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Company Law : This guide explains the legal provisions, procedural steps, and filing requirements involved in converting a public company into a...
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 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...
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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 Board’s Report is an important document of Annual Report in which the Board gives a complete review of the performance of the company during the year under review and other information. There is no restriction to put any matter in the Board’s Report, if the Board intends to mention it. However, certain matters, as part of statutory compliance, needs to be put in the Board’s Report in terms of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Listing Agreement (for listed company).
FAQs on the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 and Rules thereon The ICAI hosted on its website exposure draft of Frequently Asked Questions(FAQs) on the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013 and Rules thereon.
Every company is governed in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, therefore, it is mandatory for all companies to keep the Registrar of Companies informed about the location of the registered office and changes. Thereto from time to time, Promoters of the Company decide the State in which the registered office shall be situated. A registered office is the official address of a company to which all official letters and reminders will be sent by any person, any government or non government or regulatory body.
If a assessee delays filing of e-form by more than 270 days from the time period granted for filing of the respective e-form, then penalty as given in the concerned section will be imposed. For eg: If the resolution to be attached in MGT-14 is passed on 21.01.2015, then normal time to file the form is 30 days. Penalty will be imposed if the person doesn’t file the form within 300 days from 21.01.2015 or if the form is not filed within 270 days from 20.02.2015.
As per new Companies Act, 2013, if a company maintains its books of accounts at any other place, the same should be reported to RoC by way of filing of Form AOC-5 (Earlier it was Form 23AA under Companies Act, 1956). Non-compliance can result into heavy monetary penalty as well as imprisonment of Directors/MD/CFO.
A Company incorporated under the statute has an identity of its own, which is different from its members and shareholders, etc. A subsidiary company is an incorporated entity which has an identity of its own, which shall be separate from its holding company.
In the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014, in rule 4, in sub-rule (2),- (i) for the words established by the company or its holding or subsidiary or associate company under section 8 of the Act or otherwise, the words established under section 8 of the Act by the company either singly or alongwith its holding or subsidiary or associate company or alongwith any other company or holding or subsidiary or associate company of such other company, or otherwise shall be substituted;
In case a company has already filed Form DIR-12 with the Registrar under rule 15, a foreign director of such company resigning from his office may authorise in writing a practising chartered accountant or cost accountant in practice or company secretary in practice or any other resident director of the company to sign Form DIR-11 and file the same on his behalf intimating the reasons for the resignation.
Form AOC-5: Notice of address at which books of account are maintained. eForm AOC-5 is required to be filed pursuant to Section 128 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the same is available for filing w.e.f. January 17, 2015. Section 128 is reproduced here for your reference :-
Bonus shares are additional shares given to the current shareholders without any additional cost, based upon the number of shares that a shareholder owns. These are company’s accumulated earnings which are not given out in the form of dividends, but are converted into free shares.
