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...
CA, CS, CMA : The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has announced the first bi-annual Western Region Convocation for FY 2026–27...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI announced two Northern Region Convocation sessions on 9 June 2026 in Amritsar, mandating advance registration, identity proof...
Company Law : The issue concerns eligibility and participation rules for the convocation. ICSI has clarified that members who do not attend will...
Company Law : ICSI has proposed revising the CS syllabus to align with the National Education Policy and global practices. Stakeholder input wil...
Company Law : The Institute has proposed syllabus changes to align with modern industry, regulatory, and technological needs. Stakeholders are i...
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 Registrar of Companies found that the company remained without a whole-time Company Secretary from 2014 to 2020 in violation o...
Company Law : The adjudicating authority held that the company remained in continuous default for several years after becoming legally required ...
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). ...
Non-Appointment of CS – Penalty reduced on closely held private company and further imposing maximum penalty by the Registrar of Companies on the company, its Managing Director and other directors is harsh, burdensome on the Company.
Company is having a Managing Director and imposing penalty on non-executive director for Non-Appointment of CS should not have been made.
Non-Appointment of CS – MCA reduces penalty as all shareholders of Company are family members, no public interest is involved.
MCA reduces penalty as candidates who have consented for relocation to remote area for appointment as Company Secretary in company demanded a higher pay scale (above and beyond industry standards)
(a) due to Covid-19 pandemic, Company was unable to appoint Whole Time Company Secretary as none shown interest despite company’s effort during that period. (b) company is having negative reserves and surplus during the year 2021-2022. It has incurred losses during the year 2021.
Non-Appointment CS – penalty reduced – Ac imposing maximum penalty by Registrar of Companies on company, its Managing Director and other director is very harsh, burdensome on Company.
As Rule 8A (Appointment of Company Secretaries in Companies Not Covered Under Rule 8) of the Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 (w.e.f 09.06.2014), a company other than a company covered under Rule 8 which has a paid-up share capital of five crore rupees or more shall have a whole-time company secretary. […]
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
