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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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 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...
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During the month June – August ROC has struck off the 200,000 (Two Lakh) Companies from its record. List of Companies struck off from record of ROC available on the website of the ROC. Even Our Honble Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi in his speech at ICAI on CA day has confirmed that scrutiny of 300,000 (Three Lakh) Companies are going on, which can be struck off u/s 248(1).
Ministry of Corporate Affairs along with Ministry of Finance has taken actions against the Shell Companies in other words the Companies which has not filed the Financial Statement and Annual Return with ROC. They have taken the action step wise step like; MCA has cancelled the registration of around 2010 lakh (209,032) defaulting Companies from the records of ROC
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs by Notification NO. S.O. 2751(E) Dated: 24th August, 2017 has notified that [1]Section 212 sub-section (8), (9) and (10) shall come into force w.e.f. 24.08.2017. MCA further vide [2]notification no. G.S.R. 1062(e) Dated: 24th August, 2017 has published rules called the Companies (Arrests in connection with Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigation Office) Rules, 2017.
To consider the proposal for shifting of registered office. Fix up the date, time, and place of the General Meeting. Approve the notice of Extraordinary General Meeting and calling of General Meeting. Authorize the CS or Director to move an application before RD to alter Clause II of Memorandum of Association within whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company (before change) is situated.
Restriction on number of layers for certain classes of holding companies. (1) On and from the date of commencement of these rules, no company, other than a company belonging to a class specified in sub-rule (2), shall have more than two layers of subsidiaries:
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th September, 2017 S.O. 3086(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the Central Government hereby appoints the 20th September, 2017 as the date on which proviso to clause (87) of section 2 of the […]
Shri Sanjay Gupta, President, Nominee of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India- Member, [nominated under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 210A of the said Act].
For the purpose of this rule, a Specified IFSC Public company means an unlisted public company which is licensed to operate by the Reserve Bank of India or the Securities and Exchange Board of India or the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi services Special Economic Zone set-up under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005 (28 of 2005) read with the Special Economic Zones Rules, 2006:
CS Vipin Kumar Mittal Keeping in view of the Section 248 to 252 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act), as notified by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) w.e.f. 26th December, 2016 and Rule 87A of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) (Amendment) Rules, 2017 as notified by MCA w.e.f. 5th July, 2017, I have […]
elevant Provisions: Section 4, 12, 13 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with rule 30 of Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 and amendments thereto. If a Company wants to shift its registered office from one state to another state; a special resolution in general meeting is required to be passed.
