2023 (8) TMI 784

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....Tawde i/b. Kanga and Co. For the Respondent : None. P.C. : 1. This is a reference under Section 21(5) of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (the Act) in respect of respondent. The attention of the Institute, i.e., the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, (Institute), was drawn to a newspaper report published in the Indian Express on 8th February 1992 under the caption "CA held for R....

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....rmal complaint against respondent, if he so desired with reference to the newspaper report and in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Act and the Regulations framed thereunder. In the alternative, he was also asked to send the relevant documents/particulars to the Institute so that the matter might be treated as information under Section 21 of the Act. The said Mr. Pandey, by his Depart....

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....Committee, respondent obtained an order from the Court of Metropolitan Magistrate, 25th Court, Mazgaon by which order respondent was acquitted of the offences under Section 248 of the CRPC read with Section 467, 468, 467 read with Section 471 and Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code. The Senior PI, Police Investigation Cell, Sales Tax, had lodged a prosecution against respondent on the ground that....

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....elled against him because the Committee is conducting an enquiry as to whether respondent has violated any of the provisions of the Act. 5. Respondent is unrepresented today and Ms. Kothari filed an affidavit of one Syed Riaz Ali affirmed on 7th August 2023 to state that respondent was not available at his last known address. Ms. Kothari also submitted that earlier attempts to serve even the enqu....