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...
Ministry of Corporate affairs after the introduction of Director KYC through e form DIR-3 KYC has decided that KYC of the Registered office of the Company shall be there, accordingly Ministry of Corporate affairs has introduced a concept of ACTIVE (i.e. Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification) to tag the identity of the Company i.e. the […]
SECTION 165 OF THE COMPANIES ACT, 2013 NUMBER OF DIRECTORSHIPS (1) No person, after the commencement of this Act, shall hold office as a director, including any alternate directorship, in more than twenty companies at the same time: Provided that the maximum number of public companies in which a person can be appointed as a […]
COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2019 The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 received the assent of the President of India’s to bring into force amendments into the provisions of Companies Act, 2013 with effect from 2 November 2018. The ordinance is based on the recommendations of a committee which was formed with the objective of reviewing the provisions […]
Section 90 of the Companies Act 2013 substituted by a new set of law by the Companies Amendment Act, 2017 with the intent to identify Significant Beneficial Owner (SBO) in a company. The whole purpose of Sec 90 is to ensure that an artificial legal entity has a natural person who control its affairs. The […]
E-Form DPT-3 is required to be filed pursuant to section 73 read with rule 16 of the of the Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 MCA vide its notification dated 22nd January, 2019 notified Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Amendment Rules, 2019, in which ‘sub–rule 3’ in Rule 16A is inserted to file e-form DPT-3 mandatorily for information […]
One Person Company (OPC) is a company which has only one person as member. OPC is a type of private company. Only a natural person, who is an Indian citizen and resident in India, shall be eligible to incorporate an OPC & shall be a nominee for the sole member of an OPC. An OPC […]
Extension of time for furnishing comments for consideration of High Level Committee on corporate on corporate social responsibility-2018 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted a High Level Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility-2018 (HLC-2018) to review the existing framework and guide and formulate a coherent policy on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 2. Comments/suggestions are […]
In this write up I have shared compliances needed to be done under Companies Act, 2013 after incorporation of a company with special focus on Private Limited companies registered in India. Minimum Compliances after Registration of a Company under Companies Act, 2013 1. FIRST BOARD MEETING WITHIN 30 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF INCORPORATION As […]
E-Form INC-22A is required to be filed pursuant to section 12 of the of the Companies Act, 2013 MCA vide its notification dated 21st February, 2019 notified Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2019, conferred by sub-section (9) of section 12 and section (1) and (2) of section 469 of Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013) As per Notification issued by […]
FORM NO. INC-22A- ACTIVE (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification)- Rule 25A of The Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (9) of section 12 and subsections (1) and (2) of section 469 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government notified rules further to amend the […]
