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...
Highlights of Webinar on BEN-2 by The ICSI ON 12th July and On 20th July. 1. The indirect holding is mandatory for the consideration of significant beneficial owner (SBO). 2. If the SBO is HUF than the karta deemed to hold 100% shares of HUF so karta is treated as SBO and 10% holding is […]
What is SBO ID: The SBO id is a 10 digits unique identification number of such person. The rule “ONE ID FOR ONE PERSON” prevails here.
COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS CERTIFICATE The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has re-introduced the concept of commencement of business certificate. Under the newly introduced The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, all companies registered in India after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 and having a share capital is required to obtain commencement of business certificate before commencing any business […]
Companies will ought to deposit their unused funds meant for corporate social responsibility [CSR] activities to a fund established by the govt. for better utilization of resources for public welfare, according to amendments to the companies Act approved by the cabinet on Wednesday. The Companies [Amendment] Bill 2019 cleared by the cabinet will replace an […]
Strike-off of company from registrar of companies is an opportunity given to defunct companies or those companies voluntarily shut down their business can file their application with roc under section 248. This is one of the best and easiest ways where companies can strike off its name without any hassle by properly arranging all the […]
In order to get rid of various illegal activities like money laundering, benami transactions etc, Ministry, once again came up with new SBO (Amendment) Rules, 2019. In this write up, there is an overview of SBO Rules. As per amended Rules, the term ‘Significant Beneficial Owner’ means any individual acting alone or together or through […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its notification dated 13/06/2018, had notified the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) (SBO) Rules, 2018 along with Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended by the Companies Amendment Act, 2017 to eradicate money laundering and to unmask the hidden owners of the company. Further,On 08.02.2019 M.C.A has revised the […]
DEFINITION OF THE TERM ‘COMPANY’ Company is defined under section 2(20) of the Companies Act, 2013, which means ‘A Company is registered under any provisions of Companies Act 2013 or any previous Company Law’. Following types of Companies are registered in India: Private Limited Company Public Limited Company One Person Company (OPC) Limited Liability Partnership […]
Certain advantages for conversion of loan into equity share capital of the Company: No cash exchange occurs in the debt-to-equity swap. Increasing cash flow by decreasing liabilities. Avoidance to paucity of financial resources. Process chart for Conversion of Loan into Equity shares Section 62 (3) of Companies Act, 2013 Phase 1: Important Note: It is […]
It is very much clear that the expression ‘any person in whose advice, direcctions or instructions the Board of Directors of a company accustomed to act’ is of utmost relavance as the expression has been used at various places in the Companies Act, 2013 alongside with Section 2(69) which defines the term ‘Promoter’. The term […]
