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 : The issue revolves around the complexities in transferring shares without nomination. The framework allows direct vesting of share...
Company Law : The issue examines whether delayed adjustment of advances automatically triggers deposit classification. The key takeaway is that ...
Company Law : The procedure outlines steps for altering the Memorandum of Association, including board approval, shareholder resolution, and reg...
Company Law : The Bill decriminalises minor offences by converting them into civil penalties, reducing fear of prosecution for procedural lapses...
Company Law : The amendment merges 11 forms into two streamlined frameworks to reduce compliance burden. The key takeaway is faster, simpler com...
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...
Corporate Law : The order permits single judicial members to handle procedural and uncontested matters. It ensures faster case disposal while pres...
Company Law : A director was penalized for holding two DINs in violation of statutory provisions. The key takeaway is that even inadvertent non-...
Company Law : The company failed to conduct the required number of board meetings and exceeded statutory time gaps. The key takeaway is that str...
Company Law : Filing incorrect details in statutory forms attracts penalties even if later corrected. The key takeaway is that rectification doe...
Company Law : The case involved non-maintenance of a functional registered office, evidenced by undelivered official communication. The authorit...
In order to ensure corporate governance and proper compliances of provisions of Companies Act, 1956, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided vide General Circular No33/2011, Dated 01.06.2011 that from 3rd July, 2011 all the Companies will have to file their updated Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss Accounts and Annual Return with the Registrar of Companies before recording any event based information / changes made and no request, whether oral, in writing or through e-forms will be accepted in this regard.
Speaking about corporate governance initiatives taken during the UPA regime, the government in its ‘Report to the People’ said, The bill (Companies Bill 2009) incorporates a number of investor protection measures and it will encourage responsible corporate behaviour through innovative provisions of law.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has clarified that that a shareholder of the company may participate in a general meeting under the provisions of Companies Act, 1956 through electronic mode. The Clarification is a sequel to the representations being received by the Ministry from various Industry bodies to recognize participation by shareholders in meetings under the Companies Act, 1956 through electronic mode after it took a Green initiative in the Corporate Governance by allowing paperless compliances by the Companies after considering sections 2, 4, 5, 13 and 81 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 for legal validity of compliances under Companies Act, 1956 through electronic mode.
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued clarification on loan to Public Limited Companies under Section 295 of the Companies Act. A circular issued by the Ministry in this regard says that it has come to the notice of the Ministry that some Companies are making applications for getting prior approval of Central Government when they propose to make any loan to, or give any guarantee or provide any security in connection with a loan made by any person to a Public Limited Company of which any such Director is a Director or a member even when the proposal does not fall under Section 295 (d) and Section 295 (e) of the Companies Act 1956.
The new Companies Bill, which seeks to replace a 50-year-old Act, will come up for consideration and passage in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. “The Companies Bill will come in for discussion in Parliament in the Monsoon Session,” the Corporate Affairs Minister, Mr Murli Deora, told reporters on the sidelines of a FICCI event here today.
The effect of the notification shall require the Companies including Government Companies to include a statement showing the name of every specified employee of the Company in their Board Report pursuant to Section 217 (2A) of the Companies Act 1956 read with Companies (Particulars of Employees) Amendment Rules, 2011 which provides:
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section of section 620A read with sub-section (1) of section 637A of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Notification of the Government of India, the erstwhile Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Company Law Administration) No. G.S.R. 978 dated 28th May, 1963 and published in the Gazette of India, in Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) dated 28th May, 1963 as amended by No. G.S.R. 84(E), dated 23rd February, 1988 and No. G.S.R. 517(E), dated 31st August, 2006.
As you are aware, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had earlier announced on its website that the revised Schedule VI is applicable from the financial year 2010-11 onwards. On 25 March 2011, the MCA has changed this note on the website to state that the revised Schedule VI will apply from 1 April 2011. […]
The Company Law Board (CLB) today declared the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) convened by IFCI for the appointment of an additional director on the board of Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI) invalid. The CLB bench of Justice D R Deshmukh, while declaring the EGM null and void, said, “The meeting was convened in the violation of its earlier order.”
The Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced today that the Government has set up a Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission under the Chairmanship of Justice B. N. Srikrishna in pursuance of the announcement made in Budget 2010-11. The Commission will rewrite and streamline the financial sector laws, rules and regulations and bring them in harmony with the requirement of a modern financial sector. It will complete its work in 24 months.
