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.
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CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
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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...
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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...
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Company Law : The NCLAT held that CFO nominees must satisfy the eligibility requirements under Section 203 of the Companies Act. It set aside th...
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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...
The Rules, as name suggests, provide for a declaration by the Company to ROC about the Significant Beneficial Owner and compliance related to the same to enable Government authorities to keep a track of the actual holders of the ownership of the corporate entity.
Company shall disclose/publish its name, address of its registered office, the Corporate Identity Number, Telephone number, fax number if any, email and the name of the person who may be contacted in case of any queries or grievances on the landing/home page of the said website. Company should also disclose its website address on its […]
Rule 16 of The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 prescribes about the Return of Deposits to be filed with the Registrar. A new Explanation has been added via this amendment. It says
eForm INC-22 (Notice of situation or change of address of the registered office of the company) – Article explains Law(s) Governing the Form INC-22 , Purpose of the eForm INC-22 , Form Number as per Companies Act, 1956, Specific Instructions to fill the Form INC-22 at Field Level, Time Limit for filing of Form […]
As per the Latest Notification, the company shall submit a half yearly return to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs by stating the details of the amount of payment due to Micro and Small Enterprise Suppliers along with the reason of delay. The clarification of said notification as in following points:
Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2019- New Rule Analysis As per New Rule, Reporting Company have to find out about the SBO, identify the individual and cause such individual to make a declaration to the Reporting Company in Form No. BEN-1 (Physical Form). This form shall be filed by the individual who is the SBO to […]
AN OVERVIEW ON COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2018 Provision of declaration for commencement of business re-introduced. Name of company can be removed if not complied with. In many routine matters, ‘fine’ or ‘imprisonment’ converted into ‘Penalty’, which can be imposed directly by RD or ROC after issuing SCN. Removal of name if company if subscription amount […]
Under the newly introduced Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018, all companies registered in India after the commencement of the Companies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 and having a share capital is required to obtain commencement of business certificate before commencing any business or exercising any borrowing powers. Since The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance 2018 was introduced in November 2nd 2018, any […]
Clarification regarding return to be filed for MSME’s by all specified companies Ministry of Corporate Affairs issued a recent notification dated 22nd January, 2019 in continuation of notification issued by Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises dated 2nd November, 2018 for filling of half yearly return by specified companies. Ministry of Corporate Affairs given […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has vide its Notification dated 08.02.2019 amended the existing the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 by introducing the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2019. The Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules, 2019 replaces all the provisions of the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 except Rule 5 (Register […]
