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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...
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 ...
New Delhi, Oct 5 (PTI) The CBI has filed chargesheet against former member of Company Law Board R Vasudevan and five others for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs seven lakh for giving a favourable order in a case being presided over by him.
Section 205C of the Companies Act, 1956 – Establishment of Investor Education & Protection Fund – Constitution of a Committee in supersession of Notification No. S.O. 539(E), dated 25-2-2009. Notification No. S.O. 2435(E), dated 6-10-2010
I have read few judgments on a proceeding under section 397/398 of Companies Act, 1956 placing reliance on Company Law Board regulations and based on the procedural technicality. With great respect to the courts, I do strongly feel that the Company Law Board should not go technically in a proceeding under section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956.
Background 1. The Companies Act 1956 was enacted on the recommendations of the Bhaba Committee set up in 1950 with the object to consolidate the existing corporate laws and to provide a new basis for corporate operation in independent India. With enactment of this legislation in 1956, the Companies Act 1913 was repealed. 2. The […]
The Directors occupy a fiduciary position in relation to a Company. They must act bona fide and in the interest of the Company. This duty of good faith which fiduciary relationship imposes is identical with those imposed on trustees. In this sense, i
n exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 210A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, number S.O. 1800(E), the 21st July,2009 published in the Gazette of Inida, Extraordinary, of same date, namely
There may soon be a ceiling on the number of directorships an individual will be allowed to hold on the board of companies in India. According to recommendations made by the Standing Committee on Finance, a person will no longer be able to act as a director of more than five listed companies and 10 public sector (non-listed) companies.
The Ministry revived the Scheme of Certified Filing Centres (CFCs) and renewed the same for a further period of three years from July 01, 2010. The registration process for the renewed Scheme started from 1st July 2010 and was kept open for 2 months.
The registrar of companies (RoC) could be empowered to issue orders relating to conducting searches and raids. The proposal, mooted by the corporate affairs ministry, can be part of the new companies Bill that is set to be introduced in the Winter Session of Parliament. According to officials, the government is looking to strengthen the mechanism of investigation and probe, an area that falls directly under the jurisdiction of the RoC.
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of Section 209A of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central Government hereby authorizes the following officers in the Serious Fraud Investigation Officer (SFIO), Ministry of Corporate Affairs to inspect the books of accounts and other books and papers for every company, namely
