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...
MCA notifies certain Sections of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 contains: 1. All provisions introduced by The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018. (Dated 02.11.2018) 2. All provisions introduced by The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. (Dated: 12.01.2019) 3. All provisions introduced by The Companies (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2019. (Dated 21.02.2019 Companies (Amendment) […]
A. Incorporation of Public / Private Companies A Person (or an Association of Persons), desirous of incorporating a company has to make an application for registration of a company shall be filed, with the Registrar within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is proposed to be situated, in e-Form No. INC-32 (SPICe). [Provided […]
1) With a view to simplify the process for incorporating Section 8 Companies, requirement of prior filing of INC-12 for new section-8 companies is being dispensed with vide the Companies(Incorporation) Sixth Amendment Rules, 2019 dated 7th June, 2019. 2) Henceforth, Section 8 Companies can be incorporated by either reserving names through Run and filing SPICe […]
Article contains Compliance chart for Incorporation and other related compliances for wholly owned and other subsidiary Companies in India. It further explains provisions related to Directorship in Subsidiary or Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company, Mandatory Declaration to be filed under Section 89 of the Companies Act, 2013 in case of Wholly Owned Subsidiary Company and Compliances […]
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COMPANIES ACT, 2013 Amendment in Year 2019 Companies (Ordinance), 2019 Companies Amendment Act, 2019 Other Recent Amendments 2019 √ Dematerialization of Securities √ Corporate Social Responsibility √ National Financial Reporting Authority √ Declaration of Commencement of business √ Creation/ Modification of Charge √ Significant Beneficial Owner COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) act, 2019 Process for […]
WHISTLE BLOWER POLICY IN INSURANCE COMPANIES A Whistle Blower is a person who exposes any kind of unethical activity, item or information that is deemed to be illegal, unconstitutional or not correct in an organisation. A business organisation is established for profit through business transactions. The business should be carried out according to rules and […]
1. Hold the Board meeting as per section 173 and Secretarial standard-1 -To take the approval of Directors for the conversion of public Company into Private by altering Articles of Company Subject to approval of Central Government (RD) -To get approval of member to alter the Articles of Company -To fix the date and time […]
Format of Notice for Calling AGM and Board Report for Small and One Person Company for Period of Financial Year 2018-2019 On the request of stakeholders, I am attempting to issue format of ‘Notice for Calling AGM and Board’s Report for Small and One Person Company for period of Financial Year 2018-2019′, hopefully this would […]
As per the Companies (Amendment and Qualification of Directors) Third Amendment Rules, 2019 those who have already filed DIR-3 KYC, would only be required to complete their KYC through a simple web-based verification service, which will be pre-filled with data, based on the records present in the registry of the government, for ease of verification by such persons concerned.
Section 210 of Companies Act, 1956 = Section 129 of Companies Act, 2013 PROVISIONS UNDER COMPANIES ACT , 1956 PROVISIONS UNDER COMPANIES ACT, 2013 Section 2(17): Financial Year “Financial year” means, in relation to anybody corporate, the period in respect of which any profit and loss account of the body corporate laid before it in […]
