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...
Perpetual Depreciation Calculator with Fixed Asset Register. – Automated Fixed Schedule Preparation – Depreciation for entire useful life of assets – No need to copy paste data every year in different Excel files. – Easy to under stand – Single Sheet for depreciation calculation. As per Schedule II of the Companies Act, 2013, depreciation needs […]
A Board report is a document produced by the board of directors under the requirements of The Companies Act, 2013, which details the state of the company and its compliance with a set of financial, accounting and corporate social responsibility standards. The requirement for directors’ reports arose out of a general move for greater transparency in corporate governance. It is useful for […]
In continuance of the earlier article, ‘All about Independent Directors- (Part-1)‘, this article will focus on the independent director databank and the process of appointing an independent directors. On 22nd October, 2019 the Ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) published the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2019, to amend the Rule 6 […]
Companies Act Compliance Due Dates For Financial Year 2020-2021 in respect of MBP-1- Notice Of Interest By Directors, DIR-8- Conforming Non-Disqualification, DIR-3 KYC- KYC Of Directors, DPT-3- Return Of Deposits, MSME-1- Form Of Outstanding Payment To MSME, BEN-2- Return To The Registrar In Respect Of Declaration Under Section 90, AOC-4- Form For Filing Financial Statement, […]
SEBI Relaxation of Time Gap Between Two Board / Audit Committee Meetings Till 31st July 2020 SEBI has vide Circular No. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2020/110 dated 26th June, 2020 has relaxed time gap between two board / Audit Committee meetings of listed entities owing to the CoVID-19 pandemic. Text of the circular is as follows:- Securities and Exchange […]
Relaxation for conducting of board meeting through video conferencing (VC) or other audio-visual means (OAVM) till 30th September, 2020 [MCA Notification No. G.S.R. 395(E) dated 23th June, 2020] No doubt, there are lots of matters in any company which required board decisions immediately or frequently. However, Due to COVID-19 outbreak and lockdown situation prevailing in […]
COMPANIES FRESH START SCHEME, 2020 (CFSS-2020) [MCA General Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30th March, 2020] The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) had, in the Circular No. 11/2020, dated 24th March, 2020, inter alia other relaxations / special measures provided in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, indicated regarding providing immunity to the Companies and LLPs with […]
An insolvency application filed by an Operational Creditor U/s 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (I&B Code) can be resisted on the ground that there is an ‘existing dispute‘, the I&B Code does not provide for such a defence for resisting an insolvency application filed in respect of a financial debt U/s 7 […]
In view of the amendment in Schedule VII of the Companies Act, 2013 vide gazette notification no. G.S.R. 313(E) dated 26th May, 2020, deemed to have come into force on 28th March 2020, the Office Memorandum No. CSR-05/1/2020-CSR_MCA dated 28.03.2020 is redundant and hence stands superseded.
MCA has recently notified Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Second Amendments Rules, 2020 and Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Third Amendments Rules, 2020. It also extended date of EGM and period for name reservation and re-submission of MCA forms. 1. Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Second Amendments Rules, 2020 Relevant […]
