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.
Company Law : The MCA V3 portal shifts Annual Return (MGT-7/7A) filing to a web-based system, replacing the old PDF form. It introduces mandator...
Company Law : Learn to file MCA AOC-4 on the V3 portal. The process requires direct online data entry for Balance Sheet and P&L figures, followe...
Company Law : ROC Ahmedabad penalized a company and its directors under Section 117(2) of the Companies Act 2013 for a 215-day delay in filing t...
CA, CS, CMA : Key legal compliance and regulatory updates for Nov 2025 under IT, GST, FEMA, SEBI, and Companies Acts. Includes extended annual t...
Company Law : MCA has confirmed that extension of annual filing timelines till 31st December 2025 does not extend statutory deadline for holding...
Company Law : ICSI reports numerous technical issues—including OTP failures, data errors, and DSC problems—on the MCA-21 V3 portal and reque...
Company Law : MCA clarifies how to fix PAN validation errors in Form ADT-1. Select Individual for auditors operating as sole proprietorships to ...
Company Law : NFRA's Series 4 focuses on auditor-Audit Committee communication regarding Ind AS 36 (Impairment) and SA 540 (Accounting Estimates...
Income Tax : The Pune Chartered Accountants' Society has requested an extension for tax audit and ITR filing deadlines for FY 2024-25, citing t...
Company Law : Learn about the NFRA-2 Annual Return, a mandatory filing for specified auditors. Discover who must file, the reporting period, and...
Company Law : An Official Liquidator Report filed in the Gujarat High Court was disposed of, approving a final settlement payment of Rs 90 lakh ...
Corporate Law : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) closed a complaint against Karate India Organisation (KIO), ruling that allegations of i...
Company Law : NCLAT Delhi held that remote access to ERP to directors being engaged in competing business cannot be denied unless there is tangi...
Company Law : NCLT Mumbai held that resolution plan submitted by M/s. Priyam Projects (I) Pvt. Ltd. [Successful Resolution Applicant] for M/s. S...
Goods and Services Tax : Andhra Pradesh High Court held that since services by way of renting of residential dwelling for use as residents is exempted from...
Company Law : MCA amends Companies Rules, 2014, substituting Rule 11(2) to define business of financing industrial enterprises for NBFCs and IFS...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai penalized Pentium Hi-Tech Pvt. Ltd. and its directors for failing to maintain a registered office, violating Section 12...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai imposed a ₹3,000 penalty on Nicco Securities and Directors for violating Section 12(3)(c) by failing to include the C...
Company Law : ROC Chennai imposed maximum penalties on South Asian Financial Exchange Ltd. and its director for failing to file the 2014-15 annu...
Company Law : ROC Chennai issued an adjudication order against BON FRESH FOODS for violating rules related to preferential share allotment docum...
CA Sandeep Kanoi In this article we have analyzed the Speech of Minister of Finance Mr. Arun Jaitley given in Lok Sabha on 17.12.2014 during debate on Bill to amend the Companies Act, 2013. Lok Sabha has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014 on 17.12.2014 and the bill can be accessed at the following link:-
When we invite the rest of the world to come to India, form a company, do business and invest in India, are we trying to say that in case you commit any of these offences you will never get bail or you will indefinitely never get bail?
Download format of Engagement Letter for Audit of Financial Statements under the Companies Act 2013 and the Rules Thereunder (When Reporting u/s 143(3)(i) is Applicable)
Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014 was introduced in lok Sabha by Shri. Arun Jaitley on 08th December 2014 and same been passed by Lok Sabha on 17 December 2014.
The Companies Act, 2013 (Act) was notified on 29thAugust, 2013. Out of 470 sections in the Act, 283 sections and 22 sets of Rules corresponding to such sections have so far been brought into force. The Act and the related Rules contain a large number of provisions requiring approval of shareholders by way of special resolution.
With the implementation of almost more than half of the provisions under the Companies Act, 2013 (Act) including Section 134 of the Act w.e.f. 1st April, 2014, companies now need to develop a design a framework for reporting and disclosure of various information in its Board’s Report which are now required additionally to some of […]
CA Pratik Anand Form ADT-3 is to be filed for resignation by auditor from the company as an auditor within 30 days of resignation. E Form ADT-3 is required to be filed pursuant to Section 140(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Rule 8 of the Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014 which are reproduced […]
The Union government, on Friday 12th December 2014 , introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to amend the Companies Act, 2013 to provide stringent punishment for illegal money pooling activities, among other things. The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2014, introduced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, proposes as many as 14 changes in various provisions of […]
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 mandates every company above the given threshold levels to comply with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions of the Act, and to disclose contents of its CSR policy in its Board’s Report. The penalty provision for non-compliance in this regard is prescribed under Section 134 (8) of the Act.
The number of companies registered during the first five months of this financial year (2014-15) was 21,260, as against 43,601 companies registered during the corresponding period of the previous year. Month-wise registration of companies is indicated in the Table below: Table Number of Companies Registered during first five months of 2013-14 and 2014-15, month-wise:
