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.
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Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2020* The COVID 19 has not only affected health of people across the globe, but it also caused severe disturbance in global economic environment which consequentially created an impact on financial statements and reporting. Keeping in view all these drastic changes MCA on July 24, 2020, notified the Companies […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister for Corporate Affairs, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, on March 17, 2020 and is passed by Lok-Sabha on 19th September, 2020. Further, Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 22nd September, 2020 and key amendments are highlighted below: Changes to offences: The Bill makes three […]
Section 110 of the Act mandates the transacting of certain business items by means of postal ballot. Postal Ballot means casting of vote by a shareholder by postal or electronic mode instead of voting personally by being present for transacting business in general meeting of the company. As per Companies Act 2013, the provisions of […]
Golden opportunity for Defaulting Companies to clean their slate under CFSS-2020 and also opportunity to disqualified directors to make active their DINs and DSC [Sandeep Agarwal & anr vs UOI & anr dated 02nd September, 2020 in W.P.(C) 5490/2020 & CM APPLs. 19779-80/2020 before Hon’ble Delhi High Court] In the captioned matter, the Hon’ble Delhi […]
It appears that 2020 has been the year of various amendments for the corporates. With various amendments, the Government has again laid down another set of amendments by way of Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The Union Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Bill for passing in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) on September 22, […]
As your good self is aware that impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been harsh and the economy is struggling to come out of the crisis. The corporates are facing challenging times to meet the ends and function smoothly. Considering the current crisis, we request your esteemed office to consider further relaxations in due dates of the following compliances:
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility was introduced in India within legal framework by the Companies Act, 2013. Applicability As per section 135(1) of the Companies Act 2013, the CSR provision is applicable to companies which fulfills any of the following criteria during the immediately preceding financial year:- Companies having net worth of rupees five […]
♦ Section – 248: Power of Registrar to Remove Name of Company from ROC: Sec – 248(1): Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that: (a) a company has failed to commence its business within 1 year of its DOI or; (b) Omitted (c) a company is not carrying on any business or operation: […]
Representation on technical glitches on MCA Web-portal & Request for extension in the time limit on submission of various statutory compliances by CA Social Affiliation (CASA) to Smt Nirmala Sitaraman, Hon. Finance Minister of India, Govt of India. CA Social Affiliation (CASA) Serving CA Profession since 2010 CASA/MCA/20-21/04 Dated 21st September 2020 To Smt Nirmala […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020:- The Lok Sabha on Saturday passed a bill to further amend around 48 sections of the Companies Act, 2013 by decriminalizing various non-compoundable offences in case of defaults, but not involving frauds, omitting imprisonment for various offences which were considered procedural and technical in nature. The bill comes at a time when companies are reeling […]
