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...
Transmission of shares is a process by operation of law where under the Shares are registered in a Company in the name of deceased person or an insolvent person are registered in the name of his legal heirs by the Company on proof of death or insolvency as the case may be.
The Auditing and Assurance Standards Board of ICAI has brought out Guidance Note on the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 for the benefit of the members. The Guidance Note was initially developed by three expert groups constituted by the Board for this purpose and thereafter finalised with the contribution of all the members of the Board and the Council.
This article throws light on the situation pertaining to the aspect of employee retention for basic start up business and businesses which are already established. Promoters today have huge cost of retention and gone are those days when people stay for 30-40 years in a company i.e from their young 20’s to their super annuation 60
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (5) and (6) of section 125 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rules 5 and 7 of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Appointment of Chairperson and Members, holding meetings and provision for offices and officers) Rules, 2016 (herein after referred to as the said rules), the Central Government hereby constitutes the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority consisting of following persons, namely:-
It has been more than 15 years that we first heard about National Company Law Tribunal [NCLT] & National Company Law Appellate Tribunal [NCLAT]. Way back in 2001. Why did it take so long for a body like this to be a reality? Why did it not see any light of the day so far? What caused the delay?
What is One Person Company? Section 2 (62) of Companies Act 2013 defines ONE PERSON COMPANY- Means a Company which has only one person as a Member.
CA Rahul Modi Applicability :- Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016 is Applicable to all companies except the following type of Companies :- 1. Banking companies 2. Insurance Companies 3. Section 8 Companies 4. One person Companies It also exempts private companies (not being subsidiary or holding company of a public company ) upon fulfillment of […]
AS PER SECTION-117 OF COMPANIES ACT, 2013: Sub- Section 1 of Section- 117: A Copy Of Every Resolution or any agreement, in respect of matters specified in sub-section (3) *** together with the explanatory statement under section 102, if any, annexed to the notice calling the meeting in which the resolution is proposed, shall be […]
In old Companies Act, 1956 Ministry had issued name availability guidelines by way of (Companies (Name Availability) Rules, updated in 2011). In the new Companies Act, 2013 name availability guidelines for Company are given under Rule 8 of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014. Given below are precautions that must be kept in mind while applying […]
Applicability of Accounting Standards amended by MCA vide Notification dated March 30, 2016 1. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, vide Notification No. G.S.R. 739(E), dated 7th December, 2006, notified Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules 2006, in the Official Gazette Rule 1, sub-rule (2), provided that the said Rules “shall come into force on the […]
