The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has on 25th February, 2020, after consultation with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA), notified the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO, 2020) and thereby repealing CARO, 2016. Few important points pertaining to CARO, 2020, are given hereunder: CARO, 2020 shall apply to every company including a foreign company, […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) recently introduced an artificial intelligence mechanism called the Ministry of Corporate Affairs – Compliance Monitoring System (MCA-CMS) on the MCA 21 portal with an intent is to make compliance procedure simpler. WHAT IS MCA-CMS? Ministry of Corporate Affairs – Compliance Monitoring System (MCA-CMS) is the newly introduced online Compliance […]
SEBI has, vide Circular dated 5th November, 2019, directed the Depositories and the Listed Companies / Registrar and Transfer Agents (RTA) to implement a due diligence process for processing of dematerialization request in respect of the physical shares.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has, vide notification dated 22nd October, 2019, notified the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2019 which shall substitute Rule 6 of the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014. The amendment rules shall come into force w.e.f. 1st December, 2019. Given below is the […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide General Circular No. 09/2019 dated 21st August, 2019 clarified the Ministry’s stand on interpretation of Section 232(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act) dealing with the concept of ‘Appointed Date’. However, before we get into the intricacies of the circular and the clarification it offers, it is very much […]
