Corporate Law : Overview of the Constitution (106th Amendment) Act, 2023 covering women’s reservation in Parliament and Assemblies, its scope, t...
Fema / RBI : The issue concerns alternative settlement mechanisms for international trade. The framework allows INR-based transactions with fle...
Company Law : The scheme allows companies to clear pending filings at reduced cost. It provides a major compliance relief with only 10% addition...
Goods and Services Tax : IGST refunds are not available when exports are made under LUT/Bond without tax payment. The clarification highlights eligibility ...
Income Tax : The issue covers taxation and computation of house property income under the new law. The key takeaway is clarity on annual value,...
Finance : The Authority clarifies application process, operating models, service limits, and compliance obligations under the new GIC Regula...
Corporate Law : The India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is a comprehensive pact covering trade in goods, services, rules of origin, ...
Corporate Law : The ruling clarifies that digital processes are encouraged but not mandatory, ensuring workers rights are protected even through p...
Company Law : The law removes sector-based exclusions and extends minimum wage protection to all employees. It confirms universal coverage acros...
Corporate Law : The FAQs explain the uniform wage definition and the 50% allowance cap across all Codes. Gratuity applies prospectively from 21 No...
Corporate Law : FSSAI introduced perpetual licenses and simplified registration norms to ease compliance. The reforms reduce costs while maintaini...
SEBI : FPIs can now apply for Digital Signature Certificates directly within the CAF portal. The move simplifies onboarding and reduces p...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has clarified key issues on filing annual returns through consolidated FAQs. The guidance explains ITC reporting, auto-popula...
Goods and Services Tax : ITC availed for FY 2023-24 but reversed or claimed in FY 2024-25 must be reported in Table 6A1 of GSTR-9. Reversals from prior yea...
SEBI : The notice outlines detailed guidance on filing financial results under Regulation 33, covering timelines, disclosure norms, and r...
Will a group having two NBFC licences, one of which is a non–operative holding company for the main non-banking financial business and the other being the main financial business itself, surrender both its licences or only the active non-banking financial business licence while converting into a bank?
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the applicability of SEBI (Research Analysts) Regulations, 2014 SEBI (Research Analysts) Regulations, 2014 (“RA Regulations”) were notified on September 01, 2014 and came into effect from December 01, 2014. The RA Regulations are available on the SEBI website. In order to address the queries of various market participants on the […]
As a general rule, directors are appointed by members at a general meeting. As an exception, Board can also appoint directors in some specified cases. Section 160 provides for right of any person to stand for the position of a director in a company in a general meeting in a democratic way.
As per Regulations notified by RBI, every Company having Foreign Inward Investment (i.e. having Foreign Companies/Non Residents as shareholders) or Foreign Outward Investment (i.e. Foreign Subsidiary/Associate/Joint Venture or any other Foreign Investment) is required to file Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets(FLA Return).
A person resident in India, who has a commodity exposure and faces risks due to volatile commodity prices, can hedge the price risk in the International Commodity Exchanges/Markets, using hedging products such as, futures and options, which are exchange traded and Over the Counter (OTC) derivatives as permitted by the Reserve Bank from time to time. Prior approval from the Reserve Bank / an AD Category – I bank is required.
Q1: What are the prohibitions on sec 185? Ans: No company can directly or indirectly advance loan to its directors or to other persons in whom directors are interested. No company can give any guarantee or provide any security in connection with any loan taken by him or such other person. Company can’t give loan represented by a book debt to above mentioned person.
Residential status of an individual or HUF or a company is of great importance in Indian Income Tax Act as the liability to pay tax in India does not depend on the nationality or domicile of the Tax payer but on his residential status. Residential Status is determined on the basis of physical presence i.e. the number of days of stay in India in any year.
Can an Individual have any number of ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’ in one bank? Ans. No. An individual is eligible to have only one ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’ in one bank.
Holders of ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’ will not be eligible for opening any other savings account in that bank. If a customer has any other existing savings account in that bank, he / she will be required to close it within 30 days from the date of opening a ‘Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account’.
As per rule 20 of Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014, ‘voting by electronic means’ or ‘‘electronic voting system’’ means a ‘secured system’ based process of display of electronic ballots, recording of votes of the members and the number of votes polled in favour or against, such that the entire voting exercised by way of electronic means gets registered and counted in an electronic registry in a centralized server with adequate ‘cyber security’;
