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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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Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026: Reimagining India’s Corporate Governance Landscape

Company Law : The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 proposes sweeping reforms to improve corporate governance, digital compliance, and globa...

May 15, 2026 228 Views 0 comment Print

Buy-back Taxation under Income Tax Act, 2025

CA, CS, CMA : The article explains how buy-back taxation shifted from company-level tax to shareholder taxation under the Finance Act, 2024 and ...

May 14, 2026 585 Views 0 comment Print

Unregistered Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)

Fema / RBI : RBI has created a new category called Unregistered Type 1 NBFC for companies operating only with internal or group funds and witho...

May 13, 2026 351 Views 1 comment Print

Surrender of Duplicate Director Identification Number (DIN)

Company Law : Registrar of Companies clarified that Section 155 absolutely prohibits holding more than one DIN. Penalties were imposed even thou...

May 13, 2026 192 Views 0 comment Print

How to Register a Private Limited Company Fast in India?

Company Law : This guide explains the complete process for quick Private Limited Company registration in India, including required documents, DS...

May 13, 2026 243 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Provisional List of 1314 Audit Firms Missing NFRA-2 Filings for 2024-2025

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...

May 10, 2026 4608 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Flags MCA-21 V3 Portal Issues, Seeks Urgent Compliance Fixes

Company Law : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...

May 8, 2026 16893 Views 0 comment Print

NFRA issues Audit Quality Inspection Guidelines

Company Law : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...

May 1, 2026 741 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Seeks Refiling Option for Annual Forms Under CCFS 2026

Company Law : ICSI highlights delays in marking defective forms by RoCs under CCFS 2026. It urges MCA to mandate time-bound processing or allow ...

April 18, 2026 1791 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Request MCA to permit filing of Forms during liquidation process

Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...

April 18, 2026 1368 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Judiciary


Madras HC Allows Fresh Reply in NDH-4 Rejection Cases Due to Opportunity of Hearing

Company Law : The Madras High Court permitted Nidhi companies to submit fresh replies against NDH-4 rejection orders and directed authorities to...

May 16, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

Dale & Carrington Vs. P.K. Prathapan (2004): Legal Analysis & Narrative Brief

Company Law : Legal Analysis and Narrative Brief: Dale and Carrington Investment Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others (Supreme Cou...

April 6, 2026 387 Views 0 comment Print

NCLT Dismisses Plea as Preference Share Extension Within 20-Year Limit Needs No Approval

Company Law : The case examined whether Tribunal approval was required for extending preference share redemption. It was held that such extensio...

April 3, 2026 333 Views 0 comment Print

Absence of Entries Not Proof of Fraud; NCLT Upholds Strict Proof Standard Under Section 66

Company Law : The Tribunal held that allegations of siphoning ₹30 lakh were not supported by any evidence tracing funds to the respondent. Mer...

March 28, 2026 324 Views 0 comment Print

No Separate Meeting Needed When Same Terms Apply to Entire Shareholder Class: Calcutta HC

Company Law : The Court held that a separate meeting of sub-class shareholders is not required when identical terms are offered to the entire cl...

March 18, 2026 249 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


Company & Directors Penalised for 1802-Day Delay in Internal Auditor Appointment

Company Law : ROC Delhi imposed penalties under Section 450 after a company failed to appoint an internal auditor despite crossing prescribed fi...

May 15, 2026 69 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Imposes Penalty for Failure to form Audit & Nomination Committees

Company Law : ROC Delhi imposed penalties after a company failed to form Audit and Nomination Committees despite crossing the prescribed turnove...

May 15, 2026 78 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Penalises Wrong AOC-4 XBRL Filing for CFS Disclosure Error

Company Law : ROC Kolkata imposed penalties after a company incorrectly reported that consolidated financial statements were not applicable in i...

May 15, 2026 45 Views 0 comment Print

Failure to Appoint Woman Director Within Time Limit Attracts ₹5 Lakh Penalty

Company Law : ROC Kolkata penalized a company and its directors for not appointing a woman director after turnover crossed ₹300 crore. The ord...

May 15, 2026 39 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Imposes Penalty as Directors Failed to Explain Auditor Qualifications in Board’s Report

Company Law : ROC Uttar Pradesh imposed penalties under Section 134(8) after finding that the company’s directors failed to provide comments o...

May 15, 2026 42 Views 0 comment Print


How to Prepare Annual Return as per Companies Act, 2013 (MGT-7)

September 2, 2016 40886 Views 0 comment Print

CS Divesh Goyal INTRODUCTION: Section 159,160,161,162 & Schedule V deals with the Annual Return & related Provisions under Companies Act, 1956. But in Companies Act, 2013 all these Sections are combined together in one Section namely – 92. Annual return is a yearly statement, required to be filed by every company irrespective of their nature, […]

Checklist on Board of Directors Report under Companies Act, 2013

September 2, 2016 23755 Views 3 comments Print

Checklist on Board’s Report under The Companies Act, 2013 Sr. No. Particulars/Disclosure Format, if any Provisions Applicability Small Private Public Select Public Listed 1 Extract of Annual Return (Extract of annual return relating to FY to which the Board’s Report relates shall be attached.) MGT 9 Sec 134 (3) (a) r/w rule 12 of Cos […]

Special Courts for speedy trial of offences under Companies Act, 2013

September 2, 2016 1990 Views 0 comment Print

Chief Justice of the High Courts of Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Madras and Manipur, designates the following Courts as Special Courts for the purposes of providing speedy trial of offences punishable with imprisonment of two years or more under the Companies Act, 2013, namely

How to Prepare Directors Report as Per Companies Act, 2013

September 2, 2016 14544 Views 0 comment Print

How To Check The Financial Year-i. Check from the Annual Return/Directors’ Report of previous financial year. ii. Check the incorporation date and calculate to verify.

How to Convert Private Ltd. Company Into LLP

August 31, 2016 6358 Views 0 comment Print

A Private Company desires to convert its status to LLP Form shall foremost decide the designated Partners of the proposed LLP, as only the members can be the Partners of the converted LLP and of these members of the company at least two Partners would be the Designated Partners.. In case of Body Corporate who […]

Draft Director’s Report For Private Limited Company

August 28, 2016 133577 Views 2 comments Print

In this article Author has compiled Draft format of Director’s Report For Private Limited Company under Companies Act, 2013 which can be used for Financial Year 2015-16 and Subsequent Years.

Annual Filing Under Companies Act 2013

August 28, 2016 135422 Views 8 comments Print

After Completion of Two Year of Companies Act, 2013, Law has been settled down. Now it is the high time for the members to start work on Annual Return (MGT-7) and Director Report. Because there were many amendments in Rules, many circulars, notification came during the year 2015-16 which will affect the Annual filing of the Company.

Easy way to learn all 16 points of paragraph 3 of CARO 2016

August 26, 2016 42179 Views 2 comments Print

1. For Point No 1 to 8:- F I L L your bank account with C C (short form of cash credit) use it to pay the STATUTORY DUES and make no DEFAULT IN REPAYMENT OF LOANS & BORROWINGS.

Checklist for Post Annual General Meeting Work

August 23, 2016 31814 Views 3 comments Print

This Article contains Checklist for work to be done by a Company after its Annual General Meeting (AGM). The Same includes Filing of Annual ROC Forms i.e. ADT- 1, Form AOC 4, MGT-7, MGT-14, Compliance with SEBI Regulations, Compliance with Law related to dividend deceleration, Preparation of Minutes and submission of same with SEBI etc. […]

Reporting on Internal Financial Controls- Application of SA 265

August 22, 2016 14720 Views 0 comment Print

Reporting on Internal Financial Controls under Clause (i) of Subsection 143(3) of the Companies Act, 2013- Application of principles of SA 265- SA 265 guides the auditor on how to determine if there are deficiencies in internal control and how these deficiencies observed by him could be considered as significant and the manner of communicating such deficiencies to the management and those charged with governance.

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