Under the existing provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, the appointment or re-appointment of a statutory auditor of a Company is an annual exercise except in cases of the appointment of first auditor or appointments to fill up casual vacancies. Sub-section (1) of section 139 of the Companies Bill, 2012 proposes to make it mandatory to appoint an auditor for five years at a time (subject to annual ratification).

Every company having net worth of rupees five hundred crore or more, or turnover of rupees one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during any financial year shall constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Board consisting of three or more directors, out of which at least one director shall be an independent director.

The Entire Corporate India Woke Up To The Morning Of 19th December 2012 With A Fresh Breeze, New Hopes And Exciting Challenges. With Just Two Days Left For The Much Hyped Armageddon Of 21st December 2012 When The World Was Supposed To End As Per A Famous Prediction, The Lok Sabha Passed The Much Awaited Companies Bill, 2012 Which Marks The Dawn Of A New Era,

Download Companies Bill 2011 As Passed By The Lok Sabha On 18.12.2012 The text of the Companies Bill 2011 as passed by the Lok Sabha on 18.12.2012 is available for download. DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT OF COMPANIES BILL 2011

The Companies Bill, 2011, which was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday, on its enactment will allow the country to have a modern legislation for growth and regulation of corporate sector in India. The existing statute for regulation of companies in the country, viz. the Companies Act, 1956 had been under consideration for quite long [...]

CS. Bilu Balakrishnan We have attached below a PPS / PPT – Company Secretaries in Companies Bill 2011 which is based on Companies Bill, 2011 passed in Lok Sabha  on 18.12.2012. The Company Secretary (CS in short) profession has lot more in the new Bill. This presentation intents to have a birds eye view of [...]

The Bill has 470 clauses as against 658 Sections in the existing Companies Act, 1956. The entire bill has been divided into 29 chapters. Many new chapters have been introduced, viz., Registered Valuers (ch.17); Government companies (ch. 23); Companies to furnish information or statistics (ch. 25); Nidhis (ch. 26); National Company Law Tribunal & Appellate Tribunal (ch. 27); Special Courts (ch. 28).

Section 205 of the Act specifies the sources from which dividends can be paid and makes it compulsory for a company to provide for depreciation before declaring dividends. It also lays down the manner of providing for depreciation as well as that of payment of dividends.

The Companies Bill, 2011, on its enactment, would allow the country to have a modern legislation for growth and regulation of corporate sector in India. The existing statute for regulation of companies in the country, viz. the Companies Act, 1956 had been under consideration for quite long for comprehensive revision in view of the changing economic and commercial environment nationally as well as internationally.

Section 295 of Company Law deals with the loan given to DIRECTORS of the company. It also covers the security or guarantee provided for the same. Let us see in each detail, all the aspects of this section. As per section 295 of Companies Act 1956, previous approval of Central Government is required, if any company directly or indirectly-