We have audited the accompanying standalone financial statements of Coral Newsprints Limited (“the Company”), whichcomprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2024, the Statement of Profit and Loss (including Other ComprehensiveIncome), the Statement of Changes in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flows for the year then ended, and a summary ofthe significant accounting policies and other explanatory information (hereinafter referred to as “the standalone financialstatements”).
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 March 31,2024, the Loss ,changes in equity and itscash 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 specifiedunder section 143(10) of the Act (SAs). Our responsibilities under those Standards are further described in the Auditor'sResponsibilities for the Audit of the Standalone Financial Statements section of our report. We are independent of theCompany in accordance with the Code of Ethics issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) togetherwith the independence requirements that are relevant to our audit of the standalone financial statements under theprovisions of the Act and the Rules made there under, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordancewith these requirements and the ICAI's Code of Ethics. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis 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 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 opinion onthese matters. We have determined the matters described below to be the key audit matters to be communicated in ourreport.
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Key Audit Matter
Auditor's Response
1.
Evaluation of uncertain tax positions
The Company has material uncertain taxpositions including matters under dispute whichinvolves significant judgment to determine thepossible outcome of these disputes.
Refer Note 23 to Notes of Accounts of theStandalone Financial Statements.
Principal Audit Procedures
Obtained details of completed tax assessments anddemands for the year ended March 31, 2024 frommanagement. Additionally, we considered the effect of newinformation in respect of uncertain tax positions as at April 1,2023 to evaluate whether any change was required tomanagement's position on these uncertainties.
2.
Internal Audit :
As per Section 138, a listed company hasto appoint a internal auditor but companyunable to comply with this section.
As per discussion with management, the compliance will be made inFY 2024-25 and No Internal Auditor appointed till date.
3.
Unsecured Loan from Mr N.P. JALLAN(Court Case)
In October 2003, the company through its directors entered intoshare purchase agreement with Mr. N.P Jalan and to handover themanagement of the company in memorandum of terms dated 16th/17th Jan 2004. After the Investment made by Mr. N.P Jalan and hetookover the position of factory on 1st November 2003, the disputearose between the parties and Jalan Group.
The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi vide order dt 18/08/2005 referredthe dispute to sole Arbitrator. After the settlement award of Rs. 2.40crore, company has paid Rs.1.47 crore till 31/03/2024 and alsodeposited 93 lakhs with Registrar of Hon'ble Delhi High Court as perorder dated 28.04.2023 and now the matter is pending with Hon'bleDelhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre).Since thecompany has paid 1.47 crore till 31/03/2024 & deposited Rs. 93Lakhs with Registrar, Company has asked for shares held in EscrowAccount and Jalan Group has not complied with consent award ,Hence the matter is now fixed for 17.09.2024 before Honble DelhiHigh Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre.
Information Other than the Standalone Financial Statements and Auditor's Report Thereon
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation of the other information. The other informationcomprises the information included in the Management Discussion and Analysis, Board's Report including Annexure toBoard's Report, Business Responsibility Report, Corporate Governance and Shareholder's Information, but does notinclude the standalone financial 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 form ofassurance 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.
Management's Responsibility for the Standalone Financial Statements
The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for the matters stated in section 134(5) of the Act with respect to thepreparation of these standalone financial statements that give a true and fair view of the financial position, financialperformance, total comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows of the Company in accordance with the Ind ASand other accounting principles generally accepted in India. This responsibility also includes maintenance of adequateaccounting records in accordance with the provisions of the Act for safeguarding the assets of the Company and forpreventing 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 ofadequate internal financial controls, that were operating effectively for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of theaccounting records, relevant to the preparation and presentation of the standalone financial statements that give a true andfair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the standalone financial statements, management is responsible for assessing the Company's ability tocontinue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basisof accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or has no realisticalternative but to do so.
The Board of Directors are responsible for overseeing the Company's financial reporting process.
Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the 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 skepticismthroughout the audit. We also:
• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the standalone financial statements, whether due to fraud orerror, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient andappropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud ishigher 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 controls relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that areappropriate in the circumstances. Under section 143(3)(i) of the Act, we are also responsible for expressing our opinionon whether the Company has adequate internal financial controls system in place and the operating effectiveness of suchcontrols.
• 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 suchdisclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to thedate of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the Company to cease to continue as a goingconcern.
• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the standalone financial statements, including thedisclosures, and whether the standalone financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in amanner that achieves fair presentation.
Materiality is the magnitude of misstatements in the standalone financial statements that, individually or in aggregate,makes it probable that the economic decisions of a reasonably knowledgeable user of the financial statements may beinfluenced. We consider quantitative materiality and qualitative factors in (i) planning the scope of our audit work and inevaluating the results of our work; 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 because theadverse 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, 2016 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government in terms ofSection 143(11) of the Act, we give in ‘'Annexure A” a statement on the matters specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of theOrder, to the extent applicable.
2. 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 remuneration paid bythe Company to its directors during the year is in accordance with the provisions of section 197 of the Act.
3. 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 our knowledge and beliefwere necessary for the purposes of our audit of accompanying standalone financial Statement.
b) 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.
c) The Balance Sheet, the Statement of Profit and Loss including Other Comprehensive Income, Statement ofChanges in Equity and the Statement of Cash Flow dealt with by this Report are in agreement with the relevant booksof account.
d) In our opinion, the aforesaid standalone financial statements comply with the Ind AS specified under Section 133 ofthe Act, read with Rule 7 of the Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014 except compliances of Ind As 19 “EmployeeBenefit”.
e) On the basis of the written representations received from the directors as on March 31,2024 taken on record by theBoard of Directors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31,2024 from being appointed as a director interms 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”.
g) 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:
i. The Company has disclosed the impact of pending litigations on its financial position in its standalone financialstatements. Refer note 23.
ii. The Company did not have any long-term contracts including derivative contracts for which there were anymaterial foreseeable losses as at 31 March, 2024;
iii. There were no amounts, required to be transferred, to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by theCompany.
iv. a) The management has represented that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, as disclosed in the notes to the
accounts, no funds have been advanced or loaned or invested (either from borrowed funds or share premiumor any other sources or kind of funds) by the company to or in any other person(s) or entity (i.e), includingforeign entities(“Intermediaries”), with the understanding, that the Intermediary shall, whether, directly orindirectly lend or invest in other persons or entities identified in any manner whatsoever by or on behalf of theCompany (“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 no funds have been received bythe Company from any person(s) or entity (i.e), including foreign entities(“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 manner whatsoever by or on behalf of the FundingParty (“Ultimate Beneficiaries”) or provide any guarantee, security or the like on behalf of the UltimateBeneficiaries.
c) Based on such audit procedures that the auditor has considered reasonable and appropriate in thecircumstances, nothing has come to their notice that has caused them to believe that the representationsunder sub-clause (i) and (ii) of Rule 11(e), contain any material misstatement.
v. There is no dividend declared or paid during the year by the company.
vi. Based on our examination, the company has used an accounting software for maintaining of its books of accountwhich does not have the feature of recording audit trail (edit log) facility in terms of the Proviso to Rule 3(1) of theCompanies (Accounts) Rules, 2014.
vii. As proviso to Rule 3(1) of the Companies ( Accounts) Rules 2014 is applicable from 1st April 2023 , reportingunder Rule 11(g) of the Companies ( Audit and Auditors) Rules , 2014 on preservation of audit trial as per thestatutory requirement for record retention is not applicable for the financial year ended 31st March , 2024.
For L N MALIK & CO .
Chartered Accountants
FRN: 015992N
SAMEER PAVI
Partner
Place : New Delhi Membership No: 091816
Date : 27.05.2024 UDIN: 24091816BKEFZX8679