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The role of independent directors is considered to be of a great significance. Guidelines, role, functions and duties are broadly set out under Code of conduct under Schedule IV of Companies Act, 2013.
orporate governance is the application of best management practices, compliance of law in true letter and spirit and adherence to ethical standards for effective management and distribution of wealth and discharge of social responsibility for sustainable development of all stakeholders.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said he’d like companies to voluntarily adopt good governance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices, rather than be legally compelled to do so. Pranab Mukherjee Such voluntary contributions should be re
Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, presented the ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance 2010 to two Best Governed Companies: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited at a ceremony held here today evening.
The government on Wednesday said that the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) guidelines which require listed companies to meet corporate governance norms for best practices in management may now be extended to unlisted companies as well.
The government may empower independent directors and company secretaries to enforce corporate governance norms, having made compliance voluntary for enterprises. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), a statutory body set up by the government, has suggested a set of best practices that company secretaries on board of companies have to follow.
The Union Cabinet today approved the continuation of Guidelines on Corporate governance for Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) on mandatory basis. The Guidelines have now been made mandatory and are applicable to all CPSEs. The guidelines cover issues like composition of Board of CPSEs, Audit Committee, Subsidiary companies, Disclosures, Code of conduct and ethics, risk management and reporting.
Company Law is very complicated and interesting subject. If we look at all the corporate regulations or law, it is very clear that it focuses mainly on the interests of the shareholders. The liability of the members is limited in limited companies and as such the shareholders will be clueless often when their investment in the Company is not properly managed.
Following the Satyam revelations in January 2009, an urgent need was felt to analyze the regulatory provisions that exist. Accordingly, the Council of the Institute of Company secretaries of India constituted a Core Group to look into the issues and to, inter alia, make suitable recommendations for policy and regulatory changes in the legal framework.
While in most of the countries in the world, the top executives are trying to survive their jobs and positions and while this is the first time when maximum CEOs are hated by their shareholders, the independent Directors are trying to run away from their current position. One of the reports of Economic Times says that, since Satyam scandal and Nagarjuna case, “there are over 500 independent directors in India who have resigned from their respective positions on the Board citing reasons ranging from ill-health to work pressures”.
