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eMinds Legal is a Corporate Law Firm based in Gurgaon, India specializing in Corporate Legal, Corporate Secretarial and Compliance. The Firm comprises of a team of Corporate Lawyers and Company Secretaries with in-depth subject matter knowledge and participative industry experience of over 15 years.
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Simplified procedure for opening of Currency Chests
RBI/2014-15/571 DCM(CC)No.G-13/4553/03.39.01/2014-15 April 23, 2015 The Chairman & Managing Director / Chief Executive Officer / Managing Director All Scheduled Commercial Banks Madam/ Dear Sir, Simplified procedure for opening of Currency Chests Please refer to our circular DCM(CC)No.2991/03.39.01/2011-12 dated January 02, 2012 on Construction of Currency Chests Strong Rooms / Vaults. The extant instructions for setting… Read More
Cabinet approves Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 to be placed in Parliament
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal to introduce the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in the Parliament. The amendments are focused on clarifying jurisdiction related issues for filing cases of offence committed under Section 138 the Negotiable Instruments Act,1881 (NI Act). The main amendment included in this… Read More
Secretarial Standards issued by ICSI on 23rd April, 2015
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has notified the Secretarial Standards duly approved by the Central Government. The Secretarial Standards were released by the council members of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India at a function in New Delhi which shall come into force from 1st July, 2015. As, Section 118(10) of the… Read More
Collection and Dissemination of Information on Wilful Defaulters
RBI/2014-15/566 DBR.No.CID.BC.90/20.16.003/2014-15 April 23, 2015 i) All Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding RRBs and LABs) and ii) All India Notified Financial Institutions Dear Sir / Madam Collection and Dissemination of Information on Wilful Defaulters Please refer to the Master Circular on Wilful Defaulters DBR.No.CID.BC.57/20.16.003/2014-15 dated January 7, 2015. 2. Paragraph 3 of the Circular has been… Read More
PAN Card to be issued in Flat 48 hours
The government will soon launch a facility under which a PAN card will be issued within 48 hours of applying. "An online facility for issuance of PAN is on the anvil under which an applicant can get a PAN card within 48 hours,". Besides, special camps will be organised throughout the country, including rural areas,… Read More
Auction of Government of India Dated Securities
RBI/2014-15/562 Ref.No.IDMD/2099/08.02.032/2014-15 April 20, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks All State Co-operative Banks/All Scheduled Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks /All Financial Institutions/ All Primary Dealers. Dear Sir/Madam, Auction of Government of India Dated Securities Government of India has offered to sell (new/re-issue) four dated securities for notified amount of Rs 16,000 crore as per the following… Read More
Exclusively listed companies of De-recognized/Non operational/exited Stock Exchanges
SEBI vide circular dated May 30, 2012 (Exit Circular) issued guidelines for exit of De-recognized/Non-operational stock exchanges. Subsequently, vide circular dated May 22, 2014, SEBI issued directions to the stock exchanges to address issues faced by companies exclusively listed in non-operational stock exchanges. 2. As per the above referred circulars, inter-alia, the exclusively listed companies… Read More
Limits for Transport Allowance enhanced under Income Tax
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) vide notification no. 39/2015/F.No.142/02/2015-TPL dated April 13, 2015 has enhanced the transport allowance exemption from INR 800 to 1,600 per month and for employee who is blind or orthopedically handicapped with disability of lower extremities, the exemption limit has been enhanced from INR 1,600 to 3,200 per month. Read More
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Reporting under FDI Scheme on the e-Biz platform
RBI/2014-15/561 A.P. (DIR Series) Circular No. 95 April 17, 2015 To All Category I Authorised Dealer Banks Madam/Sir Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Reporting under FDI Scheme on the e-Biz platform Attention of Authorised Dealers Category-I (AD Category - I) banks is invited to the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security… Read More
Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) – Standards
RBI/2014-15/559 DPSS.CO.AD.No.1925/02.27.005/2014-15 April 16, 2015 To All Payment System Providers, System Participants and Prepaid Payment Instrument Issuers Dear Sir /Madam, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Combating of Financing of Terrorism (CFT) - Standards Please refer to our circulars/instructions issued from time to time on the captioned subject. In this regard, we enclose a copy of the… Read More
Interest Rates on deposits
RBI/2014-15/554 DBR.No.Dir.BC.87/13.03.00/2014-15 April 16, 2015 All Scheduled Commercial Banks (Excluding RRBs) Dear Sir/ Madam Interest Rates on Deposits Please refer to our circulars DBOD. No. Dir.BC.36/13.03.00/98 dated April 29, 1998, DBOD. No. Dir.BC.07/13.03.00/2001-02 dated August 11, 2001 and DBOD. No. Dir. BC.74/13.03.00/2012-13 dated January 24, 2013 in terms of which banks are allowed to offer… Read More
Mechanism for acquisition of shares through Stock Exchange pursuant to Tender-Offers under Takeovers, Buy Back and Delisting
1. SEBI (Buy Back of Securities) Regulations, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as Buy Back Regulations), SEBI(Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 (hereinafter referred to as "Takeover Regulations"), SEBI(Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009 (hereinafter referred to as "Delisting Regulations") were amended vide notification dated March 24, 2015 to facilitate tendering of shares by… Read More
NBFCs- Lending against Shares Clarification
RBI/2014-15/551 DNBR (PD).CC.No.028/03.10.001/2014-15 April 10, 2015 All NBFCs with asset size of `.100 cr and above (excluding Primary Dealers) Dear Sirs, NBFCs- Lending against Shares Clarification Please refer to our circular DNBS (PD).CC.No.408/03.10.001/2014-15 dated August 21, 2014. We have since received a number of queries from the industry participants seeking clarification on the applicability of the circular.… Read More
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