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...
Now incorporation of company is chipper and first track mode through Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically ( SPICe) As per MCA notification dated 29th December, 2016, Ministry of Corporate affair of India amended the incorporation rule and introduce new incorporation procedure called Simplified Performa for Incorporating Company Electronically ( SPICe). Rule 38 has now […]
ROC has power to strike off the Company in case he has reason to believe that the Company has not been carrying on any operation for a period of two years and the ROC forms such opinion in case the Company has not filed its financial statements and annual returns.
What is difference between Beneficial Owner (BO) and Significant Beneficial Owner (SBO)? Beneficial Owner: Every individual, who acting alone or together, or through one or more persons or trust, including a trust and persons resident outside India, holds beneficial interests, in shares of a company or the right to exercise, or the actual exercising of significant influence or control.
Till now, Dematerialisation of Shares was a mandatory requirement for a listed entity to have its 100% promoter shareholding and 50% non promoter shareholding in demat form. But now, as a part of its drive to lift the corporate veil, target benami transactions and bring more transparency, the government plans to make it compulsory for […]
Article explains Meaning and Nature of Debentures and Preference shares . It further explains Status of Debenture / Preference share Holders, Obligation to Company of Debenture / Preference share Holders and further explains Share of Profits, Tax Benefit, Cheaper source of Finance, Effect on Authorized capital and Blockage of funds in increasing authorized capital. S.No Point of Difference Debentures […]
A giant step has been taken by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) by its notification dated 13/06/2018, notifying the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 along with Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended by the Companies Amendment Act, 2017 to eradicate money laundering, avoidance and evasion of laws and rules and regulations by companies.
Article focuses on Section 185 of Companies Act, 2013 as amended by Companies Amendment Act, 2017 on the issue whether Exemptions are available to private limited companies u/s 185 as per notification?
Amendment in Accounting Standard (AS) 11- An enterprise may dispose of its interest in a non-integral foreign operation through sale, liquidation, repayment of share capital, or abandonment of all, or part of, that operation. The payment of a dividend forms part of a disposal only when it constitutes a return of the investment.
Every significant beneficial owner is required to file a declaration in Form No. BEN-1 to the company in which he holds the significant beneficial ownership:
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India had in its mail dated 8th May, 2018 communicated the notification of Companies [Registered Office and Fees) Second Amendment Rules, 2018 by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs along with providing relaxation for the Additional Fees payable in the event of delay wherein the due date of filing of Forms falls prior to 30th June, 2018.
