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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The Companies Act, 2013 has separate section for auditor related all the provisions, implying that an auditor has important place in a company. Auditor is per responsible for checking the accuracy financial part of company. I have already covered the provision of appointment of auditor in my article https://taxguru.in/company-law/auditor-appointment-companies-act-2013.html. Many times, due to some reason, […]
Form No. MGT-8 [Pursuant to section 92(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and rule 11(2) of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014] CERTIFICATE BY A COMPANY SECRETARY (CS) IN PRACTICE I have examined the registers, records, books and papers of M/s ———————————- (“the Company”), as required to be maintained under the Companies Act, 2013 (the […]
Legal Requirement to Place a copy of the annual return on the website of the company, as Notified section of Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 on 28.08.2020 With reference to Commencement notification S.O. 2920(E) dated 28th August, 2020 the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified following Section of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 to amend Companies […]
A Company may issue Bonus Shares out of- its free reserves; Securities Premium Account; Capital Redemption Reserve Account. Further, it has been provided that Issue of Bonus Shares shall not be made out of Capitalising Reserves created out of revaluation of Reserves. Free Reserves means such reserves of the Company which is available for distribution as Dividend.
Below is the text of Representation to Minister of Finance requesting extension of due date for holding Annual General Meeting (AGM), under the Companies Act. 2013 for companies whose Financial near has ended on 31.03.2020 by 5 leading Associations of Chartered Accountants in India. Date: 26.08.2020 Smt. Nimtala Sitharaman, Hon’ ble Minister of Finance & […]
Every unlisted public company governed by this rule shall submit Form PAS-6 to the Registrar with such fee as provided in Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014 within sixty days from the conclusion of each half year duly certified by a company secretary in practice or chartered accountant in practice
Committees are a sub-set of the board, deriving their authority from the powers delegated to them by the board. Under Section 177 of Companies Act, 2013, Board of Directors may delegate certain matters to the committees set up for the purpose. Committees are formed as a means to improve board effectiveness and efficiency in areas […]
Statutory Registers are the Registers that contained the specific record of the Company’s Directors, Shareholders/ Members, Loans & Guarantees, Deposits, shares etc, and are placed at the registered office of the Company. It is advised to maintain these register for good corporate governance and to avoid penalties. 1. Register of Members: Section 88(1) (a) and […]
On Aug 19th the Calcutta High Court has nullified the order of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) order that provided earlier all financial creditors shall be required to mandatorily file a default record from information utility along with a plea under Section 7 of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code. These findings were provided by Justice Shekhar B. Saraf in […]
On the Letter Head of the Company Date To The Board of Directors Company Name Address Sub: Notice of — Meeting (F.Y. ———) of the Board of Directors Dear Directors, NOTICE is hereby given that ———— Meeting of Board of Directors of ———————————– (the Company) for the financial year ———– is proposed to be held […]
