We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of Diamines and Chemicals Limited(“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31,2025, the Statement of Profit and Lossincluding Other Comprehensive income, the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of CashFlows for the year then ended, and notes to the standalone financial statements, including material accountingpolicies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the standalone financial statements”).In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in themanner so required and give a true and Fairview inconformity with the Indian Accounting Standards specifiedunder section 133 of the Act read with the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, asamended, (‘IndAS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of theCompany as at March 31, 2025, and total comprehensive income (comprising of profit and othercomprehensive income), changes in equity and its cashflows for the year ended on that date.
Basis for Opinion
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing(SAs) specified under section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone financial statements section ofour report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by theInstitute of Chartered Accountants of India together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the standalone financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder,and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Codeof Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate toprovide abasis for our audit opinion on the standalone financial statements.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our auditof standalone financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of ouraudit of the standalone financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we donotprovide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matter described below to be the keyaudit matter to be communicated in ourreport.
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Key Audit Matter
How our audit addressed the key audit matter
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Litigations and claims
(Refer to note 37(A) to the standalonefinancial statements)
The cases are pending with multiple taxauthorities like Income Tax, Excise/ServiceTax and Provident Fund Authority etc.
In normal course of business, financialexposures may arise from pendingproceedings and from litigation and claims.Whether a claim needs to be recognised asliability or disclosed as contingent liability inthe standalone financial statements is
Our audit procedures, inter alia, included thefollowing:
Ý Evaluation of management’s judgment of taxrisks, estimates of tax exposures, other claimsand contingencies. Past and current experiencewith the tax authorities and management’sresponse on the subject matter were used toassess the appropriateness of management’sbest estimate of the most likely outcome of eachuncertain contingent liability.
Ý Understanding the current status of the taxassessments & other litigations and discussingselected matters with the entity’s management.
dependent on number of significantassumptions and judgments. The amountsinvolved are potentially significant anddetermining the amount, if any, to berecognised or disclosed in the standalonefinancial statements, is inherently subjective.
We considered the above area as a key auditmatter due to associated uncertainty relatedto the outcome of these matters andapplication of material judgement ininterpretation of law.
Ý Assessing the entity’s assumptions andestimates in respect of claims, included in thecontingent liabilities disclosed in the standalonefinancial statements.
Ý Assessment of the probability of negative resultof litigation and the reliability of estimates ofrelated obligations.
Conclusion:
Based on procedures described above, we did notidentify any material exceptions relating tomanagement’s assertions, and treatment,presentation and disclosure of the subject matter inthe standalone financial statements.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for preparation of the other information. The otherinformation comprises the information included in the Board’s Report including Annexures to Board’sReport, Management Discussion and Analysis/ Corporate Governance Report and Shareholder’sInformation but does not include the standalone financial statements and our auditors’ report thereon.Theabove referred information is expected to be made available to us after the date of this audit report.
Our opinion on the standalone financial statements does not cover the other information and we do notexpress any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the standalone financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thestandalone financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
When we read the information, if we conclude that there is a material misstatement therein, we are requiredto communicate the matter to those charged with governance and take appropriate actions necessitated bythe circumstances and the applicable laws and regulations.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act withrespect to the preparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of thefinancial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows ofthe Company in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in India, including the IndianAccounting Standards (IndAS) prescribed under section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includesmaintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguardingof the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection andapplication of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that are reasonable andprudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that wereoperating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to thepreparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true and Fairview and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management and Board of Directors is responsible forassessing the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related
to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management and Board ofDirectors either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative butto do so.
The Board of Directors is also responsible for overseeing the Company’s financial reporting process.Auditors’ Responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as awhole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditors’ reportthat includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that anaudit conducted in accordance with 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 on the basis of thesestandalone financial statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professionalskepticism throughout the audit. We also:
- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whetherdue to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain auditevidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detectinga material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud mayinvolve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.
- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit proceduresthat are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls withreference to standalone financial statements in place and the operating effectiveness of such controls.
- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accountingestimates 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 orconditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Ifwe conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditors’ reportto the related disclosures in the standalone 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 ourauditors’ report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue asa going concern.
- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, includingthe disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactionsand events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scopeand timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controlthat we identify during our audit.
We also provide those charged with governance with a statement that we have complied with relevantethical requirements regarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and othermatters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, relatedsafeguards.
From the matters communicated with those charged with governance, we determine those matters thatwere of most significance in the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and aretherefore the key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditors’ report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matters 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 wouldreasonably 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 (“the Order”) issued by the CentralGovernment of India in terms of sub section (11) of section 143 of the Act, we give in “Annexure A”, astatement on the matters specified in paragraphs 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 ourknowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of our audit;
b. in our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so faras it appears from our examination of those books;
c. the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including other comprehensive income, theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows dealt with by this Report are inagreement with the books of account;
d. in our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Indian AccountingStandards (Ind AS) prescribed under Section 133 of the Act;
e. on the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2025, takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025,from being appointed as a director in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
f. with respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls with reference to standalone financialstatements of the Company and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separatereport in “Annexure B”;
g. with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ Report in accordance with therequirements of section 197(16) of the Act, as amended:
in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, theremuneration paid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with theprovisions of section 197 of the Act; and
h. with respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditors’ Report in accordance with Rule 11of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, in our opinion and to the best of our informationand according to the explanations given to us:
i. the Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements- Refer Note 37(A) to the standalone financial statements;
ii. the Company did not have any long term contracts including derivative contracts as at March31, 2025 for which there were any material foreseeable losses;
iii. there has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the InvestorEducation and Protection Fund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds
(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced orloaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sourcesor kind of funds) by the Company to or in any other person or entity, including foreignentities (“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing orotherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of thecompany (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like onbehalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds(which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by theCompany from any person or entity, including foreign entity (“Funding Parties”), with theunderstanding, 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 mannerwhatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(c) Based on the audit procedures that have been considered reasonable and appropriatein the circumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe thatthe representations under sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e) as provided under (a) and(b) above, contain any material misstatement.
v. As stated in Note 16 (iii) to the standalone financial statements:
(a) The final dividend proposed in the previous year, declared and paid by the Company during theyear is in accordance with Section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
(b) The Board of Directors of the Company has proposed final dividend for the year which is subjectto the approval of the members at the ensuing Annual General Meeting. The amount of dividendproposed is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, as applicable.
vi. Based on our examination which included test checks, the Company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of account which has a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility. The audittrail facility has been operating throughout the year for all relevant transactions recorded in the software.Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across any instance of audit trail feature beingtampered with and audit trail has been preserved by the Company as per the statutory requirementsfor record retention.
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Chhaya M Dave
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Date : May 29, 2025