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CA, CS, CMA : A Practicing Company Secretary ensures legal compliance, corporate governance, and advisory roles in businesses. Learn about their...
CA, CS, CMA : Apply for ICSI Merit-Cum-Means Assistance Scheme 2025 by May 25. Eligibility: Passed Executive Exam in Dec 2024, income limits app...
CA, CS, CMA : Apply for CS December 2024 exam marks verification from Feb 26 to Mar 18, 2025, via the SMASH portal. Fee: ₹250 per subject. Che...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI announces key dates and fees for the June 2025 exams. Enrollment begins February 26, with deadlines for fee submission and ex...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI allows CS exam students to access answer book copies online for the December 2024 session. Apply from Feb 26, 2025, via the o...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI will announce CS Professional & Executive exam results for Dec 2024 on Feb 25, 2025. Marks statements will be available onlin...
Income Tax : Supreme Court held that as per regulation 114(4) of the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982 election can be challenged by the ca...
Corporate Law : Sanjay Ghiya Vs Union Of India (Rajasthan High Court) Rajasthan High Court held that CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Or COMPANY SECRETARIES ...
CA, CS, CMA : Avenue for seeking certified copies as well as inspection is provided both in the Right to Information Act and in Company Secretar...
CA, CS, CMA : Working experience as an Assistant Company Secretary or a Management Trainee cannot be treated as equal to a Company Secretary so ...
Company Law, Corporate Law : Practicing professionals are prohibited from acting as full time directors. They can only act as non-executive directors not perfo...
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Company Law : Amara Raja Media faced a penalty for delayed appointment of a Company Secretary. The penalty was reduced to ₹1.5 lakh after an a...
Company Law : Regional Director, Eastern Region, modifies penalty for secretarial audit violations under Section 204, reducing it to ₹32 lakh ...
Company Law : Abhitech Energycon fined for failing to appoint key managerial personnel as per Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013. Detailed p...
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Q. Why concept of UDIN is launched by an Institution? In an attempt to pursue heightened sense of self-governance and strengthen the practising side of the profession of Company Secretaries, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has rolled out a unique initiative in the form of Unique Document Identification Number or UDIN. Aimed at […]
The Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) under Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 are effective from 1st July, 2015.
> What is Secretarial Audit? Secretarial Audit means to check the compliances of various applicable rules and regulations applicable to the company during that particular period of review. It helps to detect instances of non compliances and facilitates taking correctives measures well in time. It audits the adherence of good corporate practices by the company. […]
UNIQUE DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (UDIN) Guidelines 2019 is Approved by ICSI Council on 27th June, 2019 Objective of the Guidelines 1. enable the stakeholders to verify the authenticity of various documents certified by Company Secretaries in Practice; 2. prevent counterfeiting of various attestations / certifications; 3. provide ease of maintaining the Register of Attestation / […]
Employee Company Secretary Identification Number ( eCSIN ) -Guidelines 2019 are Approved by the ICSI Council on 27th June 2019 and these areSubject to the Clause (1) of the Part II of the Second Schedule to the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 Objective of the eCSIN Guidelines 2019 (1) to monitor the appointment and cessation of […]
We request your goodself to kindly consider amendment in the explanation to section 288(2) of the Income Tax Act,1961 so as to include the Company Secretaries as defined under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act,1980 who shall be deemed ‘to be in practice ‘ under sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act,1980 in the definition of ” Accountant”.
Article explains Who is a Company Secretary, Who is required to have company Secretary/ KMP, Time Period for such appointment of Company Secretary, Process for appointment of company secretary, Roles and Responsibilities of Company Secretary, Core Duties of the Company Secretary, Appointment of Company Secretary – Offence & Penalty: Section 203(5) and also provides Draft […]
The attestation of a Company Secretary (CS) on a certificate or any such document is of immense value since it usually signifies that the CS, in his professional opinion, has ensured that there is no misrepresentation by the entity issuing/submitting such a document. It was being observed that certain unscrupulous individuals were forging signatures while […]
Since inception of the provisions of appointment of Whole Time Company Secretary is being treated as a significant position in a company. As per the Companies Act, 1956 Companies having paid-up capital 5 Crores or more was required to compulsorily appoint a CS in Whole time employment.
UDIN- ICSI Unique Document Identification Number [1]In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of Part II of the Second Schedule to the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 as amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006. The council member in its 261st meeting held on 27th June, 2019 issued Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) […]
