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...
The web form named CAR. (Company Affirmation of Readiness towards COVID-19) should be filed by an authorized signatory of Companies & LLPs. CAR-2020 shall be deployed on the 23rd of March, 2020.
Government in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has relaxed the rules with respect to meetings of Board and dispensed with the necessity of holding physical meetings on matters relating to approval of financial statement, board report, restructuring etc. upto 30th June, 2020. We are also examining any other relaxations under the Companies Act, 2013. that may be necessitated on account of COLD-19.
Dematerialisation is the process by which a client can get physical certificates converted into electronic balances. Every unlisted public / private company shall facilitate dematerialisation of all its existing securities by making necessary application to a depository as defined in section 2 (1) (a) of the Depositories Act, 1996 and shall secure International Security Identification […]
Sensitization of Nidhi companies towards compliance of provisions of section 406 of Companies Act, 2013 and Nidhi Rules, 2014 as amended vide Nidhi (Amendment) Rules, 2019 w.e.f 15.08.2019 and general public to invest in genuine and compliant Nidhis only. In order to make regulatory regime for Nidhi Companies more effective and also to accomplish the […]
RELAXATION Ministry of Corporate Affair relaxation Board Meeting (Video Conferencing): As per Section 173(2) Companies can hold Board Meeting through Audio/Visual means. However as per rule 4 following transactions are restricted to transact through Video Conferencing: a) the approval of the annual financial statements; b) the approval of the Board’s report; c) the approval of […]
Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Amendment Rules, 2020- Reg: Board meetings under the Companies Act, 2013: Considering the need to take precautionary steps to overcome the outbreak of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Government has in-principle decided to relax the requirement of holding Board meetings with physical presence of directors under section 173 (2) […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has released the Draft Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020 proposing amendments to Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 for public comments. An attempt has been made to analyse the rules and the changes that are brought out by the said rules vis a vis the rules as are […]
Brief note on the proposed amendments in the Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 (CSR Rules) as proposed vide Draft Companies (CSR Policy) Amendment Rules, 2020: 1. Newly phrased definitions under the CSR Rules: a) ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ defined with a negative list. Some of the exclusions like normal course were already there but […]
Introduction of Private Placement: A Company shall go for issue of securities to fulfill their needs of funds for their business. Reason for issue is to have sufficient cash to run the operations and the day to day affairs of the company. For the companies in finance sector, achieving debt equity ratio also plays vital […]
ICSI has made a request to MCA to allow participation of directors in a meeting through video conferencing or other audio visual means in which following Restricted matters can be discussed which are otherwise not allowed- a) the approval of the annual financial statements; (b) the approval of the Board’s report; (c) the approval of […]
