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, ...
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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 : NCLT Mumbai compounded the offence for failure to hold the AGM within the time prescribed under Section 96 of the Companies Act, 2...
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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...
Parameters to be considered for transactions are in ordinary/normal course of the business Generally the transactions which are considered in normal course of business includes any transaction carried out for promoting or in the line of achieving the business objective mentioned in the charter of the company i.e. Memorandum of Association of the company. To […]
Times come when identification and approval of Related Party Transactions becomes onerous. The file contains the basic Standard Operating Procedure that can be followed for: 1. Identification of Related Parties as per Section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013; 2. Approval of proposed Related Party Transactions. Looking forward for your valuable inputs and updates on […]
Nidhi (Second Amendment) Rules, 2020- In the Nidhi Rules, 2014, in rule 23A, for the words six months the words nine months shall be substituted.
Special Features of Spice+ (Step Towards ‘Ease of Doing Business) I. SPICe+ would have two parts viz.: Part A-for Name reservation for new companies and Part B offering a bouquet of services viz. (i) Incorporation (ii) DIN allotment (iii) Mandatory issue of PAN (iv) Mandatory issue of TAN (v) Mandatory issue of EPFO registration (vi) […]
A registered office is the official address of a company to which all official letters and reminders will be sent by any person, any government or non government or regulatory body. In terms of Section 7 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act)
A company being a legal entity must have a name of its own to establish its Separate identity. The name of the company is a symbol of its independent corporate existence. The first clause in the Memorandum of Association of the company states the name by which a company is known.
(1) These rules may be called the Companies (Issue of Global Depository Receipts) Amendment Rules, 2020. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
As we all know, on 6th February, 2020 Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has introduced a new process of incorporation of Companies via notifying Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2020. As stated in Notification, it shall come in to Force from 15th February, 2020 onwards. I have segregated the changes in three parts for the purpose of understanding […]
Section 164 (2) of Companies Act, 2013 enumerates two conditions for the disqualification of directors i.e. non filing of annual returns and financial statements and the non return of deposits or the non payment of dividends. Section 164 (2) is successor to the erstwhile provisions of Section 274(g) under Companies Act, 1956 which also had […]
Section 16: Rectification of Name of the company If through inadvertence or otherwise, on company registration or on its registration by a new name, is registered by a name which is:- By Central Government: In the opinion of CG The Name of the company is identical with or too nearly resembles the name of existing […]
