ICAI wants the government to bring in a provision to bar tainted firms from taking up new assignments for a fixed period, in case any of its partners has been held responsible in a fraud. Currently, if a partner of any firm is held responsible in a fraud, the firm disassociates itself from him and later counts him as a consultant. The government needs to take a stand.
The Delhi High Court today stayed its order of bringing stock exchanges within the ambit of the Right to Information Act. A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Madan B Lokur stayed the operation of a single bench order which had on April 15 held that stock exchanges are “quasi” governmental bodies which are bound to disclose information to the public under the transparency law.
May 4, 2010- In view of the disruption in local train traffic due to the strike call of Railway Motor – men, and in order to avoid hardship to the candidates appearing in CA exams at different Centres in Mumbai city and its suburbs, it has been decided to allow extension of time for late entry to CA examinations upto 3.00 p.m. (instead of 2.30 p.m.) in respect of the Exam Centres located in Mumbai and its suburbs.
The Government has said that the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is the Regulator for Chartered Accountancy profession in India and it is collecting information whether top multi-national firms have flouted norms to provide services in the country. Giving this information in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minsiter for Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid told the House that as far as the functioning of multinational accounting firms is concerned the Ministry has collected the following information from the relevant Central Govt. Departments:
A demat account is a must for trading in stocks and ETFs. Importantly, it does not attract stamp duty. I In the last decade or so, the stock market has moved towards paperless trading. For investors, who used to burdened with reams of stock certificates, a demat account has become a necessity. Not having a depository or demat account has now become the biggest entry barrier to investing in equities. It is no wonder that more and more entities (commodities futures and spot market) are moving to the dematerialised form of trading.
In the last few years, the ambit of taxation for gifts received by a person has been widened . Now, it covers several non-cash items. This now includes land and buildings, shares and securities, jewellery, drawings, paintings, sculptures and other works of art. Considering the nature of all these items, there is a need to value these items in a specific manner.
The Comptroller of Auditor General (CAG) of India has rapped Maharashtra Government for giving “undue benefit of over Rs 20 crore” to controversial Satyam Computer Services Limited by selling land at lower rates in Multimodal International Hub Airport (MIHAN) project at Nagpur.
A Director includes any person occupying the position of Director, by whatever name called [Sec.2 (13)]. Directors occupy a key position in the management of the company. While they are entrusted with wide powers they are also accountable to the company.
I was of the opinion that the technological advancements and the schemes like MCA providing for on-line corporate filing, will be of help to the corporates. I was also of the opinion that the MCA scheme will also boost the pace in which the companies are being incorporated in India. There is a positive side of MCA scheme providing for speedy and risk-less corporate filing, however, I want to now focus on the negative issues of MCA scheme and as to how the scheme is being misused.
A company cannot enter into an arbitration agreement even before it is formally registered under the Companies Act, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled in the case, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation vs Pampa Hotels Ltd. However, the promoters of the company can enter into such an agreement if it was warranted by the terms of incorporation of the company. But the company which is yet to be born cannot sign an arbitration agreement.
