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POWER OF BOARD UNDER COMPANIES ACT 2013

Posted on May 31, 2013 | 5 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

In February 2013, I wrote “FOOTSTEPS OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN COMPANIES BILL 2012” and thereafter try to cover all relevant topics related to Corporate Governance. Even though, day-to-day management of company is function of KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL (sometime designated as out of Board Directors); Board of Directors is indeed most Significant body, which virtually rule a company. Not only, APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTOR as well as their DUTIES, VACATION, RESIGNATION, REMOVAL are subject to close scrutiny by investors, professionals and regulators. Board of Directors has a set of Executive Directors who are APPOINTMENT and MANAGERIAL REMUNERATION has some other significant aspect of Corporate Governance. The Appointment of INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS is one of the most significant contributions of this Bill to Corporate Governance practices in India. This all-powerful company Board exercises its powers in BOARD MEETING but it has some statutory and other BOARD COMMITTEES. Now we will discuss Power of Board of Directors under present Bill.
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Posted in Chapter XII - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Accounts, Board Committee, Board of Directors, Board Powers, Boards’ Report, CG, Companies Bill 2012, Contribution to bona fide Charitable and other funds, Contribution to National Defence Fund, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Director, Independent Director, India, Legal Reforms, Ministry of corporate affairs, Political Contribution, Power of Board of Directors, Profit and Loss Account, Reforms, Resolutions in Board Meeting, Restrictions on Power of Board, Special Resolution

BOARD MEETING UNDER COMPANIES ACT 2013

Posted on May 24, 2013 | 4 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

The Board of Directors is most powerful body in a company. The Corporate governance is until now is governance of the Board.

The Companies Bill 2012 has dedicated chapter i.e. Chapter XII dealing with Board meetings and its power. In this blog I will discuss Board Meetings and in a future post power of Board of Directors.

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Posted in Chapter XII - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, Company Secretary, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility, Secretarial Standards

Tagged Board of Directors, Board Resolution, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Director, Independent Director, Key managerial personnel, Manager, Managerial Remuneration, Managing Director, Minutes of Meeting, Notice, Quorum, Reforms, Related Party Transaction, Resolution by Circulation, Whole – time Director

BOARD COMMITTEES IN COMPANIES ACT 2013

Posted on May 17, 2013 | 7 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

Delegation of Power is buzz word in this Companies Bill 2012. This delegation is not only from legislature to Executive but also from Board of Directors to its committees. Committees are not new to Indian Corporate Jurisprudence. Audit Committee was introduced in the present Companies Act, 1956 twelve years ago in year 2000. Schedule XII also has Remuneration committee.

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Posted in Chapter XII - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Accounts and Audit, Audit Committee, Board Committee, Board of Directors, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Cost Audit, CSR, CSR Committee, Director, Independent Director, Internal Audit, Investor grievances, Key managerial personnel, Legal Reforms, Managerial Remuneration, Managing Director, Ministry of corporate affairs, Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Reforms, Related Party Transaction, Stakeholders Relationship Committee, Statutory Audit, Whistle blower, Whole – time Director

MANAGERIAL REMUNERATION IN CASE OF IN ADEQUATE PROFIT

Posted on May 10, 2013 | 16 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

Managerial remuneration is one of major corporate governance issue in India. Promoters and controlling shareholders consider themselves owner of company and get maximum remuneration. Difference between corporate tax rate and income tax rate also priority to withdraw much money from “owned” company. Indian concept of “owned company” and corporate governance has co – existence in last two decades.

In my last post, I did not analyse legal issues of managerial remuneration in case of inadequate profit under Companies Bill 2012 (Now the Act).

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Posted in Chapter XII - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Board Committee, Board of Directors, Companies Bill 2012, CorpLaw, Corporate, Corporate Law, Director, Key managerial personnel, Legal Reforms, Manager, Managerial Remuneration, Managing Director, Reforms, Whole – time Director

APPOINTMENT OF MANAGING DIRECTOR AND MANAGER

Posted on May 3, 2013 | 101 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

[NOTE: The law stated in this post is effective from 1^st April 2014 till 11^th September 2018. For the law applicable from 12^th September 2018, please visit here]

Managing Director is Key Managerial Personnel of utmost importance. He is the face of a company and its decision-making mechanism. A person gains significant advantages as Managing Director which may not be there, in case of his appointment as Manager or Chief Executive Officer. While Chief Executive Officer has no special advantage except his clubbing as Key Managerial Personnel with Manager and Managing Director, Manager has some. Their definitions speak themselves. Appointment of Managing Director, Whole – Time Director and Manager is governed by the provision of Section 196 of the Bill. They all are a different class of Key Managerial Personnel and has the specific provision of appointment in addition to Section 203, discussed in an earlier post.

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Posted in Chapter XIII - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Board Committee, Board of Directors, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Director, India, Key managerial personnel, Legal Reforms, Manager, Managerial Remuneration, Managing Director, Ministry of corporate affairs, Reforms, Whole – time Director

(UN)HAPPY MAY DAY

Posted on May 1, 2013 | Leave a comment

International Workers Day is just another holiday for socialist and bad memories for capitalists; no care for labours – labour of unorganised sector which constitute majority of Indian Labour.

Unorganised labour and stray dogs are comparable – they should job (bark) when work – pressure come (thief) come and get some stale food thrown to them. They have no owner, brand, organisation, identity, address, region, religion, caste, or life. They are not stakeholders for corporate governance events and not responsibility for responsible business

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Posted in CSR, Governance and Responsibility, Truth of Our Time

Tagged Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, India, Indian Labour Code., Labour, Labour Law, May Day, Reforms, Workmen

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS IN COMPANIES ACT 2013

Posted on April 26, 2013 | 13 comments

(UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

When I was reading Section 149 of the Companies Bill, 2012 for an earlier post “Appointment and Qualification of Director”, I have not discussed provisions related to independent director. As mentioned in that post every listed company shall have at least one-third of total number of directors as Independent directors. The central government may prescribe minimum number of independent directors in other class or classes of public companies. Independent director is a genre of directors and all law related to duties, vacation, resignation, removal will also be applicable to them also. do not forget; they are not key managerial personnel or officer in default.

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Posted in Chapter XI - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Board Committee, Board of Directors, Code for Independent Directors, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Director, Independent Director, Independent Directors, India, Law, Legal Reforms, Liability of Independent Directors, Ministry of corporate affairs, Profession, Reforms, Related Party Transaction, Whistle blower

DIRECTOR: DUTIES, VACATION, RESIGNATION, REMOVAL

Posted on April 19, 2013 | 28 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

In my last post, I stopped myself from further reading midway due to length of the post “Appointment and Qualification of Director”. Now, this is time to resume reading. Let us start with Additional Director, Alternate Director and Nominee Directors.

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Posted in Chapter XI - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Additional Director, Alternate Director, Board of Directors, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Law, Director, Director in Casual Vacancy, Duties of Directors, Independent Director, India, Legal Reforms, Ministry of corporate affairs, Nominee Director, Reforms, Removal of Director, Resignation of Director, Vacation of Office of Director, Whole – time Director

APPOINTMENT AND QUALIFICATION OF DIRECTOR

Posted on April 12, 2013 | 42 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

I discussed in my last post that it is first time that concept of “Key Managerial Personnel” has been introduced in India. Hopefully, present Companies Bill will change status of Corporate Governance in India. The qualified Directors and transparency in appointment of directors is single most important key for success of public corporate and corporate governance. As I discussed, appointment of “Key Managerial Personnel” is discussed in Section 203 but specific provisions of Chapter XI should be taken care of in case of appointment of Directors as they are specific provisions for them. Chapter XI consists of 23 Section from Section 149 to Section 172.

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Posted in Chapter XI - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Board of Directors, Companies Bill 2012, Company Secretary, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Director, Disqualification of Directors, Key managerial personnel, Legal Reforms, limit on directorship, Ministry of corporate affairs, Profession, Qualification of Directors, Reforms, Retiring Directors

KEY MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL

Posted on April 5, 2013 | 30 comments

UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

In any jurisdiction, Quality of Corporate Governance and compliance of ethics depends upon quality of people taking charge of the affairs. The companies Bill 2012 have some inbuilt elements of corporate governance in it. First time Concept of Key Managerial Personnel is being introduced in India. Which seems different with “officer who is in default” as that concept is still in this Bill.

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Posted in Chapter XIII - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, Company Secretary, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Board of Directors, Chief Executive director, Chief Financial Officer, Companies Act 2013, Companies Bill 2012, Company Secretary, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, India, Key Legal Reforms, Key managerial personnel, Manager, Managing Director, Ministry of corporate affairs, Officer, officer who is in default, Profession, Reforms, Related Party Transaction, Whole – time Director

INTERNAL AUDIT AND COST AUDIT

Posted on March 15, 2013 | 5 comments

(UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

In this series of my blog post related to Companies Bill, 2012; I am writing this post about provision relating to internal and cost audits. The manner of appointment of auditors may affect independence of cost audit and good corporate governance. The bill addresses this issue very well.

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Posted in Chapter IX - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Accounts, Accounts and Audit, Appointment of Auditor, Auditor, Auditor Remuneration, Causal Vacancy, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Cost Audit, Disqualification of Auditor, India, Internal Audit, Legal Reforms, Ministry of corporate affairs, Profession, Reforms, Removal of auditor, Resignation of Auditor

AUDITOR AND AUDITOR’S REPORT: DUTIES, POWER, PENALTIES.

Posted on March 8, 2013 | 12 comments

(UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill, 2012became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013). )

In my last blog post auditor under companies Act, 2013: from appointment to removal, I discussed auditor his appointment, remuneration resignation and removal along with other incidental matters. In this post I will discuss power, duties and penalties related to auditors and audit report.

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Posted in Chapter IX - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Accounting, Accounting Standard, Accounts and Audit, Audit, Audit Report, Auditor, Branch Audit, CA, Chartered Accountant, Companies Act 2013, Companies Bill 2012, Comptroller and Audit General of India, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, General Meeting, Government Companies, ICAI, India, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Legal Reforms, Ministry of corporate affairs, Profession, Reforms, Statutory Audit

AUDITOR UNDER COMPANIES ACT 2013: FROM APPOINTMENT TO REMOVAL

Posted on March 1, 2013 | 13 comments

(UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill 2012 became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013).

Corporate Governance is a fundamental structure of all recent companies’ laws globally. True and fair Audits are core concern for corporate world and its regulators. While I was writing my earlier blog post “Footsteps of Corporate Governance in Companies Bill 2012 Companies Act, 2013”, I noticed that the Companies Bill, 2012 Act, 2013 has special concern for quality of audits. In my post “National Financial Reporting Authority” you may feel the depth of concern of our law makers about audits, which have already been forced accounting and auditing regulator, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, for introspection.

In this series of my blog post related to Companies Bill, 2012 Act, 2013; I am writing about provision relating to auditors. The manner of appointment of auditors may affect independence of audit. The bill Act addresses this issue very well.

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Posted in Chapter IX - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Accounts, Accounts and Audit, Auditor, Causal Vacancy, Chartered Accountant, Companies Bill 2012, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Disqualification of Auditor, First Auditor, ICAI, India, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Profession, Reforms, Removal of auditor, Resignation of Auditor, Statutory Audit

RAILWAY PENALISE ITS VICTIMS

Posted on February 25, 2013 | 9 comments

Yes. I claim; Indian Railway penalise its victims. This is being done openly in broad day light under nose of our Parliament and active judiciary without anyone, including victims noticing it. I first time in 2008 noticed that innocent Indian are being penalised for a wrongful act primarily by railway.

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Posted in CSR, Governance and Responsibility, Truth of Our Time

Tagged Aligarh, Delhi, India, India against corruption, Indian Railway, New Delhi, Reforms, Right to Information, RTI

SHAREHOLDERS’ DUTY OF NOT TO ASK

Posted on February 22, 2013 | 3 comments

I have a small piece in 109th edition of the e-Magazine from ICSI Mysore Chapter “Shareholders’ duty of to ask” I am thankful to my friends Ms. K Sarina Chouta Harish and Mr. Dattatri H M who made great afforts for editorial inputs. Here is full piece:

We are living in an era of corporate governance but who is really interested in it! All efforts by the corporate governance are directed at bringing more transparency to the stakeholders for enabling their participation in decision-making process. If that be the case on one hand, on the other, the age-old concept of fiduciary relationship of board of directors, our law and law enforcement agencies render protection to the right of the board of directors to maintain complete secrecy of its decision-making. I am afraid; something is wrongly settled as law. There has to be a reality check…..

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Posted in CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Company Law, CorpGov, CorpLaw, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, India, Investor activism, MCA21, Members and Shareholders, Reforms, Shareholders’ right to information, Whistle blower

NATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING AUTHORITY

Posted on February 15, 2013 | 6 comments

(UPDATE: on 30^th August 2013: Companies Bill became the Companies Act, 2013 (Act 18 of 2013). Post updated accordingly)

One of the foremost step for improving corporate governance since birth of concept of corporate governance is improving quality of accounting and auditing of companies. Audit Committee is one of these measures, which has been taken to improve standard of financial reporting. But concerns related to quality of financial reporting are not new. We can trace these concerns in earlier legislation, all earlier versions of the Companies Act in general and the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. Without going deep in these laws, we simply say; what was otherwise need to enact such Act to regulate a profession of accounting and auditing, standardizing whole process of accounting and auditing.

The National Financial Reporting Authority is a quasi – judicial body to regulate matters related to accounting and auditing. With increasing demand of non – financial reporting, I may safely predict, a National Business Reporting Authority to regulate standards of all kind of reporting, financial as well as non – financial, from companies in near future.

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Posted in Chapter IX - CA2013, Companies Act 2013, CorpGov, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged Accounting Standards, Accounts, Accounts and Audit, Appellate Authority, Auditor, CA, Chartered Accountants, Companies Act 2013, Company Bill 2013, CorpGov, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, ICAI, India, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, National Financial Reporting Authority, NFRA, Profession, Reforms

DELHI GANG RAPE: QUESTIONS ON ESTABLISHMENTS

Posted on December 28, 2012 | 2 comments

Huge crowd itself explains public anger in pictures published in Media and telecasts on news channels. Crowd gathered its own without any invitation or call, demand for justice, law, law and order, public security, security for women. When you read about all these on any international newspaper, language will make you clear, they are talking about an undeveloped third world country. The crowd was without leader but not leaderless; completely disciplined until some political interests infiltrated in.

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Posted in Governance and Responsibility, Truth of Our Time

Tagged Criminal Justice system, Criminal Law, Delhi, Delhi Gang Rape, Governance, Government, India, Law, Media, Outrage, Police, Protest, Rape, Reforms, Responsibility, Security, Sexual abuse, Sexual harassment, Social Media, violence against women

Pass Companies Bill, 2011

Posted on September 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

Here are details of my petition to pass Companies Bill, 2011:

Petition title:

Pass (Indian) Companies Bill, 2011

Addressed to:

Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, Minister of Corporate Affairs, Government of India
Shri Yashwant Sinha, Chairperson, Committee on Finance, Parliament of India

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Posted in Companies Act 2013, Governance and Responsibility

Tagged CorpLaw, Democracy, India, Parliament, Reforms

Introducing: AishMGhrana Governance Professional

Posted on May 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has its Continuing willingness to present itself as a world leader as professional body of Corporate Governance professionals. This is a welcome transformation of Company Secretary from a mere clerk to Corporate Governance professional. The ICSI said as a member of CSIA it will ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to include corporate governance and related areas in its mode of business classification.

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Posted in Governance and Responsibility, Truth of Our Time

Tagged Audit, CBDT, CBEC, CCI, Cess, Chartered Accountants, CLB, Company, Company Secretaries, Company Secretary, Corporate, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Customs, DGFT, DIPP, Director, Environment, Exchange, Excise, FCRA, FEMA, FIPB, FSSAI, ICAI, ICSI, IFRS, IICA, India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Investment, IRDA, Law, Listing, MCA, Ministry of corporate affairs, Profession, RBI, Reforms, Regulation, Rules, SEBI, Share, Stakeholders, Sustainability, Tax, Trade, TRAI, Whistle blower, XBRL

PROTECTION TO CONSUMERS OF MOBILE TELEPHONES

Posted on February 17, 2012 | 5 comments

Our country has more mobile phones than toilets.

Loss of blackberry is bigger issue than loss of your virginity.

Multiplying uses of Mobile Phones

And many other mobile related jokes tell a big story of growing importance of mobile in our rapidly changing life style. Mobile has replaced Post Cards (Short Messages), wrist watches, time piece (morning alarms), radio, personal computers, calculators, e-book reader, calendar, personal diaries, maps, scanners, recorders, music players, camera, video games and many other devices. In one recent advertisement in Australia, user put his girlfriend into mobile (I found this advertisement sexist and ethically wrong). This all show importance of mobile in our life.

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Posted in Truth of Our Time

Tagged Consumer Protection, Consumers, India, Mobile, Public, Reforms, Regulations, Telephony, TRAI