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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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Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Reimagining India’s Corporate Governance Landscape

Company Law : The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance, digital compliance, and globa...

May 15, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

Buy-back Taxation under Income Tax Act, 2025

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how buy-back taxation shifted from company-level tax to shareholder taxation under the Finance Act, 2024 and ...

May 14, 2026 525 Views 0 comment Print

Unregistered Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

Fema / RBI : RBI has created a new category called Unregistered Type 1 NBFC for companies operating only with internal or group funds and witho...

May 13, 2026 312 Views 1 comment Print

Surrender of Duplicate Director Identification Number (DIN)

Company Law : Registrar of Companies clarified that Section 155 absolutely prohibits holding more than one DIN. Penalties were imposed even thou...

May 13, 2026 189 Views 0 comment Print

How to Register a Private Limited Company Fast in India?

Company Law : This guide explains the complete process for quick Private Limited Company registration in India, including required documents, DS...

May 13, 2026 231 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Provisional List of 1314 Audit Firms Missing NFRA-2 Filings for 2024-2025

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...

May 10, 2026 4593 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Flags MCA-21 V3 Portal Issues, Seeks Urgent Compliance Fixes

Company Law : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...

May 8, 2026 16830 Views 0 comment Print

NFRA issues Audit Quality Inspection Guidelines

Company Law : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...

May 1, 2026 735 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Seeks Refiling Option for Annual Forms Under CCFS 2026

Company Law : ICSI highlights delays in marking defective forms by RoCs under CCFS 2026. It urges MCA to mandate time-bound processing or allow ...

April 18, 2026 1788 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Request MCA to permit filing of Forms during liquidation process

Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...

April 18, 2026 1368 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Dale & Carrington Vs. P.K. Prathapan (2004): Legal Analysis & Narrative Brief

Company Law : Legal Analysis and Narrative Brief: Dale and Carrington Investment Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others (Supreme Cou...

April 6, 2026 384 Views 0 comment Print

NCLT Dismisses Plea as Preference Share Extension Within 20-Year Limit Needs No Approval

Company Law : The case examined whether Tribunal approval was required for extending preference share redemption. It was held that such extensio...

April 3, 2026 327 Views 0 comment Print

Absence of Entries Not Proof of Fraud; NCLT Upholds Strict Proof Standard Under Section 66

Company Law : The Tribunal held that allegations of siphoning ₹30 lakh were not supported by any evidence tracing funds to the respondent. Mer...

March 28, 2026 321 Views 0 comment Print

No Separate Meeting Needed When Same Terms Apply to Entire Shareholder Class: Calcutta HC

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...

March 18, 2026 243 Views 0 comment Print

No statutory mandate for valuation report for reduction of share capital: SC

Company Law : Supreme Court held that section 66 of the Companies Act, 2013 doesn’t require mandatory obtaining or circulating of formal valua...

March 12, 2026 1266 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Company & Directors Penalised for 1802-Day Delay in Internal Auditor Appointment

Company Law : ROC Delhi imposed penalties under Section 450 after a company failed to appoint an internal auditor despite crossing prescribed fi...

May 15, 2026 57 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Imposes Penalty for Failure to form Audit & Nomination Committees

Company Law : ROC Delhi imposed penalties after a company failed to form Audit and Nomination Committees despite crossing the prescribed turnove...

May 15, 2026 66 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Penalises Wrong AOC-4 XBRL Filing for CFS Disclosure Error

Company Law : ROC Kolkata imposed penalties after a company incorrectly reported that consolidated financial statements were not applicable in i...

May 15, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Failure to Appoint Woman Director Within Time Limit Attracts ₹5 Lakh Penalty

Company Law : ROC Kolkata penalized a company and its directors for not appointing a woman director after turnover crossed ₹300 crore. The ord...

May 15, 2026 36 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Imposes Penalty as Directors Failed to Explain Auditor Qualifications in Board’s Report

Company Law : ROC Uttar Pradesh imposed penalties under Section 134(8) after finding that the company’s directors failed to provide comments o...

May 15, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print


Statutory Registers to be maintained under Companies Act, 2013

September 12, 2015 208672 Views 6 comments Print

The Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made there under lays down that every Company incorporated under the Act has to maintain Statutory Registers.

Annual Compliances–Category Wise as Per Companies Act 2013

September 11, 2015 13849 Views 8 comments Print

The introduction of the New Companies Act, 2013 has lead to increase in the number of forms required to be filed with ROC whether it is in regular course or be it specific event based requirement and also lead to complexities with the procedural requirement associated with the Private Limited Companies.

Understanding sec 188 of companies Act, 2013 with simple flowchart

September 10, 2015 11099 Views 0 comment Print

Sec 188 of Companies Act, 2013 is applicable from 1st April, 2014. Due to its complicated enactment & Rules thereof, many a times students as well as professionals in industry & practice finds it difficult to get a crystal clear idea regarding its applicability, implementation, effect and compliance.

Impact of Company Law Notifications dated- 04/09/2015

September 10, 2015 2895 Views 0 comment Print

MCA has issued three Notification on  4th September, 2015 and has brought some changes. In this article we have discussed those change for easy understanding of our readers :- Notification regarding sub-section (6) of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) Notification regarding sub section (6) of section 129 of the Companies Act, […]

Agenda for Board Meeting Required to be Held before AGM for Private Limited Companies –SS-1

September 9, 2015 269925 Views 13 comments Print

In this article I am going to discuss about the Agenda of Board Meeting required to be held for following purposes: Like: Approval of Directors’ Report/ Annual Account and issue of Notice of AGM. As we know that secretarial Standard on Board Meeting has been applicable from 1st July, 2015. On or after 1st July, 2015 all the Board Meeting will be held as per the SS-1 and Documentation should be as per SS-1.

Form AOC-4 available for e-filing requiring pre-certification by company secretary in practice

September 9, 2015 50249 Views 0 comment Print

CL & G  Dated- September 08, 2015 Subject: Companies (Accounts) Second Amendment Rules, 2015; Notification regarding sub-section (6) of section 129 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) Notification regarding sub-section (1) of section 467 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) Dear Professional Colleagues, The Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its notification […]

Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in XBRL) Rules, 2015

September 9, 2015 16092 Views 0 comment Print

These rules may be called the Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in Extensible Business Reporting Language) Rules, 2015. (2) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

SS-1- A challenge for closely held companies

September 9, 2015 6300 Views 0 comment Print

The SS-1, Secretarial Standard on meetings of the board of directors being effective from 01st July, 2015, were voluntarily adopted by big corporate as a good secretarial practices. But now SS-1 after coming into force made a big challenge for the private companies and unlisted public companies in the practice of preparation of notice of the board/committee meetings and its minutes thereon, along with attendance register and other records.

Financial Statement Consolidation, Where a Company have only Associate or Joint Venture but No Subsidiary

September 9, 2015 135027 Views 12 comments Print

Definition of Subsidiary has been changed under Companies Act 2013 only for the Purpose of Compliance with Section 129(3) which requires a company to prepare and Present consolidated financial statement.

C.A. FINAL -Amendments for Nov 2015 Exam ‘Advanced Auditing and Professional Ethics’

September 6, 2015 3366 Views 0 comment Print

The Article covers notes for CA FInal Students appearing for November 2015 examination and are also useful for others. Articles Covers the topic 1. Audit Report 2. Cost audit 3. CARO and amendment in Professional Ethics related regulations.

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