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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It was intended to apply the provisions of SS-1 to the committees constituted by the Board under the Act and not to various other committees constituted under the other laws/Regulations. The amendment in the definition is made accordingly, to reflect the intention.
Power of Central Govt u/s 66(2) regarding notice for reduction of share capital delegated to Regional Directors at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Shillong vide notification dated 6.9.2017
Allotment of Securities S. NO. PARTICULARS DETAILS 1. Allotment within 60 days Allotment shall be done within 60 days of receipt of application money. 2. If not allotted within 60 days, refund in next 15 days If allotment is not done within 60 days then refund the whole application money within next 15 days. 3. […]
DIN APPLICATION Any person intending to apply for DIN shall have to make an application in eForm DIR-3. DIR-3 Form: Any person intending to apply for DIN shall have to make an application in eForm DIR-3 and should follow the following procedure: Online Filing of DIN Application. In Form DIR-3 fill the details like Name, […]
Department of Financial Services advises all Banks to take immediate steps to put restrictions on bank accounts of over two lakh ‘struck off’ companies. Government has stepped up decisive action against companies falling within the ambit of Section 248 of the Companies Act.
Directors disqualified under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 and who are associated with struck off companies (S.248) are advised not to make any application for Name Availability (INC-1), Incorporation of Companies (INC-7/SPICe-INC-32/URC-1/INC-12). Forms filed by such Directors shall be rejected summarily by the Central Registration Centre(CRC). Further, attention is drawn to the provisions […]
A joint venture would mean a joint arrangement, entered into in writing, whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement, have rights to the net assets of the arrangement. The usage of the term is similar to that under the Accounting Standards.
In this Flash editorial, the author referring amendment i.e. Secretarial Standard -2 (here after referred as SS-2) issued on July, 1st, 2015 (here after referred as Old SS) and Revised version of SS-2 effective from 1st October, 2017 issued by issued by Institute of Company Secretary of India (ICSI) dated 30th August, 2017.
If an auditor of a company, in the course of the performance of his duties as auditor, has sufficient reason to believe that an offence involving fraud, is being or has been committed against/in the company by officers or employees of the company, he shall report the matter in the manner stated hereinafter.
Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates the observance of Secretarial Standards on General and Board Meetings specified by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government. Accordingly, the Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2), as approved by the Central Government, have been issued by the ICSI for observance by all companies (except exempted class of companies).
