THE GOVERNMENT’S employment minister has ‘serious concerns’ over a lack of competition in the audit market, and has urged company audit committees and shareholders to encourage companies to use accountants outside the Big Four firms to improve choice in audit services. Ed Davey, who is also minister for consumer and postal affairs, yesterday told a House of Lords inquiry into the audit industry that using regulation to improve choice within audit services was not the government’s ‘first approach,’ but did not rule out this out should other approaches fail.
Mr. X. held certain shares in dematerialized account with a depository. Mr. X executed nomination in the prescribed form following the prescribed procedures in favor of his nephew (Mr Y). Upon the demise Mr. X, wife of Mr. X (say Mrs. X) filed a suit claiming an interest in those shares as a legal heir and representative. The Bombay High Court interpreted provisions of Section 109A of the Companies Act (Nomination of Shares), the Depositories Act and the bye law 9.11 of National Securities Depository Limited [NSDL] and held that where a shareholder of a company executes valid nomination form in the prescribed manner, upon death of the shareholder (i.e. Mr. X), the rights in shares including ownership rights vests in the nominee (Mr. Y) to the exclusion of other person (i.e. Mrs. X). The High Court further held that the bye law 9.11 of NSDL makes the nominee’s position superior to even a testamentary disposition and that the non obstante clause in bye law no. 9.11.7 gives the nomination the effect of the testamentary disposition itself.
The Delhi High Court has inter alia held in the case of Delhi Towers Ltd. V. G.N.C.T. of Delhi [2010] 159 Comp Cas 129 (Del) that an order passed by the Court in terms of the provisions of Section 391 read with Section 394 of the Companies Act 1956 approving a scheme of amalgamation of companies is “conveyance” under Section 2(10) of Indian Stamp Act 1899 [ISA]. The High Court further held that such approved scheme of amalgamation would be an “instrument” under Section 2(14) of the ISA chargeable to stamp duty.
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