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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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, ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
Section 611 of the Companies Act, 1956 provided for payment of filing fees in accordance with Schedule X to that Act. There is no Schedule in the Companies Act, 2013 for ‘filing fees’. Accordingly, section 403 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides for payment of filing fees as prescribed by rules made under the Companies Act, 2013. Rule 12 and Table annexed to Companies (Registration Offices & Fees) Rules, 2014, prescribed the Fee.
CS Santosh Pandey As per the provision of Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013- No Company shall directly or indirectly give loan to any of its directors or any other person in whom the director is interested, or provide any guarantee or security in connection with the loan taken by him or other person. […]
It has been decided to relax the additional fee payable on forms AOC-4 and AOC-4 XBRL upto 30th November, 2015. The additional fee requirement for MGT-7 E-Form is also relaxed for all such forms filed till 30th November, 2015, wherever additional fee is applicable.
1. Draft the ESOP scheme. 2. Convene the Board Meeting and pass the scheme. 3. Call the general meeting to approve the scheme by Shareholders. The following disclosure will be made in the explanatory statement annexed to the notice for passing of the resolution-
Since , MCA had issued notification vide GSR 464(E) dated on June 05, 2015, there are some confusion over on the notification, regarding applicability of particular sections and filing of forms with MCA in respect of Board Resolution and Shareholder Resolutions U/s 117 “Resolution & Agreements To Be Filed”. This article will deal with analysis […]
This section corresponds to Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956 and empowers the central Government to register an association as limited company having charitable objects to promote commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment etc., without adding to its name the words ‘Limited’ ‘Private Limited’.
CS S. Dhanapal Section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013 which contains provisions relating to minutes of Board, General and other meetings and resolutions passed by postal ballot, contains in sub-section 10 that ‘Every company shall observe secretarial standards with respect to general and Board meetings specified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India […]
Every company shall prepare an annual return in the form MGT-7 containing the particulars as they stood on the close of the financial year regarding: its registered office, principal business activities, particulars of its holding, subsidiary and associate companies; its shares, debentures and other securities and shareholding pattern; its indebtedness; its members and debenture-holders along with changes therein since the close of the previous financial year
Prior to Clause (i) of Sub-section 3 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 reporting of internal controls is required under CARO only, However which was limited to adequacy of controls over purchase of inventory and fixed assets and sale of goods and services.
G.S.R. 800(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (5) of Section 211 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) and in supersession of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Additional Director (Capital Market) (Group ‘A’ Post) Recruitment Rules 2006 and the Serious Fraud Investigation Office,
