law: Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995
  17. Offences by companies
  (1)Where
  
  an offence under this Act has been committed by a company, every person who, at
  
  the time the offence was committed, was incharge of and was responsible to the
  
  company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company,
  
  shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded
  
  against and punished accordingly:
  PROVIDED
  
  that nothing contained in this sub-section shall render any such person
  
  liable to any punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without
  
  his knowledge or that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the
  
  commission of such offence.
  (2)
  
  Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), where any offence under
  
  this Act has been committed by a company and it is proved that the offence has
  
  been committed with the consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any
  
  negligence on the part of , any director, manager, secretary or other officer
  
  of the company, such director, manager, secretary or the officer shall also be
  
  deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against
  
  and punished accordingly.
  Explanation:
  
  For the purposes of this section,-
  (a)
  
  "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other
  
  association of individuals; and
  (b)
  
  "director" in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm.