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...
The MCA has launched a new and simplified web based service R.U.N. (Reserve Unique Name) for reserving a name in place of INC-1. This has also removed the requirement to use a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) during name reservation. It was another value addition to Ease of Doing Business in India.
SHIFTING OF REGISTERED OFFICE FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER STATE A registered office is the official address of a company to which all official letters, notices 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 (Act), all registered companies […]
Rule 15 A. Posting and transfer of Members. – (1) Initial posting of a Member shall be done by the Central Government in consultation with the President. (2) Subsequent transfers to different Benches shall be done by the President having regard ordinarily to the following:—
The Companies Act, 2013 has come with a change in the theory of Loan and Investment by Company. The new Act provides that inter-corporate investments not to be made through more than two layers of investment companies. T
In the corporate world nowadays, increase in the rate of frauds has generated the need for the companies to analyze the requirements wrt to fraud reportings, in order to be proactive in tightening their internal systems for preventing the same. Keeping in mind the need of the hour, we have prepared a guide to fraud reporting under Companies Act and RBI Regulations in case of NBFCs.
MCA has notified the Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 vide notification dated 18th November, 2019 amended the criteria under which approval of shareholders are required for entering into related party transaction under Rule 15 of Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014, namely:- 1. In sub-clauses (i) […]
On 18th November,2019 Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had notified amendment in the Companies (Meeting of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and amended criteria for Related Party Transactions (RPT) by amending Rule 15 (3) (a) (i) to (iv) of these Rule Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 vide MCA notification […]
In Chapter 1 of its Report, CLC has recommended amendments to 46 more provisions , detailed below under CA 2013 to reduce or remove criminality and de-clog the criminal justice system by retention of status quo in case of non –compoundable offences. CLC has adopted a principle based approach to further remove criminality, in case of defaults which can be determined objectively, and which otherwise, lack the element of fraud or do not involve larger public interest.
Amendment in Criteria of threshold limits for Related Party Transactions (RPT) vide Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 On 18th November,2019 Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had notified amendment in the Companies (Meeting of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014 and amended criteria for Related Party Transactions (RPT) by amending […]
Section 2(60) of the Companies Act defines ‘Officer who is in default’ and it mentions officers such as whole-time director, KMP, directors, etc. who shall be liable to any penalty or punishment in case of default committed by the company under the Companies Act, 2013.
