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 : 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...
BACKGROUND: Company limited by shares can’t issue any preference shares which are irredeemable. A company limited by shares may, if so authorized by its articles, issue preference shares which are liable to be redeemed within a period not exceeding twenty years from the date of their issue subject to such conditions as may be prescribed: […]
Government Company: means any Company in which not less than 51% (fifty one per cent). of the paid-up share capital is held by:- The Central Government, or Any State Government or Governments, or Partly by the Central Government and partly by one or more State Governments, or includes a Company which is a Subsidiary Company of such a Government Company;
A Company can be incorporated in two ways: 1. Incorporation through normal route 2. Incorporation under Integrated Incorporation form (IIF).
CA Durgesh Kabra Audit Reporting (which is on the basis of the Audit procedures and evidences) is governed by The Companies Act 2013 and relevant rules and standards notified by Central Government or agencies so appointed for the same. As all of us are aware about the Standards on Auditing are applicable to the Auditor […]
As per Section 2(92) of the Companies Act 2013, (corresponding Section 12(2)(c) of the Companies Act, 1956) Unlimited Company means a company not having any limit on the liability of its Members.
After the enactment of the Companies Act, 2013, amongst a no. of core areas, CSR is the one which is much debated and discussed by the Ministry and Law Chambers. This is the area, where the Government has kept an eye since the Draft CSR rules be released. Government is emphasizing on CSR Initiatives by […]
The Companies (Second Amendment) Act, 2002 had provided for the setting up of a NCLT and Appellate Tribunal to replace the existing Company Law Board and Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction. NCLT would be dealing in various matters pertaining to winding up of Companies, Revival and Restructuring which presently hitherto falls under the jurisdiction of High Court and BIFR respectively.
A Private Company (Non-NBFC) is permitted to accept monies (whether secured or unsecured) from its members up to a maximum of 100% of aggregate of its paid up capital and free reserves (which does not include securities premium). This is however, subject to the condition of intimation of details to ROC in prescribed manner.
A special resolution is a resolution where the intention to propose the resolution as special resolution is specified and at-least 3/4th votes required for passing the resolution. Special resolutions are required for important decisions, such as for altering the terms of the articles of association or the memorandum of association, or making some other major or fundamental changes in an organization.
Registrar of Companies (ROCs) were directed to examine documents under Section 234 of the Companies Act, 1956 in the year 2010. ROCs examined documents of the companies located within their jurisdictions and certain violations of the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 were noticed in some cases as per details in Annexure.
