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...
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CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
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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...
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has identified 1,06,578 Directors for disqualification under Section 164(2)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 as on September 12, 2017.
To Avoid last minutes rush and system congestion on the MCA 21 Portal on Account of annual filings during the months of October and November, 2017, Companies are requested to file their financial statements and annual returns at the earliest, without postponing it to the last few days permitted for the same.
A Limited Liability Partnership may be incorporated as per the procedure explained below: User Registration Register yourself on the website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, developed for LLP services, i.e. Www.llp.gov.in. This website may also be accessed through the website of the ministry www.mca.gov.in On the home page of the URL www.llp.gov.in click “Register” tab […]
Stricter Norms for Corporate Governance: Punishment for Siphoning off Money from Bank Accounts of Struck Off Companies; Disqualifation of Directors from Being Appointed or Reappointed in Companies
The concept of One Person Company [OPC] is a new vehicle/form of business, introduced by The Companies Act, 2013 [No.18 of 2013], thereby enabling Entrepreneur(s) carrying on the business in the Sole-Proprietor form of business to enter into a Corporate Framework. One Person Company is a hybrid of Sole-Proprietor and Company form of business, and has been provided with concessional/relaxed requirements under the Act
has not filed financial statements or annual returns for any continuous period of three financial years; or has failed to repay the deposits accepted by it or pay interest thereon or to redeem any debentures on the due date or pay interest due thereon or pay any dividend declared and such failure to pay or redeem continues for one year or more, shall be eligible to be re-appointed as a director of that company or appointed in other company for a period of five years from the date on which the said company fails to do so.
In general, the Company functions through the decisions of the Board of Directors who are guided by the wishes of the majority subject to welfare of the company. The general principle of company law is that every member holding shares of a particular class will have equal rights to vote. It has therefore become a Cardinal Rule of Company Law that prima facie, a majority of members of a company are entitled to exercise the powers of the company and generally control its affairs.
The Companies Act, 2013 restricts the taking or accepting of loan by a Company from its directors, relatives of Directors and other persons. It is pertinent to note that the exemption notification which is applicable only to Private Companies issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs on dated 05th June, 2015 and deposit exemption notification issued on dated 15th September, 2015.
Section 248 of Companies Act, 2013 notified with effect from 26.12.2016 deals with Power of Registrar to Remove Name of Company from Register of Companies. Various ROC has recently remove many companies exercising the power U/s. 248 if a company has failed to commence its business within one year of its incorporation or a company […]
Section 164 of Companies Act, 2013 deals with Disqualifications for Appointment of Director and Section 164(2)(a) disqualifies a person from being a director who is or has been a director of a company which (a) has not filed financial statements or annual returns for any continuous period of three financial years; ROC has put list […]
