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...
Although Private Limited Company is the most popular form of starting a business, there are various compliances which are required to be followed once your business is incorporated.
The audit report provided under regulation 55A of the securities and Exchange Board of India (Depositories and participants) Regulations, 1996 shall be submitted by the unlisted public company on a half-yearly basis to the Registrar under whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is situated.
Preparation of Boards Report is one of the most vital phenomena of a Company with consistent deliberations like what should form a part of the report and what not, so that it becomes apt to be served to the shareholders & stakeholders to cater their needs satisfactorily. With the new Companies Act, the Boards Report […]
Corporate Social Responsibility or CSR is a business model that company follows to integrate social and environmental concerns in their business operations. CSR is Company’s effort to pay back the stakeholders and public , who contributed in their growth and success. CSR cannot be termed as charity. It is a way to make social good […]
The new e-form recently rolled out by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is ACTIVE (INC-22A), and is part of the ACTIVE (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification) exercise. 1. APPLICABILITY: Every company incorporated on or before 31st December, 2017 shall file the particulars of the company and its registered office, in e-Form INC-22A known as e-Form ‘ACTIVE’ (Active Company […]
MCA vide its notification dated 22nd January, 2019, notified Companies (Acceptance of Deposits), Amendment Rules, 2019 in which Sub-rule 3 in Rule 16A was added which provides as follows: “Every company other than Government company, shall file a onetime return of outstanding receipt of money or loan by a company but not considered as deposits, in terms of […]
With the advent of Companies Act, 2013 the series of amendments, regular notifications, insertion of new rules, frequent updates in the forms has become a thing of common. One such Chapter of Companies Act, i.e. Chapter II Incorporation of Company and Matters Incidental thereto has underwent quite frequent changes especially in the manner of incorporating a company.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued clarification on Filing of DIR-3-KYC annually by DIN holders. It is evident from filing of DIR-3-KYC for financial year 2019-20 that DIR-3-KYC is not required to be filed every year as DIR-3 KYC available on MCA website is not taking DIN of Directors who has already filed DIR-3 KYC but […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in the month of January & February 2019 has issued the following amendments notification under the Companies Act 2013 (the Act): 1. Changes in Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules 2018 to identify individuals/entities having significant control over the affairs of a company. 2. Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 mandating all the companies incorporated […]
You must be aware that section 3A of the Companies Act, 2013 was not part of this act originally at the time of introduction of the Companies Act, 2013, however this section has been inserted in Companies Act, 2013 through Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 w.e.f. 9.2.2018. Section 3A of the Companies Act, 2013 corresponds to […]
