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 : One Person Companies (OPCs) need to record annual returns to remain compliant with legal requirements. However, many business owne...
Company Law : The process of striking off a private limited company refers to the removal of a company’s name from the Register of Compani...
Company Law : Appointment of other officer such as CTO, COO, and CMO as Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) under Companies Act, 2013 – Key Con...
Company Law : Private Limited Companies in India ought to observe annual filing necessities to keep transparency and prison standing. This artic...
Company Law : Cost audit and cost records serve as essential tools for achieving these objectives, enabling companies to monitor, control, an...
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of Deloitte Haskins & Sells LLP finds improvements but notes ongoing issues in key audit areas....
Company Law : NFRA highlights auditor responsibilities in related party transactions, emphasizing compliance with Ind AS 24, SEBI regulations, a...
Company Law : NFRA outlines audit strategy and planning requirements, emphasizing auditor communication with audit committees and compliance wit...
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of Walker Chandiok & Co. LLP reveals ongoing issues in independence and audit procedures....
Company Law : NFRA's 2023 inspection of SRBC & Co. LLP highlights audit quality issues, independence concerns, and compliance with auditing stan...
Corporate Law : CCI dismisses allegations of bid rigging in GMDA and FMDA tenders against HP India and others, citing lack of evidence under Secti...
Company Law : NCLAT Delhi held that in case there is fraudulent and malicious initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Proceedings [CIRP], ...
Corporate Law : NCLAT rules that appeals under Section 61 of IBC are invalid after corporate debtor dissolution. Explore the judgment on corporate...
Company Law : NCLAT Delhi held that the commercial wisdom of the Committee of Creditors [CoC] in rejecting resolution plan and opting for liquid...
Corporate Law : NCLAT Chennai held that after finalization of process of e-auction sale of Corporate Debtor, it cannot be permitted to consider Sc...
Company Law : Summary of the appeal by Aaryak Jewellery Pvt Ltd against penalties under Sections 42, 55, and 62 of Companies Act, 2013. Decision...
Company Law : River Mobility Pvt. Ltd. appealed against a ₹3L penalty for delayed share certificate issuance. ITAT reduced it to ₹1L. Read t...
Company Law : The appeal by Maptech Poly Products Pvt Ltd against a penalty for non-maintenance of its registered office was dismissed by the Re...
Company Law : Vishnupriya Hotels' appeal led to a penalty reduction for non-compliance with Section 149(3) of the Companies Act. The company pai...
Company Law : Vishnupriya Hotels appealed against CSR non-compliance penalties. The Regional Director reduced the fine after reviewing submissio...
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has vide notification1 dated 31 March 2009 relaxed the provisions of Accounting Standard (AS) 11, The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates2 in so far as they relate to the recognition of losses or gains arising on restatement of long-term foreign currency monetary items. By another notification3 consequential amendments to […]
The government may exempt partnership firms and limited companies from paying stamp duty while converting into limited liability partnerships (LLPs), a way of doing business that is favoured globally for its flexibility. The government will amend the Income Tax Act later this year to provide a tax regime for LLPs, which are being incorporated from […]
The sum due as referred to under section 434 of the Companies Act, 1956 must mean what has fructified and can not merely be a contingent liability or deferred payment; if the liability has not fructified within 21 days from the time the date of service of notice, it cannot be said to be a debt which company is unable to pay, in order that the Court could find a justification for winding up the company.
Standard-11 relating to The Effects of Changes in Foreign Exchange Rates earlier prescribed under the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules 2006 has been now amended by the Central Government, in terms of the powers conferred on them under the Companies Act, 1956, vide Notification dated 31st March, 2009. The said Notification contains an amendment i.e. a new Paragraph-46 to be inserted in the AS-11 earlier prescribed as aforementioned.
It’s a measure of efficiency & governance : Kunal Banerjee President, ICWAI Corporate governance has taken centre-stage in all business models since the Enron debacle. But recent happenings have shown that a governance structure should also support an organisation’s efforts to improve performance. There is a need to move from compliance governance to business governance. […]
Originally the ancestor of the plaintiffs and the defendants, namely, B had started a proprietary concern. His son constituted six private limited companies and registered them under the Companies Act, 1956, and all the shareholders of these companies being the heirs of the late B, the companies were family concerns. The Defendants Nos. 2 to 6 started defendants Nos. 7 to 12 companies out of the funds of the original concern.
Prosecutions have been filed in 110 cases for violations of various provisions of the Companies Act, 1956,” the minister said in a written reply to a question on the issue of vanishing companies. A Coordination and Monitoring Committee (CMC), co-chaired by MCA Secretary and Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman, is looking into the issue of vanishing companies, their promoters and monitoring the progress of action taken against them.
The government is set to empower ordinary shareholders of the eight lakh domestic companies by encouraging them to critically examine the decisions of the companies, and if they feel something amiss, complain to the government.
THE Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered an inspection of the accounts of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. under Section 209A of the Companies Act that brings in its ambit the subsidiaries too. The Ministry has also ordered serious frauds investigation under Section 235 of the Act.
The net is being cast wider with every company that has done a transaction with Satyam now coming under the scanner of the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), which got permission to probe Satyam’s transactions with as many as 250 companies. All the companies will have to divulge information regarding the nature of their business with […]
