We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Hathway Bhawani Cabletel & Datacom Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2025, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including OtherComprehensive Income), Statement of Changes in Equity and the Cash Flow Statement for the year ended on that date and notesto the standalone financial statements including a summary of material accounting policies 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 aforesaid standalone financialstatements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) in the manner so required and give a true andfair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standards prescribed under section 133 of the Act read with the Companies(Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015, as amended, (“Ind AS”) and other accounting principles generally accepted in India,of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2025 and its profit, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and itscash flows for the year ended on that date.
We conducted our audit of the standalone financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditing (“SAs”) specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act. Our responsibilities under those SAs are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities forthe Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance withthe Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (“ICAI”) together with the ethical requirements thatare relevant to our audit 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 Code of Ethics issued byICAI. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on thestandalone financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance in our audit of the standalonefinancial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context of our audit of the standalone financialstatements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on these matters. We havedetermined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in our report.
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Key Audit Matter
How our audit addressed the Key Audit Matter
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Contingent liabilities:
The Company is in receipt of show cause notices fromLicensing authority. The Company has disputed suchclaim. The review of claim involve a high degree ofjudgement to determine the possible outcome, andestimates relating to the timing and the amount of outflowof resources embodying economic benefits.
The audit of Contingent liabilities is significant to our auditas any adverse outcome may have material impact on thisCompany.
Principal Audit Procedures Performed:
a) We obtained summary of litigation includingmanagement’s assessment.
b) We obtained an understanding, evaluated the design,and tested the operating effectiveness of the controlsrelated to management’s risk assessment process forlegal matter.
c) We obtained and read external legal opinion and otherevidences provided by management to corroboratemanagement’s assessment of the legal matter.
d) Assessed the relevant accounting policies and disclosuresin the standalone financial statements for compliance withthe requirements of accounting standards.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the informationincluded in Annual report but does not include the standalone financial statements, consolidated financial statements and ourauditor’s report thereon. 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 other information and, indoing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the standalone financial statements or ourknowledge obtained during the course of our 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 arerequired to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.
The Company’s Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to the preparationof these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance (includingother comprehensive income), changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind AS and otheraccounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequate accounting recordsin accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting fraudsand other irregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments and estimates that arereasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequate internal financial controls, that were operatingeffectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation ofthe standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraudor error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, 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 the 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.
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the standalone financial statements as a whole are free frommaterial misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonableassurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with SAs will always detecta material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individuallyor 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 professional skepticism throughoutthe audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone 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 appropriateto provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than forone resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the overrideof internal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriatein the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinion on whetherthe company has adequate internal financial controls with reference to standalone financial statements 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.
• Conclude on the appropriateness of management's use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the auditevidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt onthe Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required todraw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosuresare inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of ourauditor’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 that achievesfair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the auditand 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 thought tobear 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 significancein the audit of the standalone financial statements of the current period and are therefore the key audit matters. We describethese matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremelyrare circumstances, we determine that a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences ofdoing so would reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit we report that:
(i) We have sought and obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief werenecessary for the purposes of our audit;
(ii) In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Company so far as it appears fromour examination of those books.
(iii) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other Comprehensive Income), the Statement of Changesin Equity and the Cash Flow Statement dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account;
(iv) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under section 133 of theAct, read with relevant rules issued thereunder and relevant provisions of the Act;
(v) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2025 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2025 from being appointed as a director interms of section 164(2) of the Act;
(vi) The observation relating to the maintenance of accounts and other matters connected therewith, are as stated inparagraph (ii) above.
(vii) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of the Company and the operatingeffectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate report in “Annexure B”. Our report expresses an unmodifiedopinion on the adequacy and operating effectiveness of the Company’s internal financial controls with reference tostandalone financial statements.
(viii) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with the requirements of section197(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 Company hasnot paid remuneration to its directors during the year. Accordingly, the provisions of section 197 of the Act are notapplicable to the Company;
(ix) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor’s Report in accordance with rule 11 of the Companies(Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014, as amended, in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to theexplanations given to us:
a) The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations as at March 31, 2025 on its financial position in itsstandalone financial statements - Refer Note 4.01 to standalone financial statements;
b) The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses;
c) There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and Protection Fund bythe Company;
d) (i) The Management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as stated in Note no. 4.14(v),
no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been advanced or loaned orinvested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources or kind of funds) by theCompany to or in any other person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Intermediaries”), with theunderstanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalfof the Company (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of theUltimate Beneficiaries;
(ii) The Management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as stated in Note no. 4.14(vi),no funds (which are material either individually or in the aggregate) have been received by the Company fromany person(s) or entity(ies), including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), with the understanding, whetherrecorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall, whether, directly or indirectly, lend or invest inother persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the Funding Party (“UltimateBeneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries;
(iii) Based on the audit procedures performed by us that has been considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to our notice that has caused us to believe that the representations undersub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), as provided under (i) and (ii) above, contain any material misstatement;
e) The Company has neither declared nor paid any dividend during the year; and
f) As stated in Note 4.15 of the accompanying standalone financial statements and based on our examination whichincluded test checks, the Company has used an accounting software for maintaining its books of account whichhas a feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility and the same has operated throughout the year for allrelevant transactions 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 the companyas per the statutory requirements for record retention.
2. As required by the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (“the Order”), issued by the Central Government of India interms of section 143(11) of the Act, we give in the “Annexure A”, a statement on the matters specified in the paragraphs 3and 4 of the Order.
For Nayan Parikh & Co.
Chartered AccountantsFirm Registration No. 107023W
Partner
Place: Mumbai Membership No. 133304
Date: April 15, 2025 UDIN: 25133304BMGYBN9121