a non-resident Indian (NRI) upon whom th...

The Centre has released a draft of the proposed Indian Stamp Bill, 2023, to replace the outdated India Stamp Act, 1899. The draft bill intr...

Stamp duties are levied by the Central Government, but within the States are collected and appropriated by the concerned States in terms of...

As per income tax laws, an individual is required to deduct tax if the sale value of an immovable property exceeds Rs 50 lakh. The buyer of...

The existing provisions of section 55 of the Act provide that for computation of capital gains, an assessee shall be allowed a deduction fo...

For instance, even a copy of an executed agreement has to be stamped for its full value if the original agreement has not been stamped in t...

Challenging the state government's July 3 order to shut down mines for non-payment of stamp duty by Tuesday, about 15 miners today filed wr...

Odisha today instructed all district collectors not to allow operation of mines under deemed extension provision if they fail to deposit re...

Registering a property could soon be painless affair with the government planning to replace the century-old Indian Stamp Act, 1899 with a ...

The finance ministry has sent a missive to law and commerce ministries, seeking clarification on the stamp duty exemption given to special ...

The Securities Contracts (Regulations) Act, 1956 (SCRA) was amended to help develop the secondary market for corporate and securitised debt...

Special economic zones (SEZs) could be in for some tax trouble from the states. States have questioned the stamp duty exemption given by th...

India’s moribund debt market is set to finally get a leg-up with state governments granting an in-principle approval to rationalise stamp d...