Corporate India is heaving a sigh of relief. In emphatic iteration, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) issued last week, a “standard operating procedure” directing that legal proceedings for non-compliance with company law must not be routinely taken up against independent directors and non-executive directors.
Titled “clarification” on prosecutions filed or adjudication proceedings initiated against such persons, the circular makes it clear that the key managerial personnel and whole-time directors who are associated with managing the day-to-day functioning of a company must be liable for defaults of a company. While one can think of this as a welcome development,
Titled “clarification” on prosecutions filed or adjudication proceedings initiated against such persons, the circular makes it clear that the key managerial personnel and whole-time directors who are associated with managing the day-to-day functioning of a company must be liable for defaults of a company. While one can think of this as a welcome development,
Disclaimer: These are personal views of the writer. They do not necessarily reflect the opinion of www.business-standard.com or the Business Standard newspaper

)