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.
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A Nidhi to be incorporated under the Act shall be a Public Company and shall have a minimum paid up equity share capital of five lakh rupees. After the commencement of the Act, no Nidhi shall issue preference shares. If preference shares had been issued by a Nidhi before the commencement of this Act, such […]
Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Rule 12B. Directors of company required to file e-form ACTIVE.- (1) Where a company governed by Rule 25A of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, fails to file the e-form ACTIVE within the period specified therein, the Director Identification Number (DIN) allotted to its existing directors, […]
National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 (Class Action Suit to NCLT and Omission of Fees for Compounding of certain Offences U/S 441 Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its Notification No. G.S.R. 351(E) dated 08th May, 2019 has notify National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 which is effective from the date of […]
PREFERENCE SHARES Meaning of Preference Shares: Preference Shares are not defined in the Definition part of the Companies Act, 2013. However it has been defined in Section 43 of the Companies Act, 2013 as below: Explanation (ii) to section 43 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’) defines the term Preference Shares. “Preference Share Capital”, […]
E FORM INC-22A (Also Known As ACTIVE FORM) MCA in order to find out Shell Companies, has amended the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 and a New E- Form INC-22A (Also known as ACTIVE – (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification ) has been introduced vide Notification dated 21.02.2019 to ensure that the Company is active with its […]
Circular issued by MCA for waiver off of fees for filing Form ADT-1 by the companies which have filed Form GNL-2 during the period from 1st April, 2014 to 20th October, 2014 for appointment of auditors. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a clarification wherein it has been mentioned that the companies which have […]
1. What is the applicability of ACTIVE? Every Company incorporated on or before the 31st December, 2017 shall file the particulars of the Company and its registered office, in ACTIVE on or before 25.04.2019. However, following companies are exempted for filing eForm ACTIVE: (a) Companies which have been struck off (b) Companies under process of […]
Maintenance of Books of Accounts etc to be kept at a place other than Registered Office via e-Form AOC-5 under Section 128 of Companies Act, 2013 > Every company shall prepare and keep at its registered office books of account and other relevant books and papers and financial statement for every financial year which give […]
What is DPT-3? Mandatory Filing of Details of borrowings including borrowings in the nature of unsecured and secured Loan with ROC in form DPT-3 as prescribed under Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Amendment Rules, 2019 Who is required to file DPT-3? By Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Amendment Rules, 2019: Every Company other than Government Company shall […]
Article explains Limit Chart under various Provisions of Companies Act 2013 read with rules and under SEBI regulations related to Women Director, Resident Director, Independent Director, Women Independent Director, Audit Committee, Stakeholder Relationship Committee, Nomination Remuneration Committee, Vigil Mechanism, Sexual Harassment Policy, Internal Compliant Committee, Risk Management Policy, Risk Management Committee (exempted to SME), CSR, […]
