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, ...
Company Law : Learn how the Companies Act, 2013 regulates managerial remuneration through profit-linked limits, approval requirements, and gover...
Company Law : The article explains that SBI and PNB are statutory bodies created under separate Acts and are therefore not governed by the Compa...
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...
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 : Madhya Pradesh HC dismissed a winding up petition, holding that a bona fide dispute over liability required adjudication before th...
Company Law : The NCLAT held that CFO nominees must satisfy the eligibility requirements under Section 203 of the Companies Act. It set aside th...
Company Law : Where a composite scheme of arrangement satisfies the procedural requirements of sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013 an...
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 ...
Company Law : MCA extends the Companies Compliance Facilitation Scheme, 2026 up to 31 August 2026 due to data center restoration following the...
Company Law : MCA has allowed companies to file Form DPT-3 for FY 2025-26 without additional fees until 31 July 2026 due to disruptions caused b...
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...
(i) A private placement offer cannot be made to more than 200 people in aggregate in a financial year excluding “qualified institutional buyers” and employees of the company being offered securities under a scheme of employee’s stock option as per provisions of clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 62.
Secretarial standard on general meeting issued by the Institute of company secretaries of India and approved by central government. The aim of secretarial standard is to promote good corporate governance. The standards are basically compilation of good secretarial practices with a view to ensure proper corporate governance.
Section 8 Company Introduction Section 8 Company is a Company licensed under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act), erstwhile known as Section 25 Company under the Companies Act, 1956, which has main object; For promoting commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment or any such other […]
The disclosure of interest by a director is a statutory duty arising out of distinctive position held by him. Such position does pose some ambiguity. It is very well possible that in the first instance even a director may not be able to give a clear reply about his legal position.
Why Auditing Standards are Important?? Auditing Standards are mandatory to be by followed by practitioners under the direction issued by the council of ICAI. If not complied with Auditing Standards in performing Assurance Engagement
In simple words, an ordinary resolution is a resolution passed by the shareholders of a company by a simple majority of more than 50% of the votes. An ordinary resolution is the most common method by which a corporate entity conducts its business or the Board of directors seeks shareholder approval of its actions.
NBFC registration Why? Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are fast emerging as an important segment of Indian financial system. It is an heterogeneous group of institutions (other than commercial and co-operative banks) performing financial intermediation in a variety of ways, like accepting deposits, making loans and advances, leasing, hire purchase, etc. They raise funds from the […]
Format of Cover Page of Notice of the Annual General Meeting Date: (Date of Notice) Dear Members/Directors/Auditor, You are cordially invited to attend the Annual General Meeting (the ‘AGM’) of the members of (Name of Company) (the ‘Company’) to be held on (Day of AGM), (Date of AGM), 2015 at (Time of AGM) at (Venue […]
Companies Act, 2013 castes a hell lot of responsibilities in the form of numerous disclosures and presentation requirements which has resulted in a lot of complexities to the auditors and Board of Directors of the company. To add further, MCA has been issuing notifications in the form of providing amendments, clarifications etc.
The number of companies, registered with Registrar of Companies as on 30.06.2015, State/UT-wise, is given in Annex-I. The State/UT-wise and category-wise (struck-off and liquidated) number of closed companies during the last three financial years and the current financial year (up to 30.06.2015), is given in Annex-II. The Government of India has formulated No scheme for […]
