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...
Central Government dictates details of Class Action Suits via National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 Background At the time of Satyam scam, the Indian investors, as opposed to their counterparts in USA, could not file litigations against the fraudulent company. Owing to the peculiarity of weighty financial scam of Satyam in 2009, the […]
This Article is an effort to explain the provisions related to provisions of Cost Records & Audit under Companies Act, 2013 and Rules thereto. 1. DEFINITIONS a) Cost Accountant means a cost accountant as defined in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and who holds a valid […]
Application fess has for STK-2 has been increased to Rs. 10,000 from Rs. 5,000 w.e.f. 10/05/2019. Application for removal of name by company in form STK-2 shall be made only after filling of form AOC-4 and MGT-7 till the end of FY in which Company ceased to carry its business operations.
Names which. resemble too nearly with name of existing company.- (1) A name applied for shall be deemed to resemble too nearly with. the name of an existing company, if, and only if, after comparing the name applied for with the name of an existing company by disregarding the matters set out in sub-rule (2), the names are same.
A person who is a Director is one or more companies or just holding DINs need to look at the following new compliance which makes a director directly or indirectly responsible for the compliance associated with the director or the company. As a director, one need to meet these in order to avoid fines & […]
REMOVAL OF NAME OF COMPANY – LATEST AMENDMENT – MCA NOTIFICATION DATED 8TH MAY, 2019 Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide notification dated 8th May 2019 has come out with certain major changes under Companies (Removal of Name of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2019 Here are the amendments- A. The filing fees of […]
Form MSME I is required to be filed pursuant to notification from Ministry of Corporate Affairs dated 22 January, 2019 issued under Section 405 of the Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly, all companies, who get supplies of goods or services from micro and small enterprises and whose payments dues to such micro and small enterprise suppliers […]
MCA notifies National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 vide Notification dated 08th May, 2019 and inserts sub-rule (3) & (4) to rule 84 of National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016.
The due date for the filing of Form BEN-1 is 9th May, 2019 and that of Form BEN-2 is within 30 days of receipt of declaration in Form BEN-1 However, the said e-forms Form BEN-1 and BEN-2, have not yet been made available on the MCA website is leading to practical difficulties for companies in […]
Analysis of MCA Notification regarding filing of E Form DIR-3 KYC upto 30th June every year as notified by Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2019 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Amendment Rules, 2019 which shall come into force from 30.04.19 wherein Rule 12A related […]
