The Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs & Water Resources Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal said that the government is very keen on passing of the Lokpal Bill the earliest possible. He was addressing a Press Conference on the conclusion of the Budget Session- 2012 in New Delhi today. The Budget Session of the Parliament which commenced on 12th March 2012 has been adjourned sine die on 22nd May 2012.
In terms of the decision of the Finance Committee taken at its 23rd meeting on the recommendations of the Examination Committee, it has been decided to henceforth charge a sum of Rs.500/- per person as the education verification fee from the companies/agencies seeking such verification of qualification. The fee shall be payable by way of a demand draft drawn in favour of the Secretary, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and payable at New Delhi.
If the requirements of Company Act and/or Accounting Standards are different from that of Revised Schedule VI, what is the treatment to be given? If requirements of a regulatory authority like RBI are different from that of Revised Schedule VI, what treatment should be given? Para 4.1.1 of the Revised Schedule VI necessitates that if compliance with the requirements of the Act and/or accounting standards requires a change in the treatment or disclosure in the financial statements, the requirements of the Act and/or accounting standards will prevail over the Schedule VI.
The parties cannot be deprived of their rights to challenge the award on the ground that there is a delay of 2 years and four months and the Award as declared after such a long period, in our view, can be challenged under Section 34 of the Act. The party cannot be remedy-less. Even under Section 16, the objection even if decided, can be re-agitated under Section 34 of the Act. There is no such scheme for the delayed action of the Arbitrator. Considering the aforesaid aspects, in our view, the award is bad in law.
Unlike many developed countries, Auditors in India have not been requisitely accountable, resulting in frequent undermining of this important aspect. Apart from recent cases of distortionary corporate governance involving highly reputed firms, cases are detected regularly by the regulatory authorities where the Auditors have failed to point out gross violations and even blatant misrepresentations. In the absence of adequate effective provisions, the Auditors are hardly ever held accountable for these lapses.
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In the present case the Director of Investigation had reliable and sufficient information to proceed with the authorisation for search. No malafides have been attributed or pleaded in the writ petition. The petitioners have been subjected to block assessment on the basis of the recoveries made during search, in which they are pursuing the remedies. The appeal filed by the department has been allowed by ITA, and the matter in remand is pending consideration in assessment.
Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited (Kotak Life Insurance) today announced profit growth of 109 per cent. Profit after tax for FY 2011-12 stood at Rs. 211 crores, up from Rs. 101 crores the previous year. The Company has wiped out all its accumulated losses and added Rs. 51 crores to its net worth which now stands at Rs. 613 crores.
In the present case, however, the assessee is a private limited company. The share application money was received through private placement. The Assessing Officer has brought on record evidence in the shape of Income tax returns and bank statements of the share applicants to show that these companies had very meager income or were running in losses. It has also been brought on record that in most of the cases, the amounts were deposited in the account either on the same day or a day before the issue of cheques to the assessee. All the share applicants had address in Delhi.
Trade Mark registration is quasi-judicial process and tends to be time consuming as it involves various steps, inter-alia, examination, publication and disposal of opposition. Sharp increase in the applications filed in the recent years and shortfall in manpower are the other reasons for delay.
