by Majmudar & Partners | Feb 18, 2025 | Disputes and Arbitration
Download .pdf Late last year, the Indian government released a draft of the proposed Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (the “Draft Amendment Bill”). The Draft Amendment Bill proposes to amend the Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (the...
by Majmudar & Partners | Feb 4, 2025 | Tax
Download .pdf India’s Union Budget (the “Budget”) was announced on February 1, 2025, and the Finance Bill, 2025 (the “Finance Bill”) was tabled in Parliament. The Finance Bill will be discussed in Parliament before its enactment, and it is likely that it will be...
by Majmudar & Partners | Jan 17, 2025 | Tax
Download .pdf Background An individual salaried taxpayer (the “Individual”) purchased bitcoins during the financial year 2015-16 and sold them in the financial year 2020-21. In the tax return, the Individual claimed that the bitcoins sold qualified as a capital asset...
by Majmudar & Partners | Jan 6, 2025 | Banking and Finance
Download .pdf The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 (the “2024 Bill”), which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 9, 2024 and passed on December 3, 2024, seeks to modernize India’s banking framework by amending five (5) important statutes: (i) Reserve Bank of...
by Majmudar & Partners | Dec 17, 2024 | Tax
Download .pdf Background In 1998, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (“MTNL”) invited tenders for Code-Division Multiple Access (“CDMA”) technology supply on a turnkey basis. In 1999, a contract was awarded to a joint venture between Fujitsu Ltd. (“Fujitsu”), a...
