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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As per section 96 of CA, 2013, every Company (other than OPC) shall hold a general meeting annually (exclusive of any other meeting). But if any default is made in holding the annual general meeting of a Company u/s 96, then the Tribunal (NCLT) shall come into the picture.
Meaning of Financial Year under Companies Act, 2013: As per Section 2(41), financial year in relation to a company or body corporate, means the period ending on the 31st day of March every year, and where it has been incorporated on or after the 1st day of January of a year, the period ending on […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) had in September 2017 disqualified 3,09,614 directors associated with companies that had failed to file financial statements or annual returns for a continuous period of three financial years from 2013-14 to 2015-16 in terms of provisions of section 164(2) read with 167(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 [the Act]. A list of such directors was published on the website of MCA.
The Parliament has passed Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 to strengthen corporate governance standards, initiate strict action against defaulting companies and help improve ease of doing business in the Country.
The Investor Awareness Programmes are conducted to prevent investment in companies floating fraudulent schemes. A list of companies against whom action has been initiated during the years for indulging in Ponzi schemes/ multi-level marketing is enclosed at Annexure II.
Section 149 of Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) read with the corresponding rules requires every listed company and prescribed class of companies to have a women director. Section 172 of the Act lays down punishment for non-compliance.
Assets, properties etc. (i.e. all movable and immovable assets/properties) of such struck off companies (which ceased to operate as legal entities) cannot be used, operated, transferred or alienated in any manner by the companies including by their ex-directors/authorised signatories, till they are restored by following the due process of law under Section 252 of the Act.
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CS Rahul Jain, Hyderabad BACKGROUND: The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 was a result of the long consultative process undertaken by the Companies Law Committee constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India in an attempt to make recommendation on various issues in implementation of the Companies Act, 2013. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2017 […]
This Article Defined basic Introduction of Secretarial Audit, which Company are Required to Appoint Secretarial Auditor?, Scope of Secretarial Audit. Secretarial audit will be helpful to the Promoters, Independent & Non-Independent Directors, government authorities & regulators, Investors, stakeholders, Creditors and management of the company.
