We have audited the financial statements of LOGICA INFOWAY LIMITED (Erstwhile EASTERN LOGICA INFOWAY LIMITED) ("the company"), which comprise the Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2025, and the Statement of Profit and Loss, the Cash Flow Statement for the year then ended and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaid financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 ("the Act") in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025, its profit and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
Basis_ for Opinion:
We conducted our audit by the Standards on Auditing ("SAs") specified under section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company by the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities by these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the financial statements.
Key Audit Matters:
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the consolidated financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matter described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
|
SL
No.
|
Key Audit Matter
|
Auditor's Response
|
| |
Litigations and claims - provisions
|
Our key procedures included, but not limited
|
| |
and contingent liabilities
|
to, the following:
|
| |
Refer to note no. 2.25 to the financial
|
a) Assessed appropriateness of the
|
| |
statements.
|
Company's accounting policies relating to provisions and contingent liability by
|
| |
The Company is involved in direct
|
comparing them with the applicable
|
| |
and indirect tax litigations
|
accounting standards;
|
| |
('litigations') that are pending with
|
b) Assessed the Company's process and the
|
| |
different statutory authorities.
|
underlying controls for identification of the pending litigations and completeness for
|
| |
The level of management
|
financial reporting and also for monitoring
|
| |
judgement associated with
|
of significant developments about such
|
| |
determining the need for, and the
|
pending litigations;
|
| |
quantum of, provisions for any
|
c) Assessed the Company's assumptions and
|
| |
liabilities arising from these
|
estimates in respect of litigations, including
|
| |
litigations is considered to be high.
|
the liabilities or provisions recognized or
|
| |
This judgement is dependent on
|
contingent liabilities disclosed in the
|
| |
several significant assumptions and
|
financial statements. This involved
|
| |
assessments which involve
|
assessing the probability of an
|
| |
interpreting the various applicable
|
unfavourable outcome of a given
|
| |
rules, regulations, and practices and
|
proceeding and the reliability of estimates
|
| |
considering precedents in the
|
of related amounts;
|
| |
various jurisdictions.
|
d) Performed substantive procedures on the underlying calculations supporting the
|
| |
This matter is considered a key
|
provisions recorded, if any;
|
| |
audit matter, in view of the
|
e) Assessed the management's conclusions
|
| |
uncertainty regarding the outcome
|
through understanding relevant judicial
|
| |
of these litigations, the significance
|
precedents in similar cases and the
|
| |
of the amounts involved and the
|
applicable rules and regulations;
|
| |
subjectivity involved in
|
f) Engaged subject matter specialists to gain
|
| |
management's judgement as to
|
an understanding of the current status of
|
| |
whether the amount should be
|
litigations and monitored changes in the
|
| |
recognized as a provision or only
|
disputes, if any, through discussions with
|
| |
disclosed as contingent liability in
|
the management and by reading external
|
| |
the consolidated financial
|
advice received by the Company, where
|
| |
statements.
|
relevant, to validate management's conclusions; and
|
| |
The Company has material
|
g) Assessed the appropriateness of the
|
| |
uncertain tax positions including
|
Company's description of the accounting
|
| |
matters under dispute which
|
policy, disclosures related to litigations and
|
| |
involve significant judgment to
|
whether these are adequately presented in
|
| |
determine the possible outcome of
|
the consolidated financial statements.
|
| |
these disputes.
|
h) About Note No. 2.25 to the Annual Financial Statements, point no. 13, where DGGI Investigation was held in respect of, the availment of fraudulent Input Tax Credit, regarding which the company was forced to make an upfront payment of ^500.00/ - Lacs. However, as per the Management, the Company is not liable to
|
| |
|
pay the same and writ petition has been filed before Hon'ble High Court of Delhi.
|
Information Other than the Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual report but does not include the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether such other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements:
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of the Companies Act, 2013 concerning the preparation of these financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, and financial performance of the Company by the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2015.
This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting records by the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concerned and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted by SAs will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken based on these financial statements.
As part of an audit by SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whether the company has an adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by management.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a going concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work evaluating the results of our work: and (ii)
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevant ethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related safeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters that were of most significance in the audit of the financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements:
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (11) of section 143 of The Companies Act 2013, we give in the "Annexure A" statement on the matters specified in paragraph 3 and 4 of the order, to the extent applicable.
2 As required by section 143(3) of the Act, we report that:
(a) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for our audit;
(b) In our opinion proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears from our examination of those books.
(c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss, and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report agree with the books of accounts.
(d) In our opinion the aforesaid financial statements comply with Accounting Standards specified under section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules,2015.
(e) Based on written representations received from the directors as of March 31, 2025, taken on record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as of March 31, 2025, from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act.
(f) Concerning the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financing reporting of the company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in "Annexure B"
(g) In our opinion, the managerial remuneration for the year ended March 31, 2025,
has been paid/provided by the Company to its directors by the provisions of Section 197 read with Schedule V to the Act;
(h) Concerning the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report by Rule 11 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us:
i) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financial statements - Refer to Note 2.25 to the financial statements.
ii) The Company does not have any long-term contracts requiring a provision for material foreseeable losses.
iii) The Company does not have any amounts required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund.
iv)
(a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been advanced loaned or invested by the company to or in any other person(s) or entities, including foreign entities ("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner by or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, other than as disclosed in the notes to the accounts, no funds have been received by the company from any person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities ("Funding Parties"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures that were considered reasonable and appropriate in the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations under sub-clause (a) and (b) contain any material misstatement;
v) The company has not declared or paid any dividend during the year.
vi) Based on our examination which included test checks, the company has used accounting software for maintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software. Further, during our audit, we did not come across any instance of the audit trail feature being tampered with.
For R. Rampuria & Company
Chartered Accountants
Firm Reg No. 325211E
Sd/-
(Rajendra Rampuria)
Partner
Mem No. 108771
Place: Kolkata
Date: 30.05.2025
UDIN: 25108771BMLAPN9855
|