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Percentage of voting rights interest.

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Share based compensation arrangements by share based payment award options grants in period weighted average remaining contractual term.

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Date the equity-based award expires, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Number of options or other stock instruments for which the right to exercise has lapsed under the terms of the plan agreements.

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The number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average price at which grantees could have acquired the underlying shares with respect to stock options of the plan that expired.

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Weighted average price at which grantees could have acquired the underlying shares with respect to stock options that were terminated.

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Weighted average remaining contractual term for vested portions of options outstanding and currently exercisable or convertible, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Stock Compensation - Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech - Additional Information (Detail) - $ / shares	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Options exercisable period	2 years 9 months 11 days	3 years 10 months 6 days	4 years 7 months 6 days
Number of options, Forfeited	20,000		5,950
Exercise price of option	$ 8.99		$ 21.26
Number of options, expired		65,500
Exercise price of option, expired		$ 30.55
Number of options, Outstanding, Granted			86,000
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares of common stock available for grant	400,000
Stock option plan expiration date	Sep. 17, 2008
Percentage of fair market value of stock granted	110.00%
Number of options, Forfeited	0		5,950
Number of options, expired		65,500
Number of options, Outstanding, Granted	0
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member] \| Exercise Price One [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise price of option			$ 15.60
Exercise price of option, expired		$ 30.40
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member] \| Exercise Price Range Two [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Exercise price of option			$ 30.56
Exercise price of option, expired		$ 30.56
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Voting rights	10.00%
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Voting rights	10.00%
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of ISO granted	10 years
Options exercisable period	10 years
Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option Plan of Global-Tech [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Term of ISO granted	5 years