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). ...
1. What is the need of the Secretarial Standards? + Companies follow diverse secretarial practices. These practices have evolved over a period of time through vañed usages and as a response to differing business cultures. As an illustration, in Companies Act, 2013, there are no provisions with regard to time within which Agenda and Notes […]
Be just like a child who looks the world as it as. He has no filters in his mind. He has a keen desire to learn new things. As he grows up and wants to take some initiatives, society comes in front of him and gives the examples of many people who failed in their […]
Decisions of a Company are taken by its Board of Directors at their meetings. The Companies Act, 2013 (hereinafter referred to as Act) has put in place provisions to call, convene, conduct and regulate these meetings but the law had also mandated that every Company should observe Secretarial Standards.
CS Divesh Goyal Dear Professional Colleagues I am writing this article for the Members of Institute of Company Secretary of India. Information’s mentioned in this article taken from the Website of ICSI. GRANT OF CERTIFICATE OF PRACTICE WHO CAN BE PRACTICING COMPANY SECRETARY “PCS”? A member of the Institute of Company Secretary of India individually […]
The Secretarial Standard 1 seeks to prescribe a set of principles for convening and conduct of Board Meetings. The principles enunciated in this Standard are equally applicable to the meetings of Committees, unless otherwise stated herein or in the Act. The Directors owe a duty to the shareholders and should exercise care, skill and diligence […]
Sending Notice, Agenda, Resolution by Circulation and Minutes of Board Meeting under SS-1-Secretarial Standard on Meetings of Board of Directors ♣ NOTICE – The Notice shall specify the serial number, day, date, time and full address of the venue of the Meeting. ♣ AGENDA- To send Agenda to the Directors at least seven days before […]
Central Government hereby establishes a Tribunal Consisting of the following persons to decide the disputes arising under Section 10 A of the Act in the matter of election to the Council of the institute of Company Secretaries of India held in December,2014, namely
entral Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Company Secretaries (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and Other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Rules, 2007, namely:—
It has been noticed that the average person talks to himself or herself about 50 times in a day and that self-talk about him or her is 90% on negative things. These mind talk creates a powerful effect on us and on our attitude. This called the psychological behavior which acts as a motivator within us.
Approval of Central Government under sub-section (10) of section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013 is hereby accorded to the Secretarial Standards (SS) namely SS-1 on Meetings of the Board of Directors and SS-2 General Meetings.
