CA, CS, CMA : The reform shifts routine compliance to para-professionals, creating fee pressure and client shifts. Professionals must move towar...
Company Law : This explains how Company Secretaries ensure legal, governance, and compliance preparedness before listing. The key takeaway is th...
CA, CS, CMA : Effective study strategies for CS students, including overcoming challenges like lack of focus and poor presentation. Learn tips f...
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Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has opened empanelment for General Observers with detailed eligibility conditions to maintain fairness. It emphasizes indepen...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI broadened eligibility criteria to allow final-year students and various professional streams to register. The decision enhanc...
Company Law : The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has invited feedba...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI declared Professional and Executive Programme results for December 2025 with detailed pass percentages and rank holders. Onli...
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...
Company Law : The case involved non-compliance with mandatory appointment of a whole-time company secretary. The authority held that delayed rec...
Company Law : The authority penalized prolonged non-compliance with mandatory appointment requirements under Section 203. Despite later rectific...
Company Law : Holds that failure to appoint a whole-time Company Secretary within the statutory timeline attracts penalty under section 203(5). ...
Company Law : The ROC held that non-appointment of a mandatory Company Secretary within the prescribed timeline constitutes a serious compliance...
Company Law : The issue involved non-compliance with mandatory appointment of a Company Secretary. The authority imposed penalties for violation...
The Council at its 201st meeting held on 23rd-24th June, 2011, in supersession of its earlier decision which was notified in October, 2008 issue of Chartered Secretary, has decided that with effect from 24th June, 2011, for the purpose of clause (c) of Regulation 48 of the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982, the number of trainees to be sponsored by the Company Secretary in Practice (PCS) including a partner in a firm of Company Secretaries, will be equal to the number of years of continuous practice of the concerned member subject to a maximum of twenty trainees.
Suggestions for Amendments in the Company Secretaries Act, 1980, Regulations and Rules made thereunder and for Election Reforms in the conduct of Elections to the Council/ Regional Councils/ Chapters of the Institute The Council of the Institute at its 200th meeting constituted, inter-alia the following Committees:-
Application for life membership of CSBF has to be submitted in the prescribed Form-A (available on the website of the Institute i.e. www.icsi.edu) and should be accompanied by Demand Draft or Cheque (payable at par) for Rs. 5,000/- drawn in favour of “Company Secretaries Benevolent Fund” payable at New Delhi and the same can be deposited in the offices of any of the Regional Councils located at Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai. However for immediate action, the applications should be sent to The Secretary & CEO, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, 22, Institutional Area, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003
A local court trying Satyam Computers multi-crore accounting scam today recorded the version of Company Secretary of Mahindra Satyam G Jayaraman. Incidentally, Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) has named Jayaraman as an accused in the Satyam scam. The case is separately being tried in another court.
Chartered accountants, cost accountants and company secretaries can now directly upload certified annual documents of firms on MCA”s portal, without prior approval of the ministry, while holding them responsible for such submissions. The move is seen as a major initiative towards expeditious e-filing.
Justice Shiv Narayan Dhingra (Retd.) has taken over as Chairperson of Appellate Authority constituted under Section 22A of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and Company Secretaries Act, 1980 w.e.f. from 1st April, 2011
Ministry of Finance has today issued the above Notification amending Point of taxation Rules, 2011. Rules 7 has been substituted by a new Rule whereby, point of taxation in respect specified service providers which includes Chartered Accountants (individuals or proprietary firms or partnership firms) will be the date on which payment is received.
Company secretary’s (practising) services means any service provided or to be provided [to any person], by a practising company secretary in his professional capacity, in any manner; “Practicing Company Secretary” means a person who is a member of the Institute of company Secretaries of India and is holding a certificate of practice granted under the provisions of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of 1980) and includes any concern engaged in rendering services in the field of company secretaryship;
The Legal Consultancy service was brought under Service Tax net from 01.09.2009. The Taxable service was defined under sub-clause (zzzzm) of clause (105) of Section 65 of the Finance Act, 1994. The Legal services provided to a business entity by any other business entity in relation to advice, consultancy or assistance in any branch of law were covered.
India’s exports have registered a growth of 36.4% during December 2010, at US $ 22.5 billion. Stating this at a press interaction here today, Shri Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary, informed that during the period April-December 2010, exports have re
