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, ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Company Law : ROC Mumbai imposed a penalty after finding that an individual held two Director Identification Numbers in violation of Section 155...
Amendment in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Rules vide Companies Amendment Act 2019,Companies Amendment Act, 2020 & Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021 W.E.F 22/01/2021- Sl No. Subject Key Changes 1. Quantum of spending (Sec 135-5) Now every company which has not completed the period of 03 Financial years will have to spend 2% during such […]
No additional fees shall be levied upto 15.02.2021 for the filing of e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL and AOC-4 Non-XBRL in respect of the financial year ended on 31.03.2020. No additional fees will be levied for filing annual financial statements for the financial year ended as on 31st March 2020 upto 15th February 2021. […]
Amendment in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021 by the Ministry of Corporate Affair vide Notification dated 22.01.2021 as follows: Rule 4. CSR Implementation Registration of CSR Entity: Every entity which intends to undertake any CSR activity, shall register itself with the Central Government by filing the form CSR – 1 electronically […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) have ruled out the forbearance, which was there in requirements regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR). MCA has issued Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment rules, 2021 (rules) and notified Section 21 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 on 22 January 2021. Comparison of the overhauling brought in by the aforesaid rules […]
How to decide various dates for Annual report and for Annual filing including for financial year 2019-20 1) First draft un- audited Financial Statements are prepared as per section 128, 129 & 130 2) As per section 173, Then Board meeting is called by serving atleast 14 days notice for signing of draft Un-audited Financials […]
After CSR, rules 2014 now MCA has announced new CSR rules which shall be known as Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Amendment Rules, 2021. FEW IMPORTANT POINTS IN THESE RULES ARE AS UNDER: Rule 2: Definitions ♦ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) definition has been revised and instead of activities mentioned in Schedule VII the activities […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) notified 22 January, 2021 to enforce Section 21 of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 and Section 27 of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2020, related to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). “In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 (22 of 2019) and sub-section […]
One Person Company: Sec 2(62) ‘One Person Company’ means a company which has only one person as a member. For OPC: Return Filing Provisions & AGM ♥ Section 137 of the Companies Act, 2013 One Person Company shall file a copy of the financial statements duly adopted by its member, along with all the documents […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility) Rules, 2021 with effect from 22nd January, 2021. Significant changes have been made to amend the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014. The following amendments have been made: Rule 2-Definitions: New Definitions: “Administrative Overheads” means the expenses incurred by the company for ‘general […]
Revival of a company which is strike off voluntarily or Suo-moto is in favor of both company and Economy as revived company will contribute to India’s Economic growth. So let us know about the procedure of revival of strike off company. But before knowing revival procedure, let us first understand the reasons why a company […]
