CA seeks injunction on regional body meeting

Chartered accountant Arun Anandagiri has sought an injunction (compulsory relief) on the annual general meeting of the Western India Regional Council (WIRC) of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) scheduled to take place in Mumbai on Thursday.

Anandgiri has filed a case in the civil court senior division through his lawyers VinayakAbhyankarand GirishShinde to direct the institute and theWIRC to move two resolutions which he has submitted for deliberation in the forthcoming meeting.

Anandgiri has stated in his resolutions that the institute should create appropriate bench marks to invite, appoint, regulate and terminate faculty members for courses conducted by the institute or its regional councils.

He has also stated that the institute and the WIRC should maintain a register of contracts entered into by the WIRC and all its branches with regional council members, their relatives or their partners or relatives of such partners.

In his injunction application, he had submitted two resolutions making these demands through a letter to WIRC on 6 May 2013. He said that the WIRC has declined to admit his resolutions.

The civil court has listed the matter for urgent hearing on Wednesday.

When contacted, WIRC chairman Mangesh Kinare said, "The matter has been forwarded to ICAIhead office in New Delhi." (Times of India)