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 : Section 56 of Companies Act, 2013 requires execution of a proper instrument of transfer for transfer of interest of a member in a ...
Corporate Law : The article explains how digital adjudication systems, virtual hearings, and online compliance platforms are reshaping India’s c...
Company Law : This guide explains the legal process for striking off companies under Section 248 of the Companies Act, 2013. It covers eligibili...
Company Law : The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance, digital compliance, and globa...
CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how buy-back taxation shifted from company-level tax to shareholder taxation under the Finance Act, 2024 and ...
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 : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...
Company Law : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...
Company Law : ICSI highlights delays in marking defective forms by RoCs under CCFS 2026. It urges MCA to mandate time-bound processing or allow ...
Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...
Company Law : The Madras High Court permitted Nidhi companies to submit fresh replies against NDH-4 rejection orders and directed authorities to...
Company Law : Legal Analysis and Narrative Brief: Dale and Carrington Investment Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others (Supreme Cou...
Company Law : The case examined whether Tribunal approval was required for extending preference share redemption. It was held that such extensio...
Company Law : The Tribunal held that allegations of siphoning ₹30 lakh were not supported by any evidence tracing funds to the respondent. Mer...
Company Law : The Court held that a separate meeting of sub-class shareholders is not required when identical terms are offered to the entire cl...
Company Law : ROC Chandigarh penalised a company and its directors after finding that financial statements and Board Reports were not approved t...
Company Law : ROC Chandigarh penalised a company and its directors for not filing financial statements from FY 2017-18 to 2022-23 within the sta...
Company Law : ROC Chandigarh penalized a company and its directors under Section 92(5) of the Companies Act for non-filing of annual returns fro...
Company Law : ROC Kolkata imposed penalty on an auditor after finding that depreciation on building assets was not charged in the financial stat...
Company Law : ROC Kolkata imposed penalty on an auditor after finding that material investment disclosures required under Schedule III of the Co...
ICAI GUIDANCE NOTE ON DIVISION I-NON IND AS SCHEDULE III TO THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 (Revised July 2019 Edition) The Division I to the Schedule III of the Companies Act, 2013 lays down the format for preparation of the financial statements by the Companies that are required to comply with Companies (Accounting Standards), Rules, 2006, […]
A Reporting Company can follow the below mention steps in order to ascertain, whether any SBO exist or not: 1. Check whether you have shareholders in form of Body Corporate/HUF/Partnership/LLP/Trust/PIV (“Indirect Entities”)? 2. If answer is no, then no reporting required. 3. If answer to (1) is Yes, check whether they hold 10% or more? […]
A total of 29 sections were amended and 2 new sections were inserted through the earlier ordinances, which were promulgated on 2nd November, 2018 (Ordinance 9 of 2018) and on 12th January, 2019 (Ordinance 3 of 2019). -The Companies (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2019 was issued by the Government on 19th February, 2019 -It is based on […]
Rule 3(1) : Classes of companies and bodies corporate governed by the Authority (NFRA): (a) companies whose securities are listed on any stock exchange in India or outside India; (b) unlisted public companies having paid-up capital of not less than rupees five hundred crores or having annual turnover of not less than rupees one thousand crores or having, in aggregate, outstanding loans, debentures and deposits of not less than rupees five hundred crores as on the 31st March of immediately preceding financial Year;
Company shall issue private placement offer letter to the identified persons in prescribed form PAS-4. Company shall maintain a complete record of private placement offer in form PAS-5. Private placement offer or application shall not carry any right of renunciation.
Sub-Rule (2) of Rule 3 prescribe that every existing body corporate other than a company governed by these rules, shall inform the Authority within thirty days of the commencement of these rules (subsequently extended till 30 days from the date of deployment), in Form NFRA-1, the particulars of the auditor as on the date of commencement of these rules.
Considering that all the other compliances have now been completed and reported to the MCA, the MCA has now pulled up its socks on the reporting requirements of Significant Beneficial Ownership by the Companies. MCA, on July 1, 2019, issued Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 thereby notifying e Form BEN-2 required to […]
All the Individuals (whether Indian or any other nationality and whether residing in India or not) having DIN as on March 31 are required to file KYC form.
The NFRA rules, 2018 have been made applicable since 13.11.2018 by the MCA with intent to tap financial scams that the nation witnessed and to have a control over the workings of the Auditors. NFRA is an independent authority to control over the auditors and has been given a wide range of powers to monitor […]
NFRA-1 Form landing page Step 1: Enter the URL (eformnfra.nic.in). You will land on below screen (Screenshot-1), consisting of following options and information for the user Home- This option will facilitate the user to return to Screenshot-1 New user registration/signup – In order to proceed with the form submission, user needs to register on the portal, using this […]
