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, ...
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Company Law : The article examines the Hamlin Trust ruling, where the NCLAT held that CFO appointments must satisfy Section 203 eligibility requ...
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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...
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Company Law : Madhya Pradesh HC dismissed a winding up petition, holding that a bona fide dispute over liability required adjudication before th...
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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...
There are a lot of Companies who has surplus profits and intends to capitalize such profits by issue of bonus shares. Bonus shares are basically gift to the shareholders in the ratio of shares already owned by them. These are a free share of stock given to the existing shareholders in a Company, based upon […]
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM) THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING (VC) OR OTHER AUDIO VISUAL MEANS (OAVM) INTRODUCTION: COVID-19 pandemic has certainly shaken up entire World, health, lifestyle and economy of the countries. As India is trying its best to cope up with these crisis, Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and SEBI have taken quick and effective measures, […]
Section 53 of the Companies Act, 2013 prescribes that Company shall not issue shares on discount. Any shares issued by the Company at a discount shall be void. However, there are certain circumstances where Company can issue shares at a discount: ♦ Issue of Sweat Equity Shares ♦ Issue of shares to the Creditors when […]
A Indian Subsidiary Company is also known as a subsidiary or a sister company of parent company; andthe company which practices control over it, is called as the parent company of subsidiary company, or holding company. A subsidiary company always controlled by the parent company (holding company)partially or fully.A Indian subsidiary company is termed as […]
The banks and Non-Banking Financial Institutions form a strong backbone of our economy however, they are still not in reach of people requiring funds specially those of living in rural areas or are lack of requisite documentation like Income Tax return and the like. Therefore, the Government of India came up with the concept of […]
RELAXATIONS IN HOLDING OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING OR OTHER AUDIO-VISUAL MEANS: Ministry of Corporate Affairs has given relaxations to Companies to conduct the meeting through Video Conferencing or other audio-visual means vide General Circular No. 20/2020 dated May 05, 2020.: Governing provision for Annual General Meeting of the Companies Act, 2013 including […]
Amid wide spread novel corona virus pandemic, the Government of India introduced a new phase of Ease of Doing Business Reforms relating to easy registration of property, fast disposal of commercial disputes and simpler tax regime for making India one of the easiest, speedy and reliable economy to do business under Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan with […]
BOARD MINUTES [Section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013 Read with Rule 3 of the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Power) Rules, 2014] A Company from incorporation to closing of business is guided by the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and related rules, hence evidently, minutes are also governed by the Companies Act, 2013. […]
In order to increase transparency and curb the operations of shell Companies, the Registrar of Companies, in accordance with its power as per Section 248(1)(c), struck off many Companies in 2017, 2018 and then again in the year 2019. Accordingly, there have been three tranches of striking off done by the various Registrar of Companies […]
Clarification on holding of agm through video conferencing (Vc) or other audio visual means (OAVM) Due to the threat of COVID – 19, there is a restriction on the movement of persons from one place to other in the country. Several Representations have been received in the ministry for providing relaxations in the provisions of […]
