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...
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The Lok Sabha on Saturday i.e. 19th September 2020 passed a bill to further amend the Companies Act and decriminalise various compoundable offences as well as promote ease of doing business in the country. This amendment in to the Act to decriminalise minor procedural or technical lapses under the provisions of the said Act, into […]
How to seek Extension for AGM (Annual General Meeting) for the year ended on 31.03.2020 after MCA General Circular No. 28/2020 dated 17th August, 2020 The office of Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has received several representations for providing relaxations in the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) or rules made thereunder to allow […]
Exploring The Consitutiveness of The Words ‘Oppression’ And ‘Mismanagement’ (The Corporate Family Dispute Before NCLT) – In Context of Chapter XVI of The Companies Act, 2013 The law relating to prevention of oppression & mismanagement is enshrined under chapter XVI of the Companies Act, 2013 Section 241 of the Act confers upon the members of […]
As per provisions of Rule 9A of the Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014, every unlisted public company shall compulsorily issue the securities only in demat mode and facilitate demat of all its existing securities in accordance with provisions of the Depositories Act, 1996 and regulations made there under. 1. For company’s promoters, […]
Section 124(6) of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act) provides that all shares in respect of which dividend has not been paid or claimed for 7 consecutive years or more shall be transferred to IEPF. In case any dividend is paid or claimed for any year during the said period of 7 consecutive years, the shares […]
♦ Nidhi Company: Nidhi Company is a form of NBFC, incorporated U/s. 406 of the Companies Act, 2013 and only public company U/r 4(1) can be declared as Nidhi Company. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is the body which governs Nidhi Company Rules and Regulations. Reserve Bank of India directs its deposit acceptance activities […]
The issue under consideration is whether Disqualified Director whose DIN and DSC has been frozen by the ROC due to non compliance will be eligible for Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020?
(Notified vide General Circular 12/2020 dated 30/03/2020) COMMENCEMENT AND VALIDITY OF THE SCHEME: The Scheme shall commence from 01.04.2020 and shall be valid till 30.09.2020. APPLICABILITY: The Scheme shall apply on all Defaulting Companies except: i. Companies against which action for final notice for striking off the name of the company has already been initiated. […]
In continuation of the Order of even no. dated 18.09.2019 (annexed herewith), the tenure of the Company Law Committee is hereby extended upto two years from the date of that order i.e. upto 17.09.2021.
