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...
The board of Directors is the supreme authority having the management and control of the affairs of a company. They have a fiduciary duty to the company and its shareholders, which means to say that they are responsible for conducting the affairs of the company in a way that ensures success and profitability and thus […]
A Section 8 Company is a company registered under companies act, 2013 the objects of which is to promote non-profit objectives such as trade, commerce, arts, charity, education, religion, environment protection, social welfare, sports research, etc. and intends to apply its profits, if any, or other income in promoting its objects; and to prohibit the […]
Independent Directors: Exemption from online proficiency self-assessment test – Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2021 The MCA has notified a new set of Rules to amend the existing Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014 which shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. Sr. […]
In the Budget 2021, our hon’ble financial minister announced about Amendment in LLP Act. In continuation of same, Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued a press release on 03rd February 2021. MCA initiates process of De-criminalisation of compoundable offences of LLP Further in continuation of the same Wednesday, 28th July, 2021 Cabinet has passed LLP Amendment Bill, […]
All Companies registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (or previous acts) are required to file its financials and annual return with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The forms for filing financials and annual return are prescribed under Section 137 and Section 92, respectively, of the Companies Act, 2013. Forms AOC-4/AOC-4XBRL/AOC-4CFS/AOC-4 NBFC Under Section 137 of […]
Companies (Creation and Maintenance of databank of Independent Directors) Second Amendment Rules, 2021 MCA inserts vide Notification No. G.S.R. 580(E) dated 19.08.2021 ‘Rule 6 Annual report on the capacity building of independent directors’ to Companies (Creation and Maintenance of databank of Independent Directors) Rules, 2019. These MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th […]
MCA exempts CA, CMA, CS & Advocate having 10 years’ experience from Online Proficiency Self-Assessment Test for becoming Independent Director by notifying Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2021 vide Notification No. G.S.R. 579(E) dated 19th August, 2021. MCA vide its Notification dated 19th August 2021 has issued the Companies (Appointment and Qualification […]
Chief Justice of the High Court of Jharkhand hereby designates Court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate at Ranchi as Special Court for the purposes of providing speedy trial of offences under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 435 of the Companies Act, 2013. MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th August, 2021 S.O. […]
Synopsis of: NCLT, Ahmedabad Bench, order ArcelorMittal to pay Rs 1300 crores to SREI Infrastructure Applicant: SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited (SREI) Respondent: 1. Arcelormittal India Private Limited (AIPL) Successful Resolution Applicant of Essar Steel India Ltd. 2. Sh. Satish Kumar Gupta, RP of Essar Steel India Ltd 3. Arcelormittal Nippon Steel India Ltd (earlier as […]
Introduction When an application is filed against directors of a company under section 241 of the Companies Act, 2013(CA, 2013), the rights of the investors cannot be suppressed by barring the initiation of the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC, 2016). Even in cases of multiple proceedings, if requirements […]
