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.
Corporate Law : Understand foreign contribution, FCRA eligibility, Section 2(1)(h), Section 3 prohibitions, and registration requirements under th...
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 : 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...
FRESH START—a new slate to Companies and LLPs in India – An opportunity to be a COMPLIANT ENTITY Let’s discuss WHY,WHAT, HOW & FOR WHOM, on the closure of financial year on 30th March 2020 and in the mid of Nationwide Locked Out situation due to outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs […]
Company Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS), 2020 & Modified LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020 In line with government initiative to ease of doing business & good corporate governance, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has come up with the ‘Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020’ to enable defaulting companies make good of any filing-related defaults, irrespective of duration […]
The Ministry of corporate affairs issued a scheme known as Companies fresh start Scheme 2020 (CFSS-2020) condoning the delay in filing of documents with the ROC at a normal fee only and grant immunity from launching of prosecution for imposing penalty on account of delay associated with certain filings. Details of Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 […]
1. Objective of Companies Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS), 2020: An opportunity to companies to complete their pending compliances by filing necessary forms including annual filings with MCA by paying normal fees and without any additional fees, penalty /other proceedings for such delay. 2. Validity Period of Companies Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS), 2020 Valid from 01-April-2020 […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs in view of COVID-19 have taken the following measures to reduce the compliance burden and other risks: UPDATE NO.1 Non-compliance of minimum residency in India for a period of at least 182 days by at least one director of every company, under Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall not […]
1. The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) has come up with the ‘Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020’ (CFFS 2020) to enable companies make good of any filing-related defaults, irrespective of duration of default, and make a fresh start as a fully compliant entity. The scheme has been introduced vide General Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30/03/2020. 2. […]
DIN holders of DINs marked as ‘Deactivated’ due to non-filing of DIR-3KYC/DIR-3 KYC-Web and those Companies whose compliance status has been marked as ‘ACTIVE non-compliant’ due to non-filing of Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE) eform are encouraged to become compliant once again in pursuance of the General Circular No. 11 dated 24th March, […]
Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 is one of its kind and it’s a golden opportunity for Companies and LLP’s to save huge amount of late fees, which would otherwise be payable:
Practically there has been different practice for disclosure of interest in MBP-1 due to interpretation issue w.r.t, disclosure of concern and interest of Directors in Section 184. For detail of shareholding in MBP-1 concerned different professionals taking different views and adopting different practices. I have tried of discuss the above issue. This write-up is only […]
MCA issues General Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30.03.2020 to notifiy Company Law Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 which is for the benefit of all Companies who have defaulted in filing of Statutory forms on MCA. This Scheme will comes into operation from 01st April, 2020 and will end on 30th September, 2020. Company Law Fresh Start […]
