Bona fide disclosure requirements govern under-reporting penalties, and post-penalty immunity applications cannot secure available statutory protectio...
Certificate-of-origin verification procedure governs preferential customs benefits; denial without retroactive verification was set aside with consequ...
Disciplinary Committee jurisdiction and mandatory investigation requirements invalidated cancellation of an insolvency professional's registration and...
Retention of seized property survives where recorded reasons support proceeds of crime, while stayed investigation periods are excluded from limitatio...
Professional misconduct - Chartered Accountant (CA) - Disciplinary proceedings kept pending for 27 years - The complaint against respondent was lodged in 1996 primarily for non return of the loan taken. The loan amount has been repaid way back in 1998. The fact that the pendency of this Reference itself as well as the process of Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the institute itself would be like the proverbial Damocles sword hanging over the head of respondent for over 27 years. - HC
Professional misconduct - Chartered Accountant (CA) - Disciplinary proceedings kept pending for 27 years - The complaint against respondent was lodged in 1996 primarily for non return of the loan taken. The loan amount has been repaid way back in 1998. The fact that the pendency of this Reference itself as well as the process of Disciplinary proceedings instituted by the institute itself would be like the proverbial Damocles sword hanging over the head of respondent for over 27 years. - HC
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