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...
Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh get new NCLT benches The Government has approved establishment of two new benches of National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), one at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and the other at Indore in Madhya Pradesh. This step has been taken keeping in view the increasing case load, especially under the Insolvency & Bankruptcy […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has recently between 1st January, 2019 to 28th February, 2019 issued approximately 13 amendment notification / Circulars under Companies Act, 2013. These are Eight Notifications related to Amendments in Rules, Three other Notifications, One Circular and Companies Amendment (Ordinance) 2019. Most Important things about these notifications/ amendments is that for these amendments […]
MCA implemented the rule of Incorporation with Zero fees for the proposed companies with a nominal capital of less than or equal to Rs. 10 Lacs and in respect of proposed companies not having share capital, whose members does not exceed 20. Now with effect from 18.03.2019, this limit of 10 lacs has been revised to Rs. 15 lacs.
What are the new rules for the Return of Deposits? On 22nd January 2019, the MCA came up with a new amendment in the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits), Rules, 2014. Now as per the new guideline, every company other than the government companies has to file a onetime return of loans. Those which has not been […]
Today the topic with which I am dealing is ‘Process to apply for Director Identification Number DIN’ Q.1. What is Director Identification Number (DIN)? A. DIN is an 8-digit Unique Director Identification Number allotted by the Central Government to any person intending to become a Director/Designated Partner of a company/LLP. Q.2. Is DIN Same as […]
CS Shruti Bansal Article explains due dates of new compliances introduced by Ministry Of Corporate Affairs (MCA) recently which includes filing of ACTIVE FORM-INC 22A, INC-20A, DPT-3, MSME-1, BEN-1 and DIR-3 KYC Alongwith details of when the same was introduced, Fees for Filing and Penalty for late filing, Information/ Documents to be furnished with Form […]
Re-Constitution of Insolvency Law Committee as Standing Committee for review of implementation of Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, 2016
Climb the steps to achieve the goal of Conversion of a Public Limited Company into a Private Limited Company Rule 41 has been recently added in The Companies ( Incorporation) Rules vide Companies (Incorporation) Fourth Amendment Rules 2018 made effective from 18.12.2018. The detailed and step wise presentation is been made for better and easy […]
Recently the MCA has announced certain compliance to be met by the registered companies. Here we are discussing about which companies are required to file, due date of filing, consequences of non-filing & what details would be required to file form MSME-1 and INC 22A. MSME Form-1 MCA has directed all the companies who get […]
Shifting of Registered office W. E. F 06.03.2019 Rule 30(5) the word ‘with the widest circulation‘, the words ‘with wide circulation‘ is substituted. Revised Rule read as The company shall, not more than thirty days before the date of filing the application in Form No. INC.23 – (a) Advertise in the Form No.INC.26 in the vernacular newspaper […]
