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 : The Companies Act, 2013 and related rules now require most public and private companies to issue and transfer securities only in d...
Company Law : The Companies Law Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes major reforms in corporate governance, compliance, and digital regulation. This ar...
Company Law : This guide explains the complete legal procedure for shifting a company’s registered office within the same state but under a di...
Company Law : Section 56 of Companies Act, 2013 requires execution of a proper instrument of transfer for transfer of interest of a member in a ...
Corporate Law : The article explains how digital adjudication systems, virtual hearings, and online compliance platforms are reshaping India’s c...
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 : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...
Company Law : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...
Company Law : ICSI highlights delays in marking defective forms by RoCs under CCFS 2026. It urges MCA to mandate time-bound processing or allow ...
Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...
Company Law : The Madras High Court permitted Nidhi companies to submit fresh replies against NDH-4 rejection orders and directed authorities to...
Company Law : Legal Analysis and Narrative Brief: Dale and Carrington Investment Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others (Supreme Cou...
Company Law : The case examined whether Tribunal approval was required for extending preference share redemption. It was held that such extensio...
Company Law : The Tribunal held that allegations of siphoning ₹30 lakh were not supported by any evidence tracing funds to the respondent. Mer...
Company Law : The Court held that a separate meeting of sub-class shareholders is not required when identical terms are offered to the entire cl...
Company Law : ROC Pune held that procedural lapses in a private placement involving one investor formed part of a single integrated transaction ...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a start-up company and its officers for delayed filing of e-Form MGT-14 relating to a Special Resolution under ...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a company and its directors for delayed filing of e-Form PAS-3 relating to private placement allotment under Se...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a company and its directors for utilizing private placement funds before filing return of allotment under Secti...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai-II imposed penalty under Section 450 after a company incorrectly mentioned the AGM date in Form AOC-4 XBRL. The order h...
What is Debentures? Section 2(30) of the Companies Act, 2013 defines debenture to include debenture stock, bonds or any other instrument of a company evidencing a debt, whether constituting a charge on the assets of the company or not except money market instruments referred to Chapter III of RBI Act or other instruments as may […]
The Companies Act, 2013 (Act) allows Companies to convert itself into any other Companies at any time subject to the fulfilment of conditions prescribed in the Act and rules thereunder. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) by its notification dated 18th December 2018 has introduced new Rule 41 in the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 specifying the […]
Company Law Committee was constituted on 18th September 2019 in the backdrop of the government striving hard in its endeavour to facilitate ease of living for corporates in India, and for making some critical changes for the decriminalization of certain offences in furtherance of a similar step taken through the Companies (Amendment) Act 2019
MCA allow companies to conduct their EGMs through VC or OAVM or transact items through postal ballot upto 30th September, 2020.
(SS-1) on Meetings of Board of Directors The Board may, by a Resolution passed at a Meeting, delegate certain powers to any Committee of Directors, the Managing Director, the Manager or any other principal officer of the company or in the case of a branch office of the company, the principal officer of the branch office, on such conditions as it may specify.
As per the Companies Act, 2013 and related rules and provisions, it is mandatory for every company to appoint an auditor from incorporation to their going out of business. Auditor is eligible person, who audits the financial part and working of company. Hence, every company needs to appoint auditor. Notably there are many times, when […]
As per Section 441 of the Companies Act, 2013, not all the Offences can be compounded. Only the following offences can be compounding under section 441(1) of the Act by certain authorities
Conduction of Annual General Meeting (AGM) through Video Conferencing (VC) or Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide its General Circular No 14/2020 issued earlier, on April 08, 2020, allowed the Companies to hold their Extra-Ordinary General Meetings (EGM) through Video Conferencing (VC) or Other Audio Visual Means (OAVM). Later on May […]
Nominee shareholder: 1. Means a person whose name is entered in the registered of member, who hold share in behalf of actual owner of share. 2. Nominee shareholder has to make declaration, 3. Nominee can be Natural Person or a Legal Person. Main Purpose: 1. To fulfill the minimum shareholders requirement as per the provisions […]
There has been a lot of confusion on taxability of director’s remuneration from companies in which they are directors in different forms. The confusion or doubts got mounted in the wake of recent conflicting advance rulings. CBIC has now come out with a detailed Circular No. 140/10/2020-GST dated 10.06.2020 which clarifies issues relating to taxability […]
