Category Archives: ITA 2008

Mumbai High Court on Section 66A

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The Mumbai High Court has in a judgement opined that Section 66A can be applied even in the case of Websites. According to this report in TOI, the High Court held “Creating a website that may contain false or offensive … Continue reading →

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Mumbai High Court Upholds Adjudicator’s decision

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Mumbai High Court has upheld the decisions of the Adjudicator of Maharashtra Mr Rajesh Agarwal in respect of two cases referred to it by ICICI Bank. The Bank had challenged the order of the Adjudicator and prayed for a stay … Continue reading →

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One More Export Fraud Reported from Delhi

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

As discussed in this column earlier, one more fraud on an Exporter has been reported from Delhi involving diversion of export proceeds. Report in TOI The loss reported in the Delhi fraud is US$31000 (Rs 18 lakhs). The two other … Continue reading →

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RBI and ECGC should consider trade remittances to Hong Kong as Highly Risky

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

  OPEN LETTER TO RBI AND ECGC To Reserve Bank of India Exchange Control Department Mumbai and ECGC of India Mumbai Sub: Increasing Hong Kong Risk for Importers and Exporters from India Dear Sir I have recently come across two … Continue reading →

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Corporate Executives arrested for Cyber Crime

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The owner and an IT official of Vast India Pvt Ltd (VIPL), a company in Mumbai were arrested by Mumbai police for alleged violation of ITA 2008. The dispute arose with the data of 3.22 lakh candidates appearing for the … Continue reading →

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Beware of any fraudulent email

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

I am informed that there was an unsuccessful attempt to change password in my yahoo email account. (vijayashankar@yahoo.com). While I have taken some precautions since the report, If this is a malicious attempt and is repeated again with success, I … Continue reading →

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