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.
Corporate Law : Understand foreign contribution, FCRA eligibility, Section 2(1)(h), Section 3 prohibitions, and registration requirements under th...
Company Law : Learn which companies must file MGT-7 or MGT-7A, when MGT-8 certification is mandatory, and how the Companies (Management and Admi...
CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
Company Law : Learn how the Companies Act, 2013 regulates managerial remuneration through profit-linked limits, approval requirements, and gover...
Company Law : The article explains that SBI and PNB are statutory bodies created under separate Acts and are therefore not governed by the Compa...
Company Law : ICSI has urged the MCA to ensure eligible companies comply with Section 203 by appointing Whole-time Company Secretaries. The repr...
Corporate Law : NSO has launched the Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) to collect comprehensive economic and oper...
Company Law : ICSI has requested the MCA to grant compliance relaxations following technical disruptions caused by the Data Centre fire. The pro...
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 : Madhya Pradesh HC dismissed a winding up petition, holding that a bona fide dispute over liability required adjudication before th...
Company Law : The NCLAT held that CFO nominees must satisfy the eligibility requirements under Section 203 of the Companies Act. It set aside th...
Company Law : Where a composite scheme of arrangement satisfies the procedural requirements of sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013 an...
Company Law : NCLT Mumbai compounded the offence for failure to hold the AGM within the time prescribed under Section 96 of the Companies Act, 2...
Company Law : The NCLT Ahmedabad refused to condone a 4,215-day delay in filing an appeal for restoration of a struck-off company. The Tribunal ...
Company Law : MCA extends the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 up to 31 August 2026 due to data center restoration following the...
Company Law : MCA has allowed companies to file Form DPT-3 for FY 2025-26 without additional fees until 31 July 2026 due to disruptions caused b...
Company Law : MCA notifies the New Development Bank under Section 2(11)(ii) of the Companies Act, 2013, specifying it as a body corporate for th...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai penalized a director after Form AOC-4 contained an incorrect AGM due date. The order emphasizes that directors are resp...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai imposed a penalty after finding that an individual held two Director Identification Numbers in violation of Section 155...
Reporting on Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Subsection 143(3) of the Companies Act, 2013- Application of principles of SA 265- SA 265 guides the auditor on how to determine if there are deficiencies in internal control and how these deficiencies observed by him could be considered as significant and the manner of communicating such deficiencies to the management and those charged with governance.
Amitav Ganguly Background The Board of Directors {Board} of a company is its highest decision making organ. However the shareholders’ jurisdictions always exist as per the scheme of the Company jurisprudence. The directors constituting the Board act collectively, as well as individually, depending upon the position they hold and the authorities granted to them by […]
Right Issue-{Section 62 (1) (a) of Companies Act, 2013}- 1) A Company can issue equity shares to its existing shareholders in proportion to the paid-up capital of the Company by sending offer letter to them.
The existing sub-clause (ix), of rule 2(1)(c) Compulsory convertible bonds or debentures convertible within a period of five years are included in ‘exempt Deposits’, under the extant rules, Now, it covers these compulsorily convertible bonds or debentures convertible within a period of up to ten years (instead of five years) in ‘exempt Deposits’.
For easy reference for our members and students, we have chapter wise compiled all the Rules, amendment Rules, Circulars, Removal of Difficulties order (RODs) and Notifications in an easy to use format, in tabular form.
1. Company- Annual return in a layman’s term means a return which a company is required to file annually and further it is a snapshot of company information as they stood on the close of the financial year. Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 deals with filling of Annual Return of a Company
While there may be no single universally accepted definition of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), each definition that currently exists underpins the impact that businesses have on society at large and the societal expectations of them. Although the roots of CSR lie in philanthropic activities
This petition for winding up has been preferred by the company itself without referring to the relevant clause of Section 433 of the Companies Act, 1956 (‘the Act’ in short), however, in course of argument it was informed that the petition is under Section 433 (e) of the Act.
Now the Corporate(s) instituted rigorous policy to allow employees to bring unethical and illegal practices to the frontage to encourage openness. Although some of the companies already have a Whistle-Blower policy as a good corporate governance practice, other companies to which Vigil (Whistle-Blower) Mechanism is applicable have framed
Introduction: The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 16, 2016. It seeks to amend the Companies Act, 2013. Through this article an attempt has been made to analyze the effect of such proposed amendments.
