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Corporate Law : Ministry of Corporate Affairs updates tribunal members for ICAI and ICMAI election dispute cases, effective from April 17, 2025....
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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...
I would like to once again inform you that your Council is in constant dialogue with the concerned authorities to alleviate the concerns of the profession emanating from the Rules under the Companies Act, 2013. The following is being sought in the interest of compliance and governance:
Secretarial Audit is a process to check compliance with the provisions of various laws and rules/regulations/procedures, maintenance of books, records etc., by an independent professional to ensure that the company has complied with the legal and procedural requirements and also followed due processes.
07th April, 2014 CS R. Sridharan President, ICSI Dear Professional Colleagues, The much awaited notification bringing into force the provisions in 183 sections of the Companies Act, 2013 with effect from 1st April, 2014 was issued on 26th March, 2014. Earlier, 98 sections were notified on 12th September, 2013 and section 135 relating to Corporate […]
Minutes of the meeting with MCA held on 3rd April 2014 A delegation of the following council members, Secretary of the Institute and four representatives of other member company secretaries had a very detailed deliberation at 3 p.m. on 3rd April 2014 with Mr. M. J. Joseph, Additional Secretary and Ms. Renuka Kumar, Joint Secretary […]
COMMUNICATION Dear Members and Students of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, I am very happy to inform you that a delegation comprising the following had a very meaningful dialogue with the Hon’ble Minister for Corporate Affairs (Independent Charge), Shri Sachin Pilot in the late night (11 .55PM) of 4th April, 2014 at Kekdi […]
The Council is extremely pained at the provisions in rules notified under the Companies Act, 2013. It shares the concerns of the members and students fully. The rules are substantially different from the draft rules. The draft rules provided for applicability of certain critical provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 to all companies, private or public. The notified rules have excluded private companies from application of those provisions of the Act.
No candidate shall be admitted to Executive Programme Examination unless he is a registered student and applies with such examination fees as may be determined by the Council from time to time, in accordance with the directions given by the Council.
As the members are aware, the term of the existing Council and the Regional Councils will expire on 18th January 2015 and the elections for the Council and the Regional Councils will be held in the month of December 2014.
Clarification about applicability of the relevant Finance Act and other changes for Company Secretaryship June, 2014 Examination. DIRECT TAXES Students appearing in paper of Tax Laws (Old Syllabus), Tax Laws and Practice (New Syllabus) of Executive Programme and Advanced Tax Laws and Practice (Old Syllabus) of Professional Programme, Advanced Tax Laws and Practice (New Syllabus) […]
ANNOUNCEMENT ON INCREASE IN MINIMUM AMOUNT OF STIPEND PAYABLE TO STUDENTS DURING TRAINING The Council of the Institute at its 220th meeting held on 20.12.2013 has revised and fixed separately the minimum amount of stipend payable to Executive Pass students and Professional Pass students as under:
