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Company Law : The article explains the legal framework governing debenture issuance under the Companies Act, 2013. It outlines the types of debe...
Company Law : Section 42 of the Companies Act, 2013 permits companies to raise funds from a select group of investors through private placement....
Company Law : The 2025 amendments significantly expand the scope of fast-track mergers by allowing more categories of companies, including eligi...
Company Law : The article explains the legal framework governing share capital and share issuance under the Companies Act, 2013. It highlights h...
Company Law : The article explains how Section 118 mandates the preparation and preservation of meeting minutes to ensure transparency and accou...
Company Law : The MCA has widened CSR eligibility by recognizing subscriptions to Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instruments as a valid CSR activity...
Company Law : Provisional list of audit firms of listed companies yet to file NFRA-2 for 2023-24. Filing deadline was 30.11.2025; fines apply fo...
Company Law : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...
Company Law : The issue concerns eligibility and participation rules for the convocation. ICSI has clarified that members who do not attend will...
Company Law : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...
Company Law : Resolution Professional (RP) was fully justified in seeking possession through the insolvency process itself, the NCLAT affirmed t...
Company Law : The NCLAT held that unregistered profit-sharing agreements do not create leasehold or occupancy rights in immovable property. The ...
Company Law : While approving the resolution plan, NCLT clarified that exemptions relating to taxes, duties, and statutory compliances must be o...
Company Law : A Successful Resolution Applicant (SRA) could not avoid a CoC-approved resolution plan by claiming that the Letter of Intent (LoI)...
Company Law : NCLAT held that the order appointing the Resolution Professional under Section 97 was obtained on the basis of misrepresented a...
Company Law : The MCA has amended the valuation rules to require Registered Valuer Organisations to maintain a minimum paid-up capital of ₹25 ...
Company Law : The Registrar of Companies penalized the company and its authorized signatory after an incorrect document was attached with Form A...
Company Law : MCA amends Schedule VII of the Companies Act to include subscription to zero coupon zero principal instruments on Social Stock Exc...
Company Law : MCA has amended the CSR Rules to recognize zero coupon zero principal instruments issued by Social Stock Exchange-listed NPOs. The...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai held that repeated return of official notices proved non-maintenance of a registered office under Section 12(1) of the ...
The jurisdiction, processing and approval of name or names proposed in e-Form number INC-29 hitherto exercised by the respective Registrar of companies having jurisdiction over incorporation of companies under the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made thereunder shall forthwith be exercised by Registrar, CRC.
In this series, I am analyzing the proposed amendments with the existing provisions in the Companies Act, 2013. The Part – 2 of the series deals with amendments with respect to Annual return, Financial Statements, General Meetings, Postal ballot, CSR & Auditors.
Private Placement under Section 42 of Companies Act, 2013 with Rule 14 of Companies Prospectus and Allotment of Securities Rules, 2014. 1. A Company can make Private Placement through issue of Private Placement offer letter (Form PAS-4 as attachment in Form GNL-2).
Comparative analysis of Definitions under Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Corporate Affairs Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley on 17th March, 2016 introduced in the Lok Sabha The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to amend the Companies Act (i.e. the principal Act) in order to remove the difficulties faced by stakeholders.
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016, among other things, seeks to relax the norms around managerial remuneration, ease the process for private placement of shares and remove provisions relating to forward dealing and insider trading from the existing Company Law.
In our continuous endeavor to serve you better, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs will launch a new MCA21 portal for Company users. The new portal is likely to be launched on 27th March 2016. To facilitate implementation of the new portal, the offline payment methods – Challan, NEFT, Pay Later – will be disabled for […]
The CLC on the basis of the recommendation received from various sources, submitted its report to the Government to make amendments under the Companies Act, 2013. On March 16, 2016 the Bill to further amend the Companies Act, 2013 has been introduced in Lok Sabha. The key highlights of the Bill peraining to the Definitions under the Companies Act, 2013 are as follows:
Govt has proposed Changes in Section 185 and 186 vide Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 with following objects :- Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 seeks to amend section 185 of the Act to limit the prohibition on loans, advances, etc., to directors of the company or its holding company or any partner of such director or any […]
The Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) was enacted to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to companies. Out of 470 sections of the Act, 284 sections have been brought into force so far. The process for establishment of the National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal is at its final stage. After the constitution of these Tribunals, most of the remaining 186 sections of the Act shall also be brought into force.
In common parlance Dividend means distribution of portion of profits available which is allocated to holder of shares of the Company on a particular date i.e. on record date. Companies Act, 2013 has not defined the term Dividend. However, Section 2(35) of the Act mention that dividend includes interim dividend.
