Companies Act

Change in the constitution of Appellate Authority for CAs CSs and Cost Accountants

Change in the constitution of Appellate Authority for CAs CSs and Cost Accountants

In 2015, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in exercise of the powers conferred under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 established an Appellate Authority consisting of nine members including the chairman.

The following four substitution has been made by the Notification dated 26th April 2024 in the composition of the Appellate Authority as per the said Notification dated 3rd November 2015:

Sl No. As per Original Notification As per Amended Notification Designation
1. Shri Justice P.K. Bhasin
Judge (Retd.)
High Court of Delhi,
New Delhi
Shri Justice Suresh Kumar Gupta, Judge (Retd.)
High Court of Allahabad
Chairperson
2. Dr. Navrang Saini
Director (Inspection and Investigation)
Ministry of Corporate Affairs,
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delh-110001
Shri Rakesh Mohan
H. No. 7020, Sector – B, Pocket 10,
Vasant Kunj,
New Delhi- 110070
Member
3. Shri Praveen Garg
Joint Secretary,
Department of Justice,
Ministry of Law and Justice,
Jaisalmer House,
New Delhi-110011
Shri Sandip Garg
WTM, IBBI, 2nd Floor,
Jeevan Vihar Building, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi- 110001
Member
6. Shri Pravakar Mohanty
HIG-188, Ph. VII, 
Sailashree Vihar, 
Chandrasekharpur, 
Bhubaneswar-751021
Odisha
Shri Amit Anand Apte, 
402, Athena 
Erandawane CHS 
Behind Dr. Shama Prasad Mukherjee Park
Pune: 411004
Member

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