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...
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) vide its general circular no. 14/2020 dated April 8, 2020 has clarified that in case of holding of Extra-ordinary General Meetings (‘EGMs’) is considered as un-avoidable by any company, then the company can hold EGM for transacting the urgent business through Video Conference (‘VC’) or other audio visual means (‘OAVM’) and pass ordinary or special resolution, as the case may be.
In a massive relief to the companies, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide general circular No. 18/2020 eased rules on holding Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21st April 2020. The relaxation was made owing to request made by several companies seeking leniency in the AGM rules due to the social distancing and lockdown rules followed across the […]
List of Relaxation in compliance of the Companies Act 2013 granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs during Pandemic of COVID-19 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a Pandemic on March 11, 2020. Italy, witnessed a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, with a steep rise in the number of deaths as […]
MCA CIRCULAR FOR CLARIFICATION ON PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS REQUIRE MEMBERS’ APPROVAL Subject: Clarification on passing of ordinary and special resolutions by companies under the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder on account of the threat posed by Covid-19. As we all are aware that there is no specific provision contained by the Act for […]
Conversion of loans into shares of a Company are a common practice in the market as many companies that had borrowed loans from its Directors, financial Institutions or from any body corporate is under the obligation to pay such debt within the time prescribed as per the loan agreement or mutual terms, as may be […]
Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 (CFSS 2020), why introduced? MCA vide its circular no. 12/2020 dated 30th March, 2020 in addition to circular no. 11/2020 dated 24th March, 2020 clarified about the Scheme. Issues that led to the birth of CFSS scheme, 2020: Representations from stakeholders for the grant of one-time opportunity enabling them to […]
Stay Home and stay healthy my readers, it is one of the perfect time to utilize our time on improving and growing our knowledge. A company throughout its operations need ample amount of cash inflows. Generally, there are two ways to raise capital first is borrowed fund and second is owned fund. Borrowed fund comes […]
What is Meaning of Private Limited Company? A private limited company is a company which is privately held for small businesses. The liability of the members of a Private Limited Company is limited to the amount of shares respectively held by them. Shares of Private Limited Company cannot be publically traded. > A private company […]
The article starts with the jurisprudence behind the law of corporate social responsibility. It then tries to confirm it with the different schools of whether it is a correlative duty or absolute duty or it is a fair law or not. It further tries to check the validity and looks into the matter of moral […]
Section 101 and 96 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2) and SEBI (LODR) Regulation, 2015 Major points to be focused while making notice of Annual general meeting 1) Approval of the Board is necessary for the issuance of the Notice of AGM including […]
