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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 : The NCLAT held that winding-up proceedings transferred to the NCLT must satisfy the threshold applicable under the IBC at the time...
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 : 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 ...
Wrongful withholding of company property is an offence and the wrong doer can be proceeded against under section 630 of the Companies Act. Whether this section can be pressed into service even against the legal heirs of past employee is the crucial question examined in the light of recent judicial elucidations.
29th April 2011 -These rules may be called the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms ( Amendment ) Rules 2011. (2) These rules shall come into force from 1st May 2011. 2. In the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms, 1956, in Annexure ‘A’ for Form 2, Form 3, Form 18, 23C and Form 32, the following Forms shall be substituted ,
CA has now permitted companies to send the Annual Report to the Shareholders through email subject to following conditions: The email address of the shareholder is registered with the Company; Company’s website has full text of the Annual Report and the same is easily accessible; Company has published a notice in local and English newspaper that the copies are put up on the website and are available for inspection; Physical copy would be sent to any member whose email address is not registered; Any member insisting for physical copy would be provided with the same free of cost.
J.G. Engineers Pvt. Ltd. Vs. Union of India & ANR. – The Supreme Court has set aside the judgment of the Gauhati high court and upheld the award of the arbitrator in the dispute over delay in the construction of the extension of the Guwahati airport terminal. The contracted period for completion of the project was 21 months, but it was extended twice. The contractor and the government blamed each other for the delay, and ultimately the government cancelled the contract. The dispute was referred to arbitration and the award was in favour of the construction firm. However, the high court set aside the award, leading to the appeal in the Supreme Court (J G Engineers Ltd vs Union of India). The court held that the contractor was entitled to extension of the period for completion of the work, as the delay was caused by the government. The firm was also entitled to escalation costs for the work done during the extended period. It cannot be imposed penalty for the delay. Moreover, since the delay was caused by the government, it cannot make counter-claims against the firm, the judgment said.
The government has allowed companies to send notices and documents to their shareholders and members electronically in order to facilitate paperless communication. The Green Initiative for Corporate Governance announcement by the Corporate Affairs Ministry comes after the Department of Posts discontinued the postal facility under the ‘Certificate of Posting’.
Status of foreign company without office in India – The Bombay high court has stated that according to Section 591 of the Companies Act a foreign company is one which has a “place of business” within India. The mere fact that a company is doing business in India or that it is a party to a joint venture in India would not mean that it has established a place of business in India, the high court stated in the judgment, Willis Europe BV vs Willis India Insurance Brokers (P) Ltd. The case was about winding up of a company which was a joint venture with a Dutch insurance company doing business in India but had no place of business here.
The Delhi High Court has held that a company is not required to pay the stamp duty on the increased amount of its authorised share capital. A bench headed by Justice S Muralidhar said this while allowing the plea of S E Investments Ltd, which challenged the direction of the Registrar of Companies (ROC) seeking stamp duty on increased amount in authorised share capital.
State wise stamp duty rules for eForm 1, Memorandum of Association (MoA), Articles of Associations (AoA), eForm 5 and eForm 44). Download Stamp duty rates for Form 1, MoA, AoA, and Form 5 for all the states in India. Stamp duty rules for Form 44 Rs. 100 for Delhi and Rs. 50 for all other states/ UTs.
The new Companies Bill, which seeks to replace a 50-year-old Act, will come up for consideration and passage in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. “The Companies Bill will come in for discussion in Parliament in the Monsoon Session,” the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Murli Deora, told reporters on the sidelines of a FICCI event here today.
S E Investments Limited Vs Union of India and Others- The Delhi High Court held that there is no provision for charging stamp duty on the increase in authorized stamp duty in Stamp Act. A statute authorizing the levy of stamp duty is in the nature of a fiscal statute, hence stamp duty cannot be levied except by the authority of law. The High Court placed reliance on the Supreme Court of India judgment in the case of AV Fernandez vs. State of Kerala (AIR 1957 SC 657) and
