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...
Gurminder Dhami Introduction With the dawn of Companies Act, 2013 which strives towards shareholders activism, the shareholders now have an option to cast their vote electronically. The intention is to provide the shareholders opportunity to have their say at the general meeting of a company without even being present at the same. The rules relating […]
CS Divesh Goyal Deposits are crucial Topic under Companies Act, 2013. As the month of March is on its end, most of the companies which have taken loan earlier under the companies act 1956 and have filed DPT-4 in this Financial year declaring that the companies has such and such amount of deposits as on […]
New Company law puts a complete prohibition on grant of loans to Directors and persons in which such directors are interested except a few exceptions. Further the section is applicable on all types of companies, be private or public. Section 185 prohibits the granting of loan or giving of guarantee or providing any security in connection with any loan taken by the director or such other person in which such Director is interested.
REPAYMENT OF DEPOSIT: As per Section 74(1)(b) Every company which have deposit as on 1st April, 2014 or filed DPT-4 for deposits have to repay within one year from such commencement (31st March, 2015) or from the date on which such payments are due, whichever is earlier.
The procedure to close down is dealt with by section 560 of the Companies Act’1956. The sections which deal with the closure of companies under the Companies Act’2013 have not yet been notified therefore the procedure to be followed is that given in section 560 of Companies Act’1956.
Only a private company can be classified as a small company. Holding company, subsidiary company, charitable company and company governed by any Special Act cannot be classified as a small company.For a small company, both conditions to be fulfilled the paid up capital should not exceed Rs. 50 Lac or the turnover as per last statement of profit & loss should not exceed Rs. 2 Crore.
1) RESOLUTION: As per section 117 every Company shall file resolution and agreement with ROC in MGT-14 within 30 days from the date passing of such resolution. We can divide in four category of such resolution which to be file with ROC:- i) Resolution which is prescribed under section 117(3) ii) Resolution which is prescribed under section 179(3) iii) Resolution which is prescribed under Companies Rule 8(5) of (Meeting of Board and its Power) Rule,2014
A. Duties and Liabilities of an Auditor: An auditor is ‘watch dog’ not a ‘blood hound’. Like a dog should bark and chase when something found wrong. Same like that duty of auditor is to verification and detection, but he must go deep if suspicion arises.
The Companies Act 2013 makes it mandatory for corporate houses to spend 2% profit on CSR activities. The government has prepared a list of sanitized Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs), free of any terrorist links or unwanted funding, that can undertake Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities.
CS Nidhi Bothra, CS Vinita Nair Metamorphosis of Company law rules that went bad, changed a caterpillar into an ugly frog. Under the erstwhile (read outdated) system of holding general meetings where the resolutions were put to vote by way of show of hands or a poll could be demanded. Since only such members who […]
