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...
With the Regulators raining plethora of amendments, we have updated (updations highlighted in Red font) the Annual compliance Calendar for Equity Listed and Unlisted entities encompassing updates till 30 September 2021 over our previous avatar released last year, to de-mystify and simplify the compliances for Equity Listed Companies, so that compliances for the month/year are visible […]
Deposits are a means through which companies generally acquire funding. When the Directors are not in the verge to dilute their stake, they may opt for deposits from public at large. Section 73 to 76 of the Companies Act 2013 read with Rules made under Chapter V of the Companies Act, 2013 regulate the invitation […]
Over the years, for violations under the Companies Act, 2013 the government had been filing criminal cases as per the provisions of the Act. Out of more than 40,000 cases filed under the Companies Act, 1956 and Companies Act, 2013, almost 39,000 cases (more than 97 per cent) did not involve lapses of serious nature.
Applicable Provisions: Section 455 of the Companies Act, 2013 Where a company is formed and registered for a future project or to hold an asset or intellectual property and has no significant accounting transaction, such company or an inactive company may make an application to the Registrar for obtaining a status of the dormant company. […]
Reply To NFRA On Consultation Paper On Statutory Audit And Auditing Standard For Msmc You have recently issued a consultation paper on statutory Audit and Auditing standard for MSM Companies. You have framed 4 questions for the comments of stakeholders including Chartered Accountants: You had issued the consultation paper for relaxation of compulsory audit to […]
There are various ways through which a company can raise capital i.e. issue of equity, preference shares, issue of debentures, bonds, deposits etc. If the shareholders are not willing to dilute their stake then they may go for issue of debentures, bonds, accepting deposits etc. Another way is issue of shares (equity or preference) by […]
what NFRA wants to convey is that since fee charged by auditors is less than Cost so Audit should be abolished. What kind of baseless conclusion is that?? Also, another criteria for this conclusion is the % Indebtedness. So, if a company is Debt free so that Company can’t commit financial fraud. Is that so??
FINANCIAL YEAR [Section 2(41) of the Companies Act, 2013] Applicability: Every Company or Body Corporate Meaning: The period in respect of which Financial Statements of the company or body corporate are prepared, beginning and ending up as follows – SECTION 2(41) DATE OF INCORPORATION (DOI) FINANCIAL YEAR PERIOD ‘First’ Financial Year 1st Jan to 31st […]
✓ The proposed company to be incorporated is to be a public limited/Private/Section8/OPC/Section 8Company limited by shares. ✓ The proposed name(s) of the company are not based on a registered trademark and is not subject of an application pending for registration under the Trade Marks Act, 1999; ✓ The proposed Company shall not issue any […]
Representation for extension of timelines for Filing of DIR -3 KYC for DIN / DPIN holders as at 31st March 2021 till 31.12.2021 without any Late Fee. DIRECT TAXES PROFESSIONALS’ ASSOCIATION Income Tax Building, 3, Govt. Place West, Ground Floor, Kolkata 700001 Ph 033-22420638 Email : dtpakolkata@gmail.com Ref. No. – DTPA/Rep/21-22/003 30th September, 2021 To, […]
