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...
In most of the cases directors of the company are in view that the Books of Accounts are to be kept at registered office of the company since mostly a promoter of start-ups Incorporate a Company using its own residential address as a Registered Office address and then start a business on rented premises. This […]
CA Gourav Goyal Brief about Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) is a frequently used incentive mechanism used by organizations. There are various reasons for which the employees of a company are given such stock options. The phenomena of stock options is more prevalent in start-up companies which cannot afford to […]
Another step has been taken by ministry for tracking shell companies and vanishing companies by introduction of E-Form ACTIVE (INC-22A).As the expansion of ACTIVE itself defines Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification, Ministry, through this e-form, has asked companies to geo-tag its registered office location and share the data related to compliance of registered office.
INC- 22A: Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE) Introduction: INC -22A is a KYC Form for companies. The intention of MCA behind this form is to detect Shell Companies and update information of all the active companies. Who shall file INC-22A? As per Rule 25A of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, INC-22A is required […]
‘Significant beneficial owner’ means an individual referred to in sub-section (1) of section 90 (holding ultimate beneficial interest of not less than ten per cent.) read with sub-section [10] of section 89 of Companies Act, 2013, but whose name is not entered in the register of members of a company as the holder of such […]
INTRODUCTION Before the notification issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs dated 18th December, 2018 to amend the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, NCLT was handling the cases of Conversion of Public Companies into Private Companies and it was a time consuming process under NCLT Bench. Due to plenty of Insolvency Cases, it was necessary to […]
SECTION 168 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 Section 168- Resignation of Director (1) A director may resign from his office by giving a notice in writing to the company and the Board shall on receipt of such notice take note of the same and the company shall intimate the Registrar in such manner, within such […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs > In the year 2018, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had taken a major step by coming out with Form DIR-3 KYC, a KYC initiative for directors, in order to ascertain identities as a part of their efforts to uncover the shell companies existing to facilitate the illicit flow of funds. […]
Now Every company (other than Banking company, NBFC and Housing finance company) to which these rules apply, shall on or before the 30th day of June, of every year, file with the Registrar, a return in Form DPT-3 and furnish the information contained therein as on the 31st day of March of that year duly audited by the auditor of the company even if particulars of transaction not considered as deposit.
1) Introduction: Whereas, the Central Government vide notification S.O. 5622 (E), dated, 2nd November, 2018 has directed that all companies, who get supplies of goods or services from Micro & Small Enterprises & whose payments to Micro & Small Enterprise suppliers exceed 45 days from the date of acceptance or the date of deemed acceptance of […]
