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 definition of Court under Section 2(29) the Companies Act, 2013, (the Act, 2013) also includes a ‘Special Court’ constituted under Section 435 of the Act, 2013. Chapter XXVIII constituting Sections 435 to 446B deals with the Special Courts under the CA, 2013. The definition of Court under Section 2(29) the Act, 2013 may be […]
Section 441 of the Companies Act, 2013 (CA, 2013) deals with Compounding of offence. Compounding of offences is not new under the Company Law; similar provisions were also present in Section 621A of the Companies Act 1956 (erstwhile Act). According to Section 441(1) of the CA, 2013, as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 w.e.f. 09.02.2018 […]
All India Joint Representation Committee for GST have filed representation by way of join petition of 24 GST and Trade Associations and 5226 signatories to the signature campaign considering short extension granted in connection with GSTR 9 & 9C for FY 1819 & FY 1920 , Income Tax Returns, Tax Audit and Transfer Pricing Reports […]
KSCAA has requested for Request for Extension of Companies Fresh Start Scheme i.e. CFSS 2020 and LLP Settlement Scheme 2020 to 31st March 2021 considering genuine hardships which have arisen due to Technical issues with MCA 21.
Digvijaya Singh requested FM for Extension of various due dates under Companies Act 2013, Companies Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS-2020), LLP Settlement Scheme 2020 till 31st March, 2021.
Permission of Special Court- No more required for Compounding of Offence under Companies Act, 2013 Before the amendment brought by the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, the permission of the ‘Special Court’ was required for compounding of any offence which is punishable under this Act, with imprisonment or fine, or with both. The sub-section (6) of […]
Section 441 of the Companies Act, 2013 (CA, 2013) deals with Compounding of offence. Compounding of offences is not new under the Company Law; similar provisions were also present in Section 621A of the Companies Act 1956 (erstwhile Act). We are only discussing herewith about the filing of application for compounding of offence which shall be submitted […]
MCA has changed the applicability date of CARO, 2020 to the financial years commencing on or after the 1st April, 2021. So, CARO 2020 will be applicable from Financial Year 2021-22.
In case of newly incorporated company, situation may occur when subscribers to the Memorandum of Association (‘MOA’) fails to pay subscription money as agreed by them in MOA. Earlier there was no time limit prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013 (the Principal Act) for depositing the subscription money by the subscribers to the Company. The […]
Analysis of Rules under Company Law⇒ ♦ The Companies (Compromise, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Second Amendment Rules, 2020: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has vide notification dated December 17, 2020 notified the Companies (Compromise, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Second Amendment Rules, 2020. The Companies (Compromise, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Second Amendment Rules, 2020 ⇓ With effect from […]
