We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Gravity (India) Limited (“theCompany”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss,statement of changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended on that date, and notesto the financial statements, including a summary of the material accounting policies and otherexplanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the financial statements”).
In our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanations given to us, exceptfor the effects of the matter described in Basis for Qualified Opinion section of our report, the aforesaidstandalone financial statements give the information required by the Companies Act, 2013 (“the Act”) inthe manner so required and give a true and fair view in conformity with the Indian Accounting Standardsand other accounting principles generally accepted in India, of the state of affairs of the Company as atMarch 31, 2024, the profit, changes in equity and its cash flows for the year ended on that date.
We draw attention to Note No.5 to financial Statement which state about marking down of inventory oftraded fabrics which is non-moving/ slow moving by Rs.161.80 lakhs i.e. by 50% No sale from thisinventory has been done since last 1 year and till the date of Audit hence we have not been able to get theappropriate audit evidence with respect to realisable value of non-moving/slow moving traded fabricsand accordingly we are unable to opine on carrying value of traded fabrics having carrying value ofRs.161.83 Lakhs
We draw attention to note no. 1.1.f to the financial statement regarding accounting of retirement benefitin the form of Gratuity on Cash Basis, which is not in consonance with the requirement of Ind AS 19 i.e.“Employee Benefit”, which requires defined benefit obligation to be recognised based on actuarialvaluation basis. In absence of valuation, we are unable to quantify the impact of above on the net profitfor the year and liabilities as on reporting date.
We conducted our audit of the financial statements in accordance with the Standards on Auditingspecified under section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are furtherdescribed in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Statements section of our report.We are independent of the Company in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute ofChartered Accountants of India (ICAI) together with the ethical requirements that are relevant to ouraudit of the financial statements under the provisions of the Act and the Rules made thereunder, and wehave fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements and the Code ofEthics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide abasis for our qualified opinion on the financial statements.
Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgment, were of most significance in ouraudit of the financial statements of the current period. These matters were addressed in the context ofour audit of the financial statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do notprovide a separate opinion on these matters. We have determined the matters described below to be thekey audit matters to be communicated in our report.
We have fulfilled the responsibilities described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of theStandalone Financial Statements section of our report, including in relation to these matters. Accordingly,our audit included the performance of procedures designed to respond to our assessment of the risks ofmaterial misstatement of the Standalone Financial Statements. The results of our audit procedures,including the procedures performed to address the matters below, provide the basis for our audit opinionon the accompanying Standalone Financial Statements.
Key audit matters
How our audit addressed the key auditmatter
Exposure in relation to Litigation in High Court for Loan from Madhavpura Merchant Co-op Bank Ltd
At 31 March, 2024 the value of dispute amountdisclosed as Current Financial liabilities ofRs.155.46 and as Contingent Liability ofRs.365.22 Lakhs.
This matter has been identified as a key auditmatter as same was not disclosed in perviousfinancials. As the amount demanded byLiquidator of Madhavpura Merchant Co-op BankLtd is Rs.1144.76 Lakhs and company had paidRs.624.08 Lakhs over the period of time andcompany has recognised Rs.155.46 Lakhs asCurrent Financial Liability in Financials.Remaining balance amount of Rs.365.22 Lakhs isdisclosed as Contingent liability.
Our audit procedures included the following:
• Obtained Arbitration Award which was infavour of Company, and Commercial ArbitrationPetition which had been decided against thecompany and Appeal filed against the ArbitrationPetition which has been admitted in the BombayHigh Court.
• Performed walkthrough and test ofcontrols of the management's risk assessmentprocess for legal matters.
• Inspected the relevant disclosures madewithin the financial statements to validate theyappropriately reflect the facts and circumstancesof the legal dispute and exposures and are inaccordance with the requirements of accountingstandards.
Information other than the Financial Statements and Auditors report thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Director's report but does not include the financial statementsand our auditor's report thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express anyform of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the otherinformation and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with thefinancial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materiallymisstated.
The Director's Report is not made available to us at the date of this auditor's report and hence we havenothing to report in this regard.
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 financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financialposition, financial performance, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with theaccounting principles generally accepted in India, including the Accounting Standards specified underSection 133 of The Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014. This responsibilityalso includes maintenance of adequate accounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act
for safeguarding the assets of the Company and for preventing and detecting frauds and otherirregularities; selection and application of appropriate accounting policies; making judgments andestimates that are reasonable and prudent; and design, implementation and maintenance of adequateinternal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness ofthe accounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that givea true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing theCompany's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to goingconcern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidatethe Company or to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.
Those 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 asa whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor'sreport that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guaranteethat an audit 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 theaggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on thebasis of these standalone 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,whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtainaudit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of notdetecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, asfraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override ofinternal control.
• Obtain an understanding of internal financial controls relevant to the audit in order to design auditprocedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are alsoresponsible for expressing our opinion on whether the Company has adequate internal financial controlssystem 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 accountingand, 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. If weconclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report tothe related disclosures in the standalone financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, tomodify 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 agoing concern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements,including the disclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlyingtransactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.
We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the plannedscope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies ininternal control that 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 financial statements of the current period and are thereforethe key audit matters. We describe these matters in our auditor's report unless law or regulationprecludes public disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determinethat a matter should not be communicated in our report because the adverse consequences of doing sowould reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication.
1. As required by the Companies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2016, issues by the Central Governmentof India in terms of sub section (11) of the section 143 of the Companies Act, 2016, we give in theAnnexure A, a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Order, to the extentapplicable.
2. (A) As required by Section 143(3) of the Act, based on our audit 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 the Statement of Cash Flow dealtwith by this Report are in agreement with the relevant books of account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid financial statements comply with the Accounting standards specifiedunder Section 133 of the Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 except asdescribed in the Basis for Qualified Opinion paragraph.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31, 2024 takenon record by the Board of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2024 from beingappointed as a director in terms of Section 164 (2) of the Act.
f) With respect to the adequacy of the internal financial controls over financial reporting of theCompany and the operating effectiveness of such controls, refer to our separate Report in “Annexure B”.
(B) With respect to the other matters to be included in the Auditor's Report in accordance with Rule11 of 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 statements. Refer Note 27 ofFinancials statement.
ii. According to the information given to us, the company has not entered into any long-term contractsincluding derivative contracts.
iii. There were no amounts which were required to be transferred to the Investor Education and ProtectionFund by the Company.
iv. (a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenadvanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premium or any other sources orkind of funds) by the Company to or in any other persons or entities, including foreign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that theIntermediary shall:
• directly or indirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Company or provide any guarantee, securityor the like to or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries
(b) The management has represented, that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, no funds have beenreceived by the Company from any persons or entities, including foreign entities (“Funding Parties”), withthe understanding, whether recorded in writing or otherwise, that the Company shall:
• directly or indirectly, lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any mannerwhatsoever (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) by or on behalf of the Funding Party or
• provide any guarantee, security or the like from or on behalf of the Ultimate Beneficiaries; and
(c) Based on such audit procedures as 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(iv) (a) and (iv) (b) contain any misstatement.
v. According to information and explanation given to us, the Company has not declared any dividend interms of provision of section 123 of Companies Act, 2013.
(C) With respect to the matter to be included in the Auditor's Report under Section 197 (16) of theAct:
In our opinion and according to the information and explanations given to us, the remuneration paid bythe Company to its directors during the current year is in accordance with the provisions of Section 197of the Act. The remuneration paid to any director is not in excess of the limit laid down under Section 197of the Act. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has not prescribed other details under Section 197(16) ofthe Act which are required to be commented upon by us.
vi. As Stated in Note No 29 to the accompanying standalone financial Statement and based on ourexamination which include test check, except for instance mentioned below the company in respect offinancial year commencing on 1st April 2023, has used accounting software for maintaining books ofaccounts which has features of Audit trail facility and same have been operated throughout the year forall the relevant transactions recorded in the software.
Exception note: The company is using Turkia software for maintenance of stock records with respect tomanufacturing activities which does not have feature recording of audit trail.
Partner
M. No 124295
Place: Mumbai
Date: 29th May, 2024
UDIN: 24124295BKDAFC1012