CA, CS, CMA : Ethical conduct is the core of professional credibility in accountancy, directly influencing career prospects, client trust, and r...
Corporate Law : Core principles of professionalism (integrity, objectivity, independence) for CAs and bankers, enforced by ICAI, Companies Act, an...
CA, CS, CMA : A summary of the First Schedule of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, detailing professional misconduct, recent amendments, and ...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore the ICAI Code of Ethics—its structure, key rules, and disciplinary process ensuring ethical conduct by Chartered Account...
CA, CS, CMA : Understand the 60-tax audit rule for Chartered Accountants, its exceptions, and its implications on professional conduct and ethic...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI’s Code of Ethics amendments now allow advertising, website promotion, and enhanced visibility, enabling domestic CA firms t...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI's Ethical Standards Board issued an Exposure Draft for the 13th Code of Ethics, proposing revisions to the current standards....
CA, CS, CMA : ICMAI issues revised Code of Ethics for CMAs, effective June 1, 2025, including independence standards for audit and assurance eng...
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP finds improvements but notes ongoing issues in key audit areas....
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of Walker Chandiok & Co. LLP reveals ongoing issues in independence and audit procedures....
CA, CS, CMA : Appellant had approached this Court by way of the present intra Court appeal. It was held that BoD had failed to accord any reaso...
CA, CS, CMA : Read the full NCLT judgment/order on Union of India Vs CA. Ramaiah Nataraja. Bengaluru CA barred from statutory auditor role for c...
CA, CS, CMA : Delhi High Court rules that ICAI can hold entire CA firms accountable for misconduct, even if individual guilt isn't found. Full j...
CA, CS, CMA : Naresh Chandra Agrawal Vs Institute of Chartered Accountants of India And Others (Supreme Court of India) In a landmark judgment, ...
Income Tax : Held that rule 12 Chartered Accountants (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Ru...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI Disciplinary Committee reprimands CA. Jayaraman Dindigul Viswanathan for professional misconduct in issuing an unverified cer...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI sets limit of 60 tax audit assignments per CA or partner annually, effective from 1 April 2026, replacing earlier 2008 guidel...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI found two CAs guilty of professional misconduct in the NSEL audit case and ordered one-year membership removal for CA Shrawan...
CA, CS, CMA : The ICAI Disciplinary Committee has ordered the removal of CA Srinivas Talluri's name from the Register of Members for 10 years an...
CA, CS, CMA : ICAI suspends CAs Praveen Murarka and Subhash Chander Sharma for professional misconduct, with removal from Register of Members ef...
NFRA imposes penalty of Two Lakhs on CA Hemant Khator Swami who was Engagement Partner for the statutory audit of Women Next Loungeries Ltd for Financial Year 2016-17 for Audit failures and also debarred him for two years from being appointed as an auditor or internal auditor or from undertaking any audit in respect of […]
NFRA imposes penalty of Two Lakhs on CA Narayan Prasad Swami who was Engagement Partner for the statutory audit of Women Next Loungeries Ltd for Financial Year 2017-18 for Audit failures and also debarred him for two years from being appointed as an auditor or internal auditor or from undertaking any audit in respect of […]
NFRA’s investigations inter alia revealed that the TDL’s Auditors for the FY 2018-19, had failed to meet the relevant requirements of the Standards on Auditing (‘SA’ hereafter) in a number of significant aspects and demonstrated a serious lack of competence. They failed to evaluate their potential conflict of interest and failed to maintain their independence […]
NFRA’s investigations revealed that the appointment of none of the 33 branch auditors was approved at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of DHFL, as required by the Act. The audit firm and CA Mathew Samuel accepted the appointment, portrayed themselves as “Branch Statutory Auditor” in all communications with the Company and CAS, and issued an […]
Auditor not complied with the principles and procedures laid down in the SAs, had not maintained proper audit documentation and displayed flawed understanding and interpretations of the various stipulations in the law and standards in an unprofessional manner that established the EP’s professional misconduct in terms of section 132 (4) of the Companies Act 2013.
Auditor violated several Standards on Auditing (SA) that are required to be followed during conduct of an audit of historical financial information and in providing an auditor’s certificate.
CA. Akshay Jain was found guilty by the ICAI Disciplinary Committee for professional misconduct, involving GST fraud, fake invoices, and fraudulent ITC claims.
ICAI removes name of 10 Members with effect from 16th December, 2022 In terms of the provisions of Section 21B(3) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 read with Rules 18(17) and 19(1) of the Chartered Accountants (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Rules, 2007. THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS […]
ICAI removes name of 12 Members for Professional & Other Misconduct vide various notifications issued on 11th November, 2022 THE INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS OF INDIA (Set up by an Act of Parliament) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 11th November, 2022 (CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS) No. PPR/P/30/W/13/DD/36/INF/2015/DC/701/2017:—In terms of the provisions of Section 21B(3) of the Chartered Accountants […]
Ethical Standards Board The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India 22nd October, 2022 Advisory Sub.: Use of designation “Chartered Accountant” or prefix “CA” by members while expressing views on professional/non-professional matters publicly including on social media 1. A Firm of Chartered Accountants (“Firm”) may have an account on Social Networking website(s), wherein it may mention its […]
