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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 ...
I am very happy to listen to Smt. Sonia Gandhi and Shri Manmohan Singh expressing their intention to correct our legal system and to restore the public perception of legal profession and the role of Judiciary in India. It is a fact that India can never be able to claim that it is developed unless we are able establish a reliable legal system in India.
As and when any person goes for starting any business, a question arise in his mind what form of business is to start i.e. whether sole proprietor ship, partnership or a company. Those who want to save themselves from legal obligations of the ROC, MCA or CLB opt for either sole proprietorship or partnership.
The objective of CLSS is to give an opportunity to defaulting companies to enable them to make their default good by filing belated documents and to become a regular compliant in future. CLSS would condone the delay in filing documents with the Registrar of Companies (ROC), grant immunity from prosecution by levying additional fee of 25% of actual additional fee payable for filing belated documents under the Act and the rules made there under.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Government of India has on 26 May 2010 introduced Easy Exit Scheme, 2010 (EES) under the Companies Act, 1956 (the Act) to provide a fast track exit for “defunct companies” to get their names struck off from the records of the Register of Companies (ROC). The salient features of the scheme are as under:
The provisions of Companies Act, 1956 makes it very clear that every company should maintain proper books of accounts and should record all the transactions of the Company pertaining to sales, purchases, expenses, receipts, liabilities and Assets. Not only recording the transactions, every Company is also supposed to maintain the documentary proof in support of the transactions as per law.
It is true that the Board of directors in a Company is supposed to act in the best interest of the Company as they are answerable to the Share-holders and submits a report in the Annual General Body Meeting (AGM). In every Company, normally, the majority in the Board consists of the representatives of the majority shareholders though it is a best corporate practice to give proportionate representation to the minority and also to have some independent and expert directors on the Board.
Guiding instructions for availability of names:-The procedure for scrutinizing the availability of names of new companies has recently been re-examined carefully in this Department, having taken into account the difficulties experienced by some Registrars in the following the instruction given to them vide Department’s Letter No 10/(19)-RS/61, dated 15-03-1962.
The role of independent directors (IDs) on the board of Indian companies will be clarified in the new Companies Bill and their responsibilities will be made finite in terms of what they are answerable for, said Union Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has give an opportunity to the defunct companies, for getting their names struck-off from the Register of Companies, the Ministry has decided to introduce a scheme namely, Easy Exit Scheme, 2010 under Section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956. The scheme is operational from 30th May 2010 to 31st August 2010.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 637 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central Government hereby delegates its powers under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of Section 240, sub-section (1A) of Section 240, clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 240 and sub-section (3) of Section 240 of the Companies Act, 1956, to the Director, Serious Fraud Investigation Office only in respect of those cases wherein the Central Government appoints officers of Serious Fraud Investigation Office as inspectors, to investigate into the affairs of a company under section 235 or section 237 of the Companies Act, 1956.
