CA, CS, CMA : The reform shifts routine compliance to para-professionals, creating fee pressure and client shifts. Professionals must move towar...
Company Law : This explains how Company Secretaries ensure legal, governance, and compliance preparedness before listing. The key takeaway is th...
CA, CS, CMA : Effective study strategies for CS students, including overcoming challenges like lack of focus and poor presentation. Learn tips f...
CA, CS, CMA : Explore how the role of a company secretary has transformed from a traditional administrative position to a strategic governance p...
CA, CS, CMA : A summary of how AI is reshaping the role of Company Secretaries in India, from automating compliance tasks to new responsibilitie...
Company Law : ICSI highlights delays in marking defective forms by RoCs under CCFS 2026. It urges MCA to mandate time-bound processing or allow ...
Company Law : The representation points out that e-form design is imposing requirements beyond the law. It seeks alignment of system validations...
Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has opened empanelment for General Observers with detailed eligibility conditions to maintain fairness. It emphasizes indepen...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI broadened eligibility criteria to allow final-year students and various professional streams to register. The decision enhanc...
Income Tax : Supreme Court held that as per regulation 114(4) of the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982 election can be challenged by the ca...
Corporate Law : Sanjay Ghiya Vs Union Of India (Rajasthan High Court) Rajasthan High Court held that CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Or COMPANY SECRETARIES ...
CA, CS, CMA : Avenue for seeking certified copies as well as inspection is provided both in the Right to Information Act and in Company Secretar...
CA, CS, CMA : Working experience as an Assistant Company Secretary or a Management Trainee cannot be treated as equal to a Company Secretary so ...
Company Law, Corporate Law : Practicing professionals are prohibited from acting as full time directors. They can only act as non-executive directors not perfo...
Company Law : The case involved non-compliance with mandatory appointment of a whole-time company secretary. The authority held that delayed rec...
Company Law : The authority penalized prolonged non-compliance with mandatory appointment requirements under Section 203. Despite later rectific...
Company Law : Holds that failure to appoint a whole-time Company Secretary within the statutory timeline attracts penalty under section 203(5). ...
Company Law : The ROC held that non-appointment of a mandatory Company Secretary within the prescribed timeline constitutes a serious compliance...
Company Law : The issue involved non-compliance with mandatory appointment of a Company Secretary. The authority imposed penalties for violation...
ub-section (5) of Section 203 of the Act provides that if any company makes any default in complying with the provisions of this section, such company shall be liable to a penalty of five lakh rupees and every director and key managerial personnel of the company who is in default shall be liable to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees and where the default is a continuing one, with a further penalty of one thousand rupees for each day after the first during which such default continues but not exceeding five lakh rupees.
Penalty for Non-Appointment CS – matter is returned back to Registrar of Companies advising to re-examine the issues in totality and pass fresh order by taking the above facts into consideration before passing adjudication order and imposing penalty on the Company and its defaulting officers.
ICSI has notified that candidates who have registered under CS Executive old syllabus (2017) can switch over to CS Executive new syllabus (2022) comprising of 7 papers
Stay compliant with SEBI regulations for listed entities! Explore the format for annual secretarial audit and compliance reports, ensuring seamless adherence to the guidelines.
Any company which is mandatorily required to appoint a Company Secretary if doesn’t appoint, such company shall be liable to a penalty of five lakh rupees, and every director and key managerial personnel of the company who is in default shall be liable to a penalty of fifty thousand rupees and where the default is a continuing one, with a further penalty of one thousand rupees for each day after the first during which such default continues but not exceeding five lakh rupees.
Compliances of the listed entity are in accordance with the applicable Secretarial Standards (SS) issued by the Institute of Company Secretaries India (ICSI)
Dive into the appeal under Companies Act, 2013 by Vaasudev Grain Mill Pvt Ltd. Learn about penalties, Covid-19 challenges, and the final resolution by the Regional Director.
Council shall hold at least four meetings in each Calendar Year with a maximum interval of one hundred and twenty days between any two consecutive meetings at such time and place (including electronic mode) as the Council may determine:
Secretarial Standards are policies that define a typical structure and process for carrying out particular tasks within an organisation. Secretarial Standards covering a variety of subjects, such as Board of Directors and General Meeting meetings, the upkeep of registers and records, and the selection and compensation of directors, have been published by the ICSI.
ICSI Council revised Entrance Fees payable by applicants for admission as Associate and Fellow Member under Sections 4(3) and 5(3) of Company Secretaries Act, 1980
