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...
♦ Section – 455: Dormant Company: Sec – 455(1): Where a company is formed and registered under this Act: for a future project or to hold an asset or intellectual property and has no significant accounting transaction, such a company or an inactive company may make: an application to the Registrar for obtaining the status […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister for Corporate Affairs, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, on March 17, 2020.The Bill get passed by Lok Sabha on Sep 19, 2020 The Union Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for passing in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) on […]
Section 465 of the Companies Act, 2013: All the Sections of Companies Act, 2013 has already been notified till date , except section pertaining to producer Company. The same shall be still govern by chapter IXA of Companies Act, 1956. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 passed by Lok Sabha mentions to incorporate a new Chapter […]
Process Incorporation of Foreign Subsidiary / Wholly owned Subsidiary (WOS):- To incorporate a Company in India as ‘Subsidiary” or “Wholly owned Subsidiary (WOS)” of a Company incorporated outside India. Information/ Documents required from foreign Company:- a) Apostille / Notarized copy of resolution of foreign Company ‘mentioning the name of authorized representative, no. of subscription of […]
An Insight into Disqualification of Directors under Section 164 of Companies Act, 2013 With the implementation of the Companies Act 2013, the Government of India bought many changes compared to the previous Act of 1956. The new Act had strict provisions for non-complying companies and their directors. If any organisation fails to meet the compliance […]
It is requested extend the timelines for annual filing of OPCs upto 31st December, 2020. This will ease the difficulties faced by the OPCs in the time of crisis.
Whether the provisos to Section 164(2) and Section 167(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 [inserted via the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f. 07.05.2018] be applicable retrospectively? The aforesaid issue was raised before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the matter of Mukut Pathak & Ors. vs Union of India & Anr. In the present case, […]
Whether the expression ‘other company’ in Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 means all other companies except non-defaulting company in which he was already a director? A person who has incurred the disqualification under section 164 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act, 2013) is not eligible for being appointed as a director […]
Whether ROC has power to deactivate DIN of any person on incurred the disqualification under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013? Whether, the Director Identification Number (DIN) and Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) of directors that have incurred the disqualification under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 can be cancelled on account of them […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced an extension in the time period to hold the Annual General Meeting taking into account the difficulties created a pandemic situation in the country extended the due date for conducting the Annual General Meeting (AGM) under the provisions of Companies Act 2013. Under the provisions of section 96 of Companies […]
