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 : Learn which companies must file MGT-7 or MGT-7A, when MGT-8 certification is mandatory, and how the Companies (Management and Admi...
CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
Company Law : Learn how the Companies Act, 2013 regulates managerial remuneration through profit-linked limits, approval requirements, and gover...
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 : The article examines the Hamlin Trust ruling, where the NCLAT held that CFO appointments must satisfy Section 203 eligibility requ...
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...
Company Law : Provisional list of audit firms of listed companies yet to file NFRA-2 for 2023-24. Filing deadline was 30.11.2025; fines apply fo...
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...
Company Law : Where a composite scheme of arrangement satisfies the procedural requirements of sections 230 to 232 of the Companies Act, 2013 an...
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...
Penalties for violating Section 197 of Companies Act as company paid managerial remuneration to a director exceeding requisite approvals
Adjudicating Officer concluded that there was a violation of Section 204 and imposed a penalty of Rs. 2,00,000/- on Secretarial Auditors.
MCA imposes penalty under section 378ZA(10) of section 378ZA(10) of Companies Act, 2013 as company failed to file proceedings of the annual general meeting, along with report of Board of Directors, audited balance sheet, and profit and loss statements.
The Registrar of Companies, Hyderabad recently imposed a penalty of INR 2,00,00,000/- (Two Crore only) on a company and its officer in default. Additionally, the company has been directed to refund all the money accepted in violation of section 42 of the Act, along with interest. The penalty was imposed because the company failed to […]
Company had issued a private placement offer letter before filing the relevant special resolution in the registry, which is a violation of Section 42(3) of the Companies Act, 2013, read with Rule 14(8) of the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014.
Strike off simply means close, Strike off a company simply means removal of name of the company from Register of Company. By the process of Strike off, business operation of a company comes to an end. Under Companies Act, 2013, there are provisions for strike off of a company.
Bombay High Court held that since the Commissioner failed to complete the assessment for the relevant years within a period of ten years of issuing the initial notice in Form-H, the notice is quashed.
The Registrar of Companies (ROC) in Delhi has recently imposed penalties on a company, including its Independent Directors (ID) and Non-Executive Directors (NED), for violations related to the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions under Section 135(5) of the Companies Act, 2013. The case involves the company’s failure to spend the required amount on CSR activities […]
KMPs who did not hold Board positions would not be liable under section 135. But all the directors as on that relevant date would be liable on account of the failure to discharge an obligation cast upon them by the law.
ROC Hyderabad penalizes Thrissur Expressway Limited and its officers Rs. 3.75 Lakhs for not appointing an internal auditor, violating Section 138 of Companies Act.
