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.
Company Law : The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance, digital compliance, and globa...
CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how buy-back taxation shifted from company-level tax to shareholder taxation under the Finance Act, 2024 and ...
Fema / RBI : RBI has created a new category called Unregistered Type 1 NBFC for companies operating only with internal or group funds and witho...
Company Law : Registrar of Companies clarified that Section 155 absolutely prohibits holding more than one DIN. Penalties were imposed even thou...
Company Law : This guide explains the complete process for quick Private Limited Company registration in India, including required documents, DS...
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 : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...
Company Law : ICSI highlights delays in marking defective forms by RoCs under CCFS 2026. It urges MCA to mandate time-bound processing or allow ...
Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...
Company Law : Legal Analysis and Narrative Brief: Dale and Carrington Investment Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others (Supreme Cou...
Company Law : The case examined whether Tribunal approval was required for extending preference share redemption. It was held that such extensio...
Company Law : The Tribunal held that allegations of siphoning ₹30 lakh were not supported by any evidence tracing funds to the respondent. Mer...
Company Law : The Court held that a separate meeting of sub-class shareholders is not required when identical terms are offered to the entire cl...
Company Law : Supreme Court held that section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013 doesn’t require mandatory obtaining or circulating of formal valua...
Company Law : ROC Delhi imposed penalties under Section 450 after a company failed to appoint an internal auditor despite crossing prescribed fi...
Company Law : ROC Delhi imposed penalties after a company failed to form Audit and Nomination Committees despite crossing the prescribed turnove...
Company Law : ROC Kolkata imposed penalties after a company incorrectly reported that consolidated financial statements were not applicable in i...
Company Law : ROC Kolkata penalized a company and its directors for not appointing a woman director after turnover crossed ₹300 crore. The ord...
Company Law : ROC Uttar Pradesh imposed penalties under Section 134(8) after finding that the company’s directors failed to provide comments o...
As per the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section 1 of section 62 of the Companies Act, 2013, where at any time, a Company having a share capital proposes to increase its subscribed capital by the issue of further shares, then such shares shall always be offered to persons, who, at the date of the offer, are holders of equity shares of the Company, in proportion as nearly as circumstances admit, to the paid-up share capital on those shares
In continuation of this Ministry’s General Circular 14/2015 dated 28.10.2015, keeping in view requests received from various stakeholders, it has been decided to relax the additional fees payable on e-forms AOC4, AOC (CFS) AOC-4 XBRL and e- Form MGT-7 upto 30.12,2015, wherever additional fee is applicable.
What the new Act say? Who needs certification and who can do? Signing requirement for Annual returns? One person Company and Small Company – By CS or Director. Listed Companies and Other Companies having Paid up 10 Cr or More or having turnover 50 Cr or more – by Director and CS and Certified by PCS. Other than above Companies – By Director and CS – if no CS then PCS
Section 47 of Companies Act, 2013 provides for voting rights of the shareholders. The same corresponds to Section 87 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Act, 1956). Section 87 of Act, 1956 clearly demarcated the rights of cumulative and non-cumulative preference shareholders in case of default in payment of dividend; whereas Section 47 of Act, 2013 does not provide for the same.
The new SEBI Regulation has made provisions for disclosure of all material events / information to Stock Exchanges{ where the securities of a company are listed } relating to the company and its material subsidiaries, if any, and complying with requirements in this regard in order attain transparency and good corporate governance.
Board Meetings are considered to be important part of every organisation in building Strong Financial Position, Qualitative Management Decisions, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Employee Relationship, Future Prospects of the Company and many more in the bucket.
Before introduction of INC29, to incorporate a company requires 5 forms (DIR-3, INC-1, INC-7, DIR-12, INC-22) to be filled. INC-29 (Integrated incorporation process) reduces burden of filling all the forms. Compared to the old process, it has the potential to save you a lot of time, if properly implemented.
The article briefly explains the concept of Forensic Auditing and the use of the technique in the detection of the frauds. The relevance of the concept has been highlighted -especially in the emerging scenario of continuous development in the fields of accounting and auditing. The article also touches upon the various inter-related concepts and the vital areas where the technique of Forensic Auditing can be best used in detecting the misappropriations and manipulations in the financial as well as operational matters.
Identity proof of applicant-PAN is mandatory for Indian residents and passport is mandatory for foreign nationals. Address proof of applicant-Passport/Voter ID Card/Driving License/Aadhar Card not older than two months.Passport size photograph of the applicant.
Corporate Governance is based on principles such as -Conducting the business with all integrity & fairness,- Being transparent with regard to all the transactions,- making all necessary disclosures,- Complying with applicable Law,- Accountability & responsibility towers the stakeholder.
