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...
The government is likely to soon give its nod to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) for initiating prosecution against the persons involved in the Rs 7,800 crore-accounting fraud at Satyam Computer Services. The ministry of corporate affairs is in consultation with the law ministry and will take a decision on filing cases in the Satyam […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has vide notification1 dated 31 March 2009 relaxed the provisions of Accounting Standard (AS) 11, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates2 in so far as they relate to the recognition of losses or gains arising on restatement of long-term foreign currency monetary items. By another notification3 consequential amendments to […]
The government may exempt partnership firms and limited companies from paying stamp duty while converting into limited liability partnerships (LLPs), a way of doing business that is favoured globally for its flexibility. The government will amend the Income Tax Act later this year to provide a tax regime for LLPs, which are being incorporated from […]
The sum due as referred to under section 434 of the Companies Act, 1956 must mean what has fructified and can not merely be a contingent liability or deferred payment; if the liability has not fructified within 21 days from the time the date of service of notice, it cannot be said to be a debt which company is unable to pay, in order that the Court could find a justification for winding up the company.
Standard-11 relating to The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates earlier prescribed under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules 2006 has been now amended by the Central Government, in terms of the powers conferred on them under the Companies Act, 1956, vide Notification dated 31st March, 2009. The said Notification contains an amendment i.e. a new Paragraph-46 to be inserted in the AS-11 earlier prescribed as aforementioned.
It’s a measure of efficiency & governance : Kunal Banerjee President, ICWAI Corporate governance has taken centre-stage in all business models since the Enron debacle. But recent happenings have shown that a governance structure should also support an organisation’s efforts to improve performance. There is a need to move from compliance governance to business governance. […]
Originally the ancestor of the plaintiffs and the defendants, namely, B had started a proprietary concern. His son constituted six private limited companies and registered them under the Companies Act, 1956, and all the shareholders of these companies being the heirs of the late B, the companies were family concerns. The Defendants Nos. 2 to 6 started defendants Nos. 7 to 12 companies out of the funds of the original concern.
Prosecutions have been filed in 110 cases for violations of various provisions of the Companies Act, 1956,” the minister said in a written reply to a question on the issue of vanishing companies. A Coordination and Monitoring Committee (CMC), co-chaired by MCA Secretary and Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman, is looking into the issue of vanishing companies, their promoters and monitoring the progress of action taken against them.
The government is set to empower ordinary shareholders of the eight lakh domestic companies by encouraging them to critically examine the decisions of the companies, and if they feel something amiss, complain to the government.
THE Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered an inspection of the accounts of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. under Section 209A of the Companies Act that brings in its ambit the subsidiaries too. The Ministry has also ordered serious frauds investigation under Section 235 of the Act.
