Applicable Provision: Section 161(1) of Companies Act of 2013r/w Rules of Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules of 2014. As per Section 161(1), ‘Articles of a company may confer on its Board of Director such power to appoint Additional Director. A person who has failed to be appointed through general meeting shall not be […]
Applicable Provisions: Section 203 of Companies Act of 2013 r/w Rule 8 of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules of 2014 What they have to Say: Every Listed company and every other public company having a paid-up share capital of Rs. 10 Crore or more shall have whole-time key managerial personnel comprising of: […]
The students of several Centers of Legal Education including 273 Students of Faculty of Law, Delhi University had sent Emails, with the request that the LL.B intermediate semester examination /evaluation and promotion should be held as per UGC Guideline through a composite scheme i.e. 50% marks from the internal assessment and 50% marks for previous performance.
Instances when Section 447 of Companies Act, 2013 (Fraud) has to be invoked – A quick recap of important provisions. The Companies Act of 2013, unlike its previous predecessor Act of 1956 have tried to list out various provisions or instances wherein Section 447, that exclusively deals with defining Fraud and its punishment, has to […]
Applicable Provision: Second Proviso of Sub-section (1) of Section 123 of Companies Act, 2013 & Rule 3 of the Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014 If there’s any inadequacy or inadequate profits in any year, a company may declare dividend out of surplus provided fulfilment of below-mentioned conditions: a. The rate of dividend […]
What is a Debenture? Section 2(30) of the Companies Act, 2013 defines a debenture which includes debenture stock, bonds or any other instrument of a company evidencing a debt, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not. So basically, it is a kind of document evidencing a debt or acknowledging it […]
Where any sum is found credited in the books of an assessee maintained for any previous year, and the assessee offers no explanation about the nature and source thereof or the explanation offered by him is not, in the opinion of the Assessing Officer, satisfactory, the sum so credited may be charged to income-tax as […]
Relevant Provisions: Section 61 r/w 64 of Companies Act of 2013, Rule 15 of Companies (Share Capital and Debenture) Rules of 2014 Types of alteration of capital clause in the general meeting of a company limited by shares as per section 61 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 can be enumerated as below: – increase […]
Compliances for a listed entity for Equity Shares under SEBI (LODR) 2015 – A quick recap The relevant compliances are divided into four parts: 1. Quarterly Compliances COMPLIANCES BY: Regulation Time Period June end quarter September end quarter December end quarter March end quarter Regulation 31 (1) (b) – Shareholding Pattern Within 21 days from […]
NABARD has defined microfinance as “provision of thrift, credit and other financial services and products of very small amounts to the poor in rural, semi-urban and urban areas provided to customers to meet their financial needs; with only qualification that (1) transactions value is small and (2) customers are poor.” A micro finance institution is […]
