14 March 2021
Mr. A is a CA holding certificate of practice, is also holds directorship (by virtue of being a minority shareholder) in a private company (Company X). He appoints his junior Mr. B, who has passed CA and holding a separate certificate of practice, as an auditor in the Company of holding directorship. All the finalization of books, closing entries, preparation of financial statements has been made by Mr. A and Mr. B puts his seal and signature on the Financial statement without verifying the authenticity of the financial statement and without the approval of the board. The other Board member of X company not informed of the signed financial statements and later efforts are made to convince the signed financial statements. There are many irregularities that have been observed in the preparation of financial statements like lack of carrying out inter-company reconciliations, failure to get the bank confirmations, adjustment is made to related party books with the approval of the board, etc. Now, the Majority shareholder wants to have a legal remedy for the above problem. Whether the above members (A & B) can be punished for the above wrongdoing.
14 March 2021
Majority share holders can convene AGM/EGM remove A as director of the company and B as auditor of the company. Apoint another director and auditor in the same meeting. New director and auditor will set right the wrong doings. That's the best way to immediately save the company rather than taking action it's a time consuming process.
24 March 2021
Yes they can be punished by complaining to disciplinary committee of ICAI and B is punishable as per Clause 2 of Part 1 of Second Schedule of The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and even A might be punishable as per Clause 2 of Part 4 of the First Schedule of The Chartered Accountants Act, 1949
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