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The Madras High Court Friday held that insurance companies cannot be made liable to pay compensation to accident victims who travel in goods carriers. Justices K K Sasidharan and R Subramanian said that in the light of the categorical pronouncements of the Supreme Court in various accidents, Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals are not right in directing insurance companies to pay the compensation and recover the same from the vehicle owner. The bench gave the ruling while passing orders on a batch of appeals from Bharati AXA General Insurance Company Limited in Bengaluru, challenging a September 23, 2014 order of the Motor Accidents Claims Tribunal in Dharmapuri, on October 24. On September 1 2011, a 16-member marriage party from Kottapatty village had engaged a goods carrier to go to Sool...

Google will not have to pay 1.1bn euros (£970m) in back taxes, after the technology giant won a legal case brought by the French authorities.A court in Paris ruled that the internet search firm's Irish subsidiary was not liable for tax in France. Google employs 700 people in France, but advertising contracts sold for display in France are booked through its subsidiary in low-tax Ireland. In 2015 the company paid just 6.7m euros in corporate taxes in France.The court was advised that Google did not have a "permanent establishment" or sufficient taxable presence in France to justify the bill."Google Ireland Ltd isn't taxable in France over the period 2005-2010" the court said in a statement. European authorities have become increasingly tough on American technology giants including Google an...

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Insurance firms can't be liable to pay compensation to those who travel in goods carriers: Madras HC

Google not liable for back taxes in France