Expert Eye

World Sight Day 2024: History, significance, date, theme and more

The day highlights the importance of taking proper care of our eyes, reminding us that our eyes are the windows to a beautiful world

Eyestem gets CDSCO nod to conduct human trials to treat retinal vision loss

Dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) causes degeneration of retinal cells resulting in vision loss in people over the age of 60

Infosys saga: Issues in corporate governance

While the founder-shareholders' intervention was not a surprise, using a public forum to do so was

GST: What to expect from it and what not

GST will be good for some reasons but expecting too much from it is neither logical nor economically

Anti-profiteering provision in GST law is retrograde

Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002, provides for action against abuse of dominant position

EGMs of Tata companies: Some reflections

Only shareholders' activism can protect the interests of minority and other stakeholders

Independent directors: An inherently weak institution

The most important role of independent directors is to protect the interest of non-controlling shareholders

Sukumar Mukhopadhyay: Demonetisation, black money and GST

The way GST has been done, there is as much scope of making black money as was there in the existing tariff

Managing complexities in corporate governance

With hindsight, some strategic choices made by the Tata group appear to be wrong

Bad days back again: GST is regressive and multiple rates will be a let-down

Finance Minister said that different items used by different segments have to be taxed differently, otherwise GST will be regressive

Rotation of auditors and its side effects

Tendering is the right method to search for the right audit firm. This increases choice and reduces auditing cost through competition

Latest about benefit of doubt in fiscal law

The principle of benefit of doubt acts in favour of revenue. It is different in the case of criminal law

GST law retains many distortions of the past

The whole big exercise of writing the goods and services tax law has been done in the most unimaginative manner

High time Board's circular was made binding on Commissioner Appeals

A classic case of anomaly arises when the Commissioner, Appeals, does not follow the circular of the Board, but gives an order different from the circular

Latest effort to restructure board's circulars needs modification

In the last seven years, the board should have completed the task of deleting all its orders, which are against the Supreme Court order