CA, CS, CMA : Explains secretarial due diligence, mandatory audit under Section 204, its scope, common compliance issues and RBI-mandated dilige...
CA, CS, CMA : CSEET is the entrance exam for the CS Executive Programme, managed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). The ca...
Income Tax : Explore our analysis on including Company Secretaries as Accountants under the Income-Tax Bill 2025. Benefits include improved com...
CA, CS, CMA : SEBI’s new secretarial audit regulations create confusion due to misalignment with ICSI guidelines, raising concerns about regul...
CA, CS, CMA : Discover the major highlights of the revised Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2) issued by ICSI, effective from April...
Company Law : ICSI has requested amendment of Rule 8(1) of the NGT Rules, 2011 to expressly authorise Company Secretaries in Practice to represe...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has requested the Government to amend FEMA Section 32 to include Company Secretaries in Practice as authorised representative...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has sought amendment of Section 15M(c) of the SEBI Act, 1992 to expressly include Company Secretaries in Practice as SAT Tech...
Company Law : ICSI has sought amendment of Section 14C(b) of the TRAI Act, 2000 to include Company Secretaries in Practice as eligible Members o...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has sought amendment of FEMA, SAFEMA and related provisions to make Company Secretaries in Practice eligible for appointment ...
Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi orders a review of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India's income tax exemption claim, sending the matter b...
CA, CS, CMA : Aakansha Vaid Vs ICSI (Appellate Authority of ICSI) he Authority records its displeasure about the conduct of the Complainant duri...
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 : Gayathri Pasarakayala Vs Disciplinary Committee (ICSI Appellate Authority) It is clear that the Disciplinary Committee has not fol...
Income Tax : Shri Hitender Kumar Mehta Vs Shri Rajiv Bajaj (ICSI Discipilinar Committee) The Disciplinary Committee, after considering all mate...
CA, CS, CMA : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has updated member appointments for the Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, and Compa...
Corporate Law : Ministry of Corporate Affairs updates tribunal members for ICAI and ICMAI election dispute cases, effective from April 17, 2025....
CA, CS, CMA : Learn about ICSI's recent decisions on governance, infrastructure, amendments, and student initiatives from its 312th Annual Counc...
CA, CS, CMA : Justice Talwant Singh appointed as Chairperson of the Appellate Authority for professional institutes under the Chartered Accounta...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has proposed Draft Company Secretaries (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 to amend the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982. Thes...
The accounting and auditing regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), is set to enter a new area, till now a domain of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), by setting up corporate affairs standards (CAS) on various areas of corporate law and practices. ICAI has already prepared three such standards […]
RELAXATION IN CUT-OFF DATE The actual cut-off date for acceptance of Registration Applications relating to Executive Programmefor appearing in one module in December, 2009 Session of Examinations is 31st May, 2009. However, in view of the fact that the said date is falling on an official holiday (Sunday),the next working day i.e. 1st June, 2009 will […]
The Reserve Bank of India has empowered practicing company secretaries to issue Diligence Reports to scheduled commercial banks which will confirm the mandatory compliance with all statutory and contractual obligations by companies availing multiple banking or consortium lending arrangements. Primary Urban Co-operative Banks have also come under this directive of the country’s central bank. These […]
Guidelines for issuing Compliance Certificate and Signing Annual Return In exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (1) of Part II of the Second Schedule to the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 (56 of 1980), as amended by the Company Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 2006, the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India hereby issues […]
To, The Chairmen/Executive Officers All the Regional Councils & Chapters of ICSI The Council of the Institute in its 183rd meeting held on 8th-9th November, 2008 has approved the new training structure as under. I. Duration of training It was decided that the present period of training of 15 Months may be continued. It was decided that […]
Chartered accountants, company secretaries and cost accountants facing disciplinary action from their professional regulators can now appeal to a specialised appellate tribunal instead of a high court. The appeals will be heard by professionals who have regulatory experience and can deliver speedy decisions, an official in the ministry of corporate affairs said. The delay at […]
Though the government has initiated the process of registering Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) firms, it would take a while before the chartered accountant (CA), company secretary (CS) and cost accounting firms convert to LLPs. The three regulators — Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and Institute of […]
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has given a clean chit to the the company secretaries, G Jayaraman, global head of corporate governance and Savita Jyoti, practicing company secretary of Satyam Computers on their role in the accounting fraud. NK Jain, secretary, ICSI told FE, “On the basis of the investigation done by […]
General Management and Communication Skills- Students of this programme would not be required to undergo GMCS course separately. The course duration to be considered as part of Articled Training- Under Explanation (2) to Regulation 59 (7) of the Chartered Accountants Regulations, 1988 participation in the Three Months’ Residential Programme on Professional Skills Development will be considered equivalent to undergoing articled training.
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has formed a seven-member committee to look into ways to strengthen corporate governance norms in the aftermath of the Satyam scandal. “The ICSI Council, in its recent meeting, deliberated the matter in detail and constituted a core group consisting seven members to go into the issues arising […]
