We have audited the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements of Alembic Limited (“the Company”), which comprisethe Balance Sheet as at 31st March, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), theStatement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended and notes to the StandaloneFinancial Statements, including a summary of material 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 standalonefinancial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (the “Act”) in the manner so required andgive a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act readwith the Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principlesgenerally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as at 31st March, 2025, its profit and total comprehensiveincome, changes in equity and its cash flows 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) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Companies Act, 2013. Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in theAuditor's responsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent ofthe Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India together withthe independence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements under the provisionsof the Companies Act, 2013 and the Rules thereunder, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements.
Emphasis of Matter
We draw attention to the status of disputed liability related to pending electricity duty matter. During the previous periods, theCompany had made aggregate provision towards total principal amount being Rs. 2,052.13 lakhs for the disputed matter(s)filed against State of Gujarat, Collector of Electricity Duty & others. The interest amount thereon is not ascertainable andis disclosed as contingent liability in the Standalone Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March, 2025. Further, theCompany has deposited Rs. 3,500.00 lakhs with the Hon'ble Supreme Court on 26th May, 2023 and the appeal filed by theCompany has been admitted. Refer note no. 36(B)(d)(ii) to the Standalone Financial Statements.
Our opinion is not modified in respect of above matter.
Key Audit Matters
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of theStandalone Financial Statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinionon these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated inour report.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor’s Response
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Litigations, Provisions and contingent liabilities
The Company has several litigations which also includematters under dispute which involves significantmanagement judgement and estimates on the possibleoutcome of the litigations and consequent provisioningthereof or disclosure as contingent liabilities.
Refer Note 26 and 36(B) to the Standalone FinancialStatements.
Our Audit procedures included the followine:
As part of the audit process, we obtainedfrom the management details of matters underdisputes including ongoing and completed taxassessments, demands and other litigations. We alsoperformed the following audit procedures:
• Evaluation and testing of the design of internalcontrols followed by the Company relatingto litigations and open tax positions for directand indirect taxes and process followed to decideprovisioning or disclosure as Contingent Liabilities;
• Discussed with Company's legal team and taxationteam for sufficient understanding of on-going andpotential legal matters impacting the Company;
• We also involved our internal tax experts to evaluatethe management's underlying judgements in makingtheir estimates with regard to such matters.
Information other than the Standalone Financial Statement and Auditor’s Report thereon
The Company's Management and the Board of Directors are responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in Board's Report including Annexures to that Board's Report, Business Responsibilityand Sustainability Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does not include the StandaloneFinancial Statements and our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the Standalone Financial Statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any formof assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the Standalone Financial Statements, our responsibility is to read the other informationidentified above and in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the StandaloneFinancial Statements or our knowledge obtained during the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, weare required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
Responsibilities of Management and Those Charged with Governance for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Management and Board of Directors are responsible for the matters stated in Section 134(5) of theCompanies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) with respect to the preparation of these Standalone Financial Statements that give atrue and fair view of the financial position, financial performance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cashflows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and other accounting principles generally accepted in India, includingthe accounting Standards specified under Section 133 of the Act. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding of the assets of the Company and forpreventing and detecting frauds and other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; makingjudgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internalfinancial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records,relevant to the preparation and presentation of the Standalone Financial Statements that give a true and fair view and arefree from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error;
In preparing the Standalone Financial Statements, the management and board of directors are responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using thegoing concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, orhas no realistic alternative but to do so;
The Board of Directors are also responsible for overseeing the company's financial reporting process.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Standalone Financial Statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the Standalone Financial Statements as a whole are freefrom 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 in accordance with SAswill always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are consideredmaterial if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of userstaken on the basis of these Standalone Financial Statements.
As part of an audit in accordance with SAs, we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the Standalone Financial Statements, whether due to fraudor error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficientand appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting fromfraud 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 financial control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures thatare appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Companies Act, 2013, we are also responsiblefor expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and theoperating effectiveness of such controls;
• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and relateddisclosures made by management and board of directors;
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management and board of directors use of the going concern basis of accountingin preparation of standalone financial statements and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a materialuncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continueas a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor'sreport to the related disclosures in the Standalone Financial Statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modifyour 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 Standalone Financial Statements, including the disclosures,and whether the Standalone Financial Statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner thatachieves fair presentation;
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the financial statements that, individually or in aggregate, makes it probablethat the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may be influenced. We considerquantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and in evaluating the results of ourwork; and (ii) to evaluate the effect of any identified misstatements in the financial statements.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of theaudit 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 requirementsregarding independence, and to communicate with them all relationships and other matters that may reasonably be thoughtto 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 mostsignificance in the audit of the Standalone 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 orwhen, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report becausethe adverse consequences of doing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of suchcommunication.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), 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”, a
statement 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 our knowledge and beliefwere 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 far as it appearsfrom our examination of those books;
(c) The Standalone Balance Sheet, the Standalone Statement of Profit and Loss (including other comprehensiveincome), the Standalone Statement of Changes in Equity and the Standalone Cash Flow Statement dealt with bythis Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account;
(d) In our opinion, the aforesaid Standalone Financial Statements comply with the Indian Accounting Standardsspecified under Section 133 of the Act,
(e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on 31st March, 2025 taken on recordby the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on 31st March, 2025 from being appointed as adirector in terms of Section 164(2) of the Act;
(f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and theoperating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”; our report expresses anunmodified opinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the company's internal financial controls withreference to standalone financial statements;
(g) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with the requirements ofsection 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, the remunerationpaid by the Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act;and
(h) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule 11 of theCompanies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information andaccording to the explanations given to us:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as on 31st March, 2025 on its financial positionin its standalone financial statements - Refer Note No.36(B) to the Standalone Financial Statements;
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivatives contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses;
iii. There has been no delay in transferring amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education andProtection Fund by the Company;
iv. i. The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have been
advanced or loaned 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(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities("Intermediaries"), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall, whether, directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identifiedin any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the company ("Ultimate Beneficiaries") or provide anyguarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
ii. The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived 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 byor on behalf of the Funding Party (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the likeon behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
iii. Based on such audit procedures that we have 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
(i) and (ii) contain any material mis-statement;
iv. The final dividend paid by the company during the year in respect of the same declared for the previousyear is in accordance with section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 to the extent it applies to paymentof dividend.
As stated in note 36 (X) to the financial statements, the Board of Directors of the Company haveproposed final dividend for the year which is subject to the approval of the members at the ensuringAnnual General Meeting. The dividend declared is in accordance with section 123 of the Act, to theextent it applies to declaration of dividend.
v. Based on our examination, which includes test checks, the company has used accounting software formaintaining its books of accounts for the financial year ended 31st March, 2025 which has a feature ofrecording audit trails (edit log) facility and the same has been operated throughout the year for all the relevanttransactions recorded in the software. Further, during the course of our audit, we did not come across anyinstance of audit trail feature being tampered with. Additionally, the audit trail has been preserved by thecompany as per the statutory requirements for record retention.
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