HUF is the acronym for Hindu Undivided Family. A HUF can be formed by members of a family, wherein the members are lineal ascendants or descendants of Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikh religions. The eldest member becomes the Karta of HUF. Other members of the family are called coparceners. The coparceners share equally with the…
The Karta is traditionally the senior most male coparcener of the Hindu Undivided Family (HUF). He is the person who takes care of the day-to-day expenses of the family looks after the family and protects the joint family properties. He remains to be Karta even if he becomes aged, infirm, or ailing. Where a senior…
A current account is a form of demand deposit account, designed for running transactions of a business establishment. The documents requirement at the bank for opening a current account depends upon how the business entity has been established (viz formed by an Individual owner or Partnership or club, association, society or Limited Company or Trust…
Karta (Manager) of HUF has sole authority over the HUF account and also over every transaction on behalf of the HUF account, made by each member of the family. Therefore, it is necessary to appoint a new Karta to allow operation in the account after the death of the Karta to allow further operation in…
While opening opening Current Accounts of all categories of depositors including proprietors, partners, trustees, settlers, beneficiaries those holding power of attorney, founders, managers, directors, etc. the customers need to submit ‘know your customer’ related official valid documents of the entities and natural persons behind the entities. As per RBI guidelines, in addition to seeking NOC…
RBI on Thursday (August 8, 2024) in its Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies announced two major changes in the UPI payment system. It is proposed to introduce a facility for “Delegated Payments” in UPI. This would enable an individual (primary user) to allow another individual (secondary user) to make UPI transactions up to a…
(Article answers to the questions like whether younger coparcener can be made Karta when an elder sibling is alive, whether Daughters can also become Karta, whether the wife of the Karta can become Karta, whether there can be a HUF within a HUF, When the father was a Karta in his father’s HUF, who will…
The Reserve Bank of India in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (CICRA, 2005), directed that Credit Information Companies (CICs) and Credit Institutions (CIs )shall keep the credit information collected/maintained by them updated regularly on a fortnightly basis (i.e., as on 15th…
RBI in its Statement on Developmental and Regulatory Policies on Thursday (August 8, 2024) announced the implementation of Continuous Clearing of Cheques under the Cheque Truncation System (CTS). The Cheque Truncation System (CTS) is an online Image-based Clearing System (ICS). In this system of clearing, the collecting bank need not present the physical cheque to…
“The Monetary Policy Committee held on Thursday (August 8) decided by a 4:2 majority to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.5%. The MPC also decided to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation progressively aligns with the target, while supporting growth. “These decisions are in consonance to achieve the medium-term…