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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
Carrying on business activities entails many issues one of which is parties entering into various contracts which lay down the terms and conditions. Although, generally, efforts are made for unhindered implementation of the contracts, it may so happen that, in their performance, disputes could arise which the existing stipulations could not have taken into account.
Companies (i.e Public and Private) are required to file various resolutions and agreement in e-form MGT-14 with RoC under the Companies Act 2013. Provisions are as under:- Section 117(Resolutions & Agreement to be file) of the Act; Section 179(3) (Powers of the Board) read with rule 8 of the Act and Under various other Sections and Rules of the Act.
Nidhi Companies in India were created for cultivating the habit of small savings targeted at the lower and middle class. Its investment structure consists of realigning funds within a growing group of members who benefit from returns at fixed durations.
An auditor appointed under section 139 of Companies Act 2013, can resign after his or her appointment. When an auditor ceases to hold office after resignation as company auditor, the auditor is obliged under section 140 of companies act 2013 read with rule 8 of the companies (audit and auditors) rules, 2014 to notify registrar of companies or ROC within 30 days from the date of resignation by Fling a statement in the prescribed form ADT3.
Through this write up an attempt has been made to share the basic procedure for conversion of Private Company into Public Company under Companies Act, 2013. Through this write up we’ll also discuss the relevant provisions for this conversion under Companies Act, 1956 so that we can figure out the difference between new act and old act.
Differences between Public Limited Company, Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), Private Limited Company and One Person Company [OPC]
Following the amendments to Companies Act, 2013- to increase the ease of doing business, it has become imperative to analyse and ascertain the changes brought with respect to holding-subsidiary transactions under Companies Act, 2013. Several major changes have been brought to the Companies Act, 2013 by the COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015. Two of the major changes impacting the holding-subsidiary transactions are as follows:
Earlier, the depreciation on fixed assets of companies are regulated by Schedule XIV of Companies Act, 1956 along with Accounting Standard 6 and guidelines issued by ICAI. The positions has been changed from Financial Year 2014-15, which has created curiosities in various professional. The ICAI has issued guidance for clarification of various provisions of Schedule II.
Corporate fraud is a major problem that is increasing both in its frequency and severity. Research evidence has shown that growing number of frauds have undermined the integrity of financial reports, contributed to substantial economic losses, and eroded investors’ confidence regarding the usefulness and reliability of financial statements. The increasing rate of whitecollar crimes demands […]
The terms merger and amalgamation have not been defined in the Companies Act, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) though this voluminous piece of legislation contains 69 definitions in Section 2. The terms merger and amalgamation are synonyms and the term ‘amalgamation’, as per Concise Oxford Dictionary, Tenth Edition, means, ‘to combine or unite to form one organization […]
