The Companies Act is a legislation that governs the formation, functioning, and management of companies. Explore the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act.
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Easy referencer for the Venue, Time, Date and Place for holding various Meetings of the company under the Companies Act, 2013 and Secretarial Standards issued by the ICSI in this behalf.
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 419 of the Companies Act, 2013 the President, National Company Law Tribunal hereby constitutes the following Benches for the purpose of exercising and discharging the Tribunal’s powers and functions.
Secretarial Standard-1 (SS-1) is applicable on all Companies registered & incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 & other previous laws except One Person Company. The effective date of enforcement of this standard is 1st July, 2015.
A certificate issued under the Common Seal , if any, of the Company or signed by 2 Director or by a Director or a Company Secretary, wherever the Company has appointed a Company Secretary, specifying the shares held by the person , shall be prima facie evidence of the title of the person to such shares.( Bare Act Language).
A Company shall enter into any contract or arrangement with a Related Party only after taking consent of Board of Directors BY PASSING Board Resolution at Board Meeting with Respect to : 1. Sale, purchase or supply of any goods or materials 2. Appointment of any agent for purchase or sale of goods, materials , services or property
Company is a legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders, to apply to the government for an independent organization to be created, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money.
Where a winding up order is passed by court but before final dissolution of company and a reference is made to BIFR under Section 15 of SICA, and then a question will arise that if provisions of Companies Act will prevail or provisions of SICA will prevail. Various courts have discussed this issue in different matters.
Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014, namely: 1. (1) These rules may be called the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Amendment Rules, 2016.
Every company, existing on or before the commencement of this Act which is required to comply with the provisions of this sub-section, shall comply with requirements of this sub-section within a period which shall not be later than the date of the first annual general meeting of the company held, within the period specified under sub-section (1) of section 96, after three years from the date of commencement of this Act
Transfer of Shares: The price as applicable to transfer of shares from resident to non-resident as per the pricing guidelines laid down by the Reserve Bank from time to time, where the issue of shares is on preferential allotment Retention of Amount in Foreign Currency Account : Indian companies which are eligible to issue shares […]
