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...
Section 159,160,161,162 & Schedule V deals with the Annual Return & related provisions under Companies Act,1956. But in Companies Act, 2013 all these sections are combined together in one Section namely – 92.
CA Himanshu Sharma Introduction – By Introduction of Companies Act,2013, Ministry of company affair has brought massive changes i.e. maximum of exemptions which were available to private companies under companies act,1956 have been withdrawn, lot of changes in acceptance of deposit rules through which private companies were not allowed to accept loan from relative and […]
As per Companies Act 2013 all Indian Companies shall comply with Corporate Social Responsibility requirements w.e.f 01.04.2014. All companies havinga net worth of Rs. five hundred Crore or more, or turnover of Rs. one thousand crore or more or a net profit of rupees five crore or more during a financial yearshall constitute a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Issuing shares to a select group of people like friends & family, angels or VC? Brace up, the new Companies Act 2013, provides for lengthy compliance procedures. Unlike before, even a private limited company has to follow the processes for private placement of securities. Securities means equity shares, preference shares and debentures, convertible instruments, redeemable […]
If the issuance of security is for a select group of people, called Private Placement, please refer to our post here- Private Placement under the Companies Act, 2013. If you wish to issue shares to existing equity shareholders, then read on. When a company proposes to increase the share capital by issue of equity, convertible […]
To make things absolutely clear it is hereby notified that the financial statements (and documents required to be attached thereto), auditors report and Board’s report in respect of financial years that commenced earlier than 1st April, 2014 shall be governed by the relevant provisions/Schedules/rules of the Companies Act, 1956.
Loans are the major source of funding for most of the Companies apart from their Share Capital. Companies borrow from various sources like banks and various other financial institutions. Where public limited companies borrow from mass public by accepting public deposits private companies are strictly prohibited from accepting any loan or deposits from the public. […]
Restriction on granting of loan to its directors by a company and other entities in which directors are interested has been one of the most touching issues in the Companies Act, 2013, since 12th September 2013, when Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified 98 Sections of the Companies Act, 2013 to become effective and applicable from that date.
Effective Date for CSR Applicability – Section 135 of the Companies Act 2013, Schedule VII and the relevant rules, namely Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 have been notified to become effective from 01st April 2014 vide MCA notification dated 27.02.2014.
283 sections of the Companies Act 2013 have been made effective now. Private Companies have also been brought under the purview of the compliances of Companies Act 2013. Earlier private companies were allowed to take loans from relatives and shareholders which were the major sources of funds for most of the private companies apart from banks.
