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Tax (GST) regime has been a contentious issue, leading to confusion among stakeholders. With their growing popularity, it is essential to examine the GST implications associated with the supply of these vouchers and gift cards.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Two federal judges have issued injunctions against implementing President Trump’s executive order interpreting the 14th Amendment’s Citizenship Clause as denying birthright citizenship to children of illegal and nonresident aliens. Contrary to the overheated rhetoric of some commentators, this is an open question in our nation’s jurisprudence—one the Supreme Court may have to decide.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON THE MORNING of January 28th April Mullins-Datko, the director of ADVOCAP, a social-services provider in Fond Du Lac, a city of 40,000 people in Wisconsin, put in her usual request to draw down $250,000 to pay staff salaries and other expenses connected with Head Start, a federal programme that provides child care, education and food to families on low incomes. Every other time ADVOCAP has done this the money has arrived within 48 hours.

Ajay Bagga, Market Expert, says Prime Minister Modi's visit to the US next week is a good sign. It is anticipated that India will sign some defense agreements and announce equipment purchases. Additionally, there are already signs of tariff relief on US products. We can expect a handshake that may draw attention to the markets. Although the recent earnings season was not strong, the upcoming quarter appears more promising, and with the rate cut, rate-sensitive sectors should perform better. What is your take on the markets overall? How much of the positives in terms of the Union Budget as well as the RBI monetary policy coming as per expectation is now priced in and what will drive the markets ahead because January has been quite wobbly. In February, we seem to be stabilising a bit but what is the way forward? Ajay Bagga: The Union Budget, on balance, was a good one. In terms of the RBI policy, the positive was the rate cut. What disappointed the market and led to some amount of sell off in the banking stocks. The Budget on balance has been positive for the markets. Infrastructure spend has been maintained. Fiscal deficit goes down, creating some space for RBI to cut rates and consumption gets a boost.

Supreme Court has been urged to issue directions to ensure expeditious disposal of cases against the lawmakers. The latest affidavit filed by senior advocate Vijay Hansaria, who has been appointed amicus curiae by the apex court in a PIL seeking expeditious disposal of criminal cases against MPs/MLAs, said that legislators have great influence on the investigation and/or trial of cases against them, and trials are not allowed to be concluded.

Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of an NGO seeking direction to the Centre and the Delhi government to grant Rohingya refugees based in the national capital access to public schools and hospitals. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh is scheduled to hear the plea.

marital dispute between a couple has taken an unexpected twist, going viral on social media. A husband, angered by ongoing conflicts with his wife, has resorted to an unusual method to trouble her. After a heated argument led to the breakdown of their relationship, the wife left their marital home and moved in with her parents. Their divorce proceedings are currently underway in court.

Supreme Court has held that a woman would be entitled to claim maintenance under Section 125 of the CrPC from her second husband even if her previous marriage was legally subsisting. A bench of Justice BV Nagarathna and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said the objective of social welfare provisions such as maintenance must be given an expansive interpretation and a strict legal interpretation should not be allowed to defeat its humanitarian purpose.

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Trump's executive order seeking to force so-called sanctuary jurisdictions to cooperate with his immigration crackdown and mass deportations.

Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) investors accused executive chairperson Rashmi Saluja of hijacking the company's annual general meeting (AGM) on Friday to avoid having to step down as director by deleting the relevant item from the agenda. This comes after two high courts — that of Madhya Pradesh and Delhi — had ruled that the AGM should proceed. The Delhi High Court had rejected Saluja's legal attempts to block the resolution regarding her retirement by rotation and reappointment.

Delhi High Court has set aside the money laundering proceedings against erstwhile Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd.

Karnataka High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged scam in allotment of housing plots by Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife in a big relief to the Congress leader.

Bombay High Court on Friday granted bail to two men arrested last year in connection with an alleged conspiracy of the Bishnoi gang to kill Bollywood actor Salman Khan near his farmhouse in Panvel.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Five minutes before she walked on to the court for her first WTA Tour main draw match, Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi learnt about the change of opponents. Rather than UK’s Yuriko Miyazaki, who pulled out due to illness, she would be playing Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus.

A judge has ruled that a Georgia railroad can buy land against the will of property owners to build a track

Almost every day since the expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline was completed in May, a tanker laden with oilsands crude shipped through the line has passed under Vancouver’s Lions Gate Bridge en route to refineries around the Pacific.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed Religare Enterprises Ltd's chairperson Rashmi Saluja's appeal seeking a stay on an earlier single-judge bench's order that had denied her request to restrain the company's board from voting on her reappointment as director.

Prince Harry’s US visa application. Judge Carl Nichols has seen secret records revealing details of Harry's visa status in the US, but they are currently sealed. The latest development in the two-year legal battle saw the judge explain in a Washington DC hearing today that he wanted «maximum disclosure as long as it doesn't violate privacy», reports The Mirror.

Agricultural income is tax-free, and selling farmland can be, too—but only if it qualifies as rural agricultural land. 

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) have soared 25% in just a few days, but this isn’t a sign of a turnaround—it’s a rally driven by relief. Investors are cheering yet another government intervention to keep the struggling state-owned telecom operator afloat.