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.
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...
Company Law : This guide explains the complete process for quick Private Limited Company registration in India, including required documents, DS...
Company Law : A Discussion Perspective A company is owned by its shareholders and managed by its Board of Directors. However, the framework of c...
Company Law : A practical overview of the legal procedure, timelines, and filings required for buy-back of shares, highlighting compliance essen...
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 : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...
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 ...
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 Chennai penalised a company and its director for failing to disclose PAN and e-mail IDs of allottees in Form PAS-3. The order ...
Company Law : ROC Chennai penalised a Nidhi company and its directors for incomplete allottee disclosures in Form PAS-3. The order clarifies tha...
Company Law : ROC Chennai penalised a Nidhi company and its directors for filing incomplete allottee details in Form PAS-3. The ruling clarifies...
Company Law : ROC Chennai penalised a company and its director for filing Form MGT-7 more than 500 days late under Section 92 of the Companies A...
Company Law : ROC Chennai penalised a company and its director for delayed filing of Form MGT-14 relating to approval of financial statements an...
Kushagra Nigam Background One Person Company has opened up new vistas for the young Business entrepreneur’s and Micro businesses. It has been mooted in India by the Companies Act, 2013 after being introduced in many countries years before. It has much less complexities as compared to the Private Ltd. Company or a Public Ltd company. […]
Note on Median Remuneration Calculation as per Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014. Overview: As per Section 197 (12) read with Rule 5 (1) (i) of The Companies (Appointment and Remuneration) Rules, 2014, the listed companies are required to provide the disclosure of the ratio of the remuneration of each director to the median remuneration of the employees of the company for the financial year in the Board’s Report.
The Companies Act, 2013 has introduced new concept of ‘One Person Company’ (herein after referred to as ‘OPC’). Section 3 (1) (c) has been notified vide notification dated 26th March, 2014 and the same shall be effective from 01st April, 2014.
We have already entered in new era of Change called the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’). However, this time change has brought enough reasons to worry and industry is already feeling heat of changes and struggling to cope with the changes due to complexities and additional burden of compliances brought by the Act.
CS Mohit Saluja With the enactment of Companies Act, 2013 w.e.f. April 1, 2014, a new concept called “ONE PERSON COMPANY (OPC)” also came into existence. The legislature were of the view that OPC shall have an edge over the other companies in relation to the benefits being earned w.r.t. holding of Board Meetings/ General […]
The word ‘dividend’ comes from the Latin word ‘dividendum’ (‘thing to be divided’). A dividend is a payment made by a Company to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits. When a company earns a profit or surplus, it can re-invest it in the business (called retained earnings), and pay a fraction of this reinvestment as a dividend to shareholders.
Common seal means the metallic seal of a company which can be affixed only with the approval of the Board of directors of the company. It is the signature of the company to any document on which it is affixed and binds the company for all obligations undertaken in the document.
On the one hand the authorities want us to report any mischief occurred in the Company and on the other hand they are striking off various clauses from our reports through which we could report POSSIBLE FRAUD circumstances, which can become “ACTUAL FRAUD” ingredients later in future.
A Company is a separate legal entity different from its members. So, its affairs are generally done by Board of Directors. The Board of directors provides a road map within its limited power for the progress of a Company. Certain powers are controlled by the boards after getting consent of the company at their general meeting.
Application Guide on the provisions of Schedule II to the Companies Act 2013 by Corporate Laws & Corporate Governance Committee – (10-04-2015) Keeping in view the changing economic environment as well as the growth of our economy, the Companies Act, 2013 was enacted to improve corporate governance and to further strengthen regulations for the companies. […]
