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.
Corporate Law : Understand foreign contribution, FCRA eligibility, Section 2(1)(h), Section 3 prohibitions, and registration requirements under th...
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...
Many relaxations to private Company are not available to subsidiary of public Company. Many relaxations available to a private company are not applicable if that private company is subsidiary of another public Company. Thus, for all practical purpose, the private company is treated as a Public Company.
Post incorporation requirements are obligations which LLP are supposed to fulfill subsequent to incorporation. These include filing of annual returns, change of Partners/ Designated Partners, alteration in Contribution, and change of registered office.
Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) are commercial vehicles which combine the features of partnership and company form of business .The concept of Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) has been introduced in India by way of Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 (notified on 31st March 2008).
In exercise of the power, the Central Government issued Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014, on 30th June 2014. Subsequently Government issued Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Amendment Rules, 2014 on 31st December 2014. The amendment rules has introduced certain changes to the original rules . Thus Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014 read with the Amendment Rules 2014.
The Secretarial Standard 1 seeks to prescribe a set of principles for convening and conduct of Board Meetings. The principles enunciated in this Standard are equally applicable to the meetings of Committees, unless otherwise stated herein or in the Act. The Directors owe a duty to the shareholders and should exercise care, skill and diligence […]
Sending Notice, Agenda, Resolution by Circulation and Minutes of Board Meeting under SS-1-Secretarial Standard on Meetings of Board of Directors ♣ NOTICE – The Notice shall specify the serial number, day, date, time and full address of the venue of the Meeting. ♣ AGENDA- To send Agenda to the Directors at least seven days before […]
Incorporation of Company- Under Section 7 Of Companies Act 2013 read with the Companies (Incorporation ) Rules 2014. For incorporation of a company following steps is required to be followed:-
The Secretarial Standards have been notified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India in the Official Gazette and will take effect from July 1, 2015. Prior to the promulgation of the Companies Act, 2013, the secretarial standards were recommendatory in nature.
Secretarial Standard on General Meeting issued by the Council of the ICSI and approved by Central Government is to be mandatorily adhered by all Companies as per the Provision of Section 118 (10) of Companies Act, 2013.
The Companies Act, 2013 has introduced many new reporting requirements for the statutory auditors of companies. One of these requirements is given under the sub-section 12 of Section 143 of the Companies Act, 2013 which requires the statutory auditors to report to the Central Government about the fraud/suspected fraud committed against the company by the officers or employees of the company.
