Secretarial Audit

Introduced by the Companies Act 2013, ‘Secretarial Audit’ is a process to check compliances made by the Company under Corporate Law & other laws, rules, regulations, procedures etc. It is a mechanism to monitor compliance with the requirements of stated laws and processes.

Periodically inspecting the records of company gives exact information whether, and if so, to what extent Company has complied with the laws applicable to it.

Secretarial Audit assures regulators, stakeholders and management of the Company that it has a disciplined approach to evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes.

We undertake Secretarial Audit of the following Companies:

• Media Companies;
• Non-Banking Finance Companies;
• Pharmaceuticals Companies;
• Various Manufacturing Companies;
• Merchant Banking Companies;
• Debt Listed Companies;
• Power Generation Companies etc.

Other Audits/Certification/Reports

• Undertaking Corporate Governance Compliance Audit as required under SEBI (LODR);
• Undertaking Audit as required by SEBI under Depositories and Participants Regulation: a).Reconciliation of share Capital Audit; b).Share Transfer Audit.
• Undertaking specific audits to ensure compliance of the SEBI Takeover Code, SEBI Insider Trading Regulations, etc.;
• Secretarial Compliance Certification;
• Certificate for Preferential issue of Shares, Buy-back, FC-GPR etc.;
• Verification of Secretarial Data and Annual Returns of listed Companies and Certification of the correctness and compliances of the contents by exhaustive audit of each provisions of the Companies Act;
• Certification of E-Forms which are required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies through web portal of Ministry of Corporate of Affairs;
• Other Miscellaneous Certificates that may be required to be issued under various other Acts like FEMA, Listing Obligation (Disclosure and Requirements) Regulations etc.;
• Filing of Annual Return/Forms (including XBRL);
• Providing Inspection facility and Search and Status Report;
• Scrutinizer Report with respect to General Meetings, Postal Ballot Meetings, Court Convened Meetings, etc.