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...
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CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the introduction of the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014 in Parliament to make certain amendments in the Companies Act, 2013. The Companies Act, 2013 (Act) was notified on 29.8.2013. Out of 470 sections in the Act, 283 sections and […]
We are happy to inform that the Institute has brought out a publication namely ‘Referencer on Pre-certification of e-forms’ under the Companies Act, 2013. Pre-certification of e-forms is an important area of work for the Company Secretaries in practice. MCA has entrusted company secretaries with the responsibility of ensuring reliability of documents filed by companies […]
Every listed company shall have an internal auditor, who may be a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant or any other Professional (i.e. Company Secretary). The scope, functioning, periodicity and methodology for conducting the internal audit shall be decided by Audit Committee in consultation with the internal auditor.
Section 2(91) of the Companies Act, 2013 defines turnover to mean the aggregate value of the realisation of amount made from the sale, supply or distribution of goods or on account of services rendered, or both, by the company during a financial year. This definition has used the words aggregate value of the realisation of amount made instead of aggregate value of the realisation of amount made or to be made
Expert Committee Constituted to Review E-Forms in order to Simplify Procedures for Stakeholders Under the Companies Act The Government has recently constituted an Expert Committee to review e-forms and other overall filing process, in order to simplify procedures for stakeholders. The Committee will (a) review the ‘e-forms’ notified under the Companies Act, 2013, (b) suggest […]
The legislature in their wisdom decided to plug loopholes of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956 by inclusion of various new provisions to prevent frauds in the Companies Act, 2013 which were not a part of the erstwhile Companies Act. The noble intention behind bringing new preventive provisions is to bring more transparency in day to […]
The Companies Act, 2013 was expected to simplify the provisions but on the contrary it brought lot of restriction on doing business. However it is proposed by Ministry of Corporate Affairs to provide various Exemptions to Private Limited Companies. If it approve there will be lot of relaxation to private companies. To take that future advantage many public companies are converting themselves into Private Companies.
Rule 2(e) lays down cost records as books of account relating to utilisation of materials, labour and other items of cost as applicable to the production of goods or provision of services as provided in section 148 of the Act and these rules.
With CSR to be a compulsory compliance for a prescribed set of companies, India has become the first country in the whole world to make it mandatory for the corporate. CSR should not be taken as an obligation but a social responsibility which should be fulfilled strategically, systematically and thoughtfully.
CS Nisha Sharma S.No. Committee/Mechanism to be adopted Applicability Constitution Section and Rules applicable 1. Audit Committee 1. Public Companies having: Paid up share capital>= 10 cr. Turnover>= 100Cr. Aggregate outstanding loans /borrowings/debentures/deposits> =50cr 2. Listed Companies. 1. Minimum 3 directors (Independent directors with majority) Section 177 read with Rule 6 of Companies (Meeting of […]
