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.
Company Law : A practical overview of the legal procedure, timelines, and filings required for buy-back of shares, highlighting compliance essen...
Company Law : A detailed compliance roadmap covering board meetings, audits, ROC filings, and director duties. It explains mandatory corporate g...
CA, CS, CMA : This update compiles key statutory deadlines across multiple laws for May 2026. It highlights filing requirements under income tax...
Company Law : The scheme allows defaulting companies to regularize filings by paying only 10% of late fees. Key takeaway: CCFS-2026 offers a lim...
Finance : This explains how the regulatory framework strictly governs drug quality, manufacturing, and liability. Courts have clarified that...
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 : The initiative addresses inefficiencies in the current filing system and proposes consolidation and automation. It highlights a sh...
Company Law : The MCA introduced a streamlined process for updating registered email IDs of companies and LLPs. The update ensures seamless rece...
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 : The appellate authority found that the company complied with private placement provisions by safeguarding funds in a separate acco...
Company Law : The issue involved alleged violation in handling share application money under company law. The ruling held that maintaining funds...
Company Law : The issue involved alleged misuse of share application funds under company law provisions. The authority ruled that compliance was...
Company Law : The issue involved non-filing of Form DIR-12 for appointment of a director. The authority held that failure to comply with Section...
Company Law : The issue involved non-filing of Form DIR-12 to report resignation of a director. The authority held that failure to comply with S...
Key Highlights of Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013: Useful Life: Unlike the Companies Act, 1956, Useful life of the asset on the basis of Shift has been prescribed in place of rates of depreciation in the part C Schedule II of the companies Act 2013 as a base for computing depreciation. Now the […]
CS Divesh Goyal SPECIALLY FOR FIRST BOARD MEETING OF PRIVATE COMPANIES As per New Company Law, gap between two board meetings can’t exceed 120 Days. If last board meeting of company was held on 31st March 2014 then next board meeting can be held upto 28th July, 2014 (April 30 days + May 31 Days […]
Notification No. 33/2014-Income Tax Whereas by notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number S.O. 121(E), dated 12-1-2009 issued under clause (b) of the Explanation to section 35AC of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), the Central Government had notified at serial number 22, “Holy Spirit Ashram – expansion of the existing 50 beds general hospital with 100 beds
Doubts have been raised about applicability of sections 139(5) and 139(7) of the Companies Act, 2013 (New Act), which deal with appointment of auditors by Comptroller and Auditor General of India (C&AG), to ‘deemed Government Companies’ referred to in section 619B of the Companies Act 1956 (Old Act) i.e. companies where ownership or control lies with two or more Government companies or corporations etc in the manner detailed in section 619B ibid.
Investment by company: A company shall unless otherwise prescribed, make investment through not more than two layers of investment companies except – if ; (i) a company from acquires any other company incorporated in a country outside India if such other company has investment subsidiaries beyond two layers as per the laws of such country;
1. PROCEDURE FOR ALLOTMENT OF RIGHT ISSUE OF SHARES: ♣ Call a Board meeting by issue notice of meeting. (Draft Format Attached) ♣ Approve right issue including “letter of offer”, which shall include right of renunciation also.(At Board Meeting). (Draft Format Attached) ♣ Send offer letter to all existing members as on the date of offer.(Through registered post or speed post or through electronic mode to all the existing share -holders at least three days before the opening of the issue.)
Shampita Das The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) came out with its latest Notification dated 24th July, 2014, being the second amendment to the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (‘MGT Rule’). Below we present in a tabular format the details of the change alongwith its impact and our analysis on the same. Change and […]
Background One of the contentious issues while implementing corporate decisions is the validity of the resolutions passed under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956 (“1956 Act”) post implementation of the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (“2013 Act”). First Phase of 98 sections of 2013 Act were notified on September 12, 2013. On February […]
The Ministry is leaving no stone unturned to leave matters pertaining to related party and transactions lucid. But is it so is the biggest question. On 24th July, 2014 MCA vide its Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Sixth Order, 2014 (Present Order) amended clause (iv) of Section 2(76) of Companies Act, 2013(Act, 2013). The Present Order is certain to create large amount of outcry among all the companies.
As per section 23 of the Companies Act, 2013 a private company may issue securities- i. by way of rights issue or bonus issue or ii. through private placement -In case of private company either it can issue shares to its existing shareholders by way of rights issue or by way of giving them bonus shares or it can issue securities through private placements.
