Decision
of the ICAI Central Council regarding various Malicious Emails being received
by ICAI and its functionaries
No.
1-CA(7)/165/204 dated 17th April, 2014
The
Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), at its 329th
(Adjourned) meeting held on 4th January, 2014, while taking note of various
malicious emails being circulated in various fora has decided that:
The member(s) of ICAI should not host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit, update, forward or share any information, in any form which is harmful, harassing, defamatory, indecent, immoral or invasive of another’s privacy, dignity or prestige or hateful, causing insult or injury or otherwise unlawful in any manner against the Institute and/ or its members. Further,
1. Any
member of ICAI, if found spreading such information, may invite disciplinary
action under the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949.
2.
Besides above, ICAI may also initiate appropriate legal proceedings against
such members circulating malicious emails under the applicable provisions of
the Information Technology Act, 2000 or under any other law for the time being
in force.
All
the members of the ICAI are hereby advised to take note of the above decision
of the Council.
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