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ALL ABOUT MINUTES OF THE MEETING: APPLICABLE PROVISION: -Section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013 -Rule- 25 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 –Secretarial Standard-1 Meeting of Board of Directors) –Secretarial Standard-2 (Secretarial Standard on General Meeting) Minutes means a formal written record, in physical or electronic form, of the proceedings of a […]
Committees comprise of Board Members along with experts in such field for which the Committee has been formed. However, the Board of Directors are ultimately responsible for the acts of the committee. Board is responsible for defining the committee role and structure.
The Auditing Standard on Audit Engagement (CSAS-1), formulated by Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and issued by the Council of the ICSI is mandatory for all the audit engagements accepted by the auditor on or after April 01, 2021. CSAS-1 is applicable to all the Practicing Company […]
COMPANY SPECIFIC DISCLOSURES IN A DIRECTOR’S REPORT 1. Financial summary and highlights- The financial summary and highlights should be accompanied by the macro-economic, geo-political, financial, industry specific as well as any company specific information affecting the business of the company and the market in which it operates, along with the industry performance with regard to […]
MINUTES Governing provisions: Section 118 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Secretarial Standard-1 and Secretarial Standard-2. As per the provisions of Section 118- Every company shall observe Secretarial Standards with respect to General and Board meetings (including Committee Meeting – as per explanation to Secretarial Standards) specified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. […]
Realising the need of growing Compliance Reporting mechanism in letter and spirit, SEBI came out with the Circular dated February 08, 2019 mandating Annual Secretarial Compliance Report to be submitted by a Company Secretary in Practice to the listed entity on an annual basis, regarding compliance of all applicable SEBI Regulations and Circulars/ Guidelines issued […]
