CA, CS, CMA : CSEET is the entrance exam for the CS Executive Programme, managed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). The ca...
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CA, CS, CMA : Explore the amendments in Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2) by ICSI. Understand the changes effective from April 1,...
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 : Along with releasing the E-Admit Cards, ICSI advised students to thoroughly review examination instructions and verify all persona...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI announced two Northern Region Convocation sessions on 9 June 2026 in Amritsar, mandating advance registration, identity proof...
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Income Tax : The ITAT Delhi orders a review of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India's income tax exemption claim, sending the matter b...
CA, CS, CMA : Aakansha Vaid Vs ICSI (Appellate Authority of ICSI) he Authority records its displeasure about the conduct of the Complainant duri...
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 : Gayathri Pasarakayala Vs Disciplinary Committee (ICSI Appellate Authority) It is clear that the Disciplinary Committee has not fol...
Income Tax : Shri Hitender Kumar Mehta Vs Shri Rajiv Bajaj (ICSI Discipilinar Committee) The Disciplinary Committee, after considering all mate...
CA, CS, CMA : The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has updated member appointments for the Chartered Accountants, Cost Accountants, and Compa...
Corporate Law : Ministry of Corporate Affairs updates tribunal members for ICAI and ICMAI election dispute cases, effective from April 17, 2025....
CA, CS, CMA : Learn about ICSI's recent decisions on governance, infrastructure, amendments, and student initiatives from its 312th Annual Counc...
CA, CS, CMA : Justice Talwant Singh appointed as Chairperson of the Appellate Authority for professional institutes under the Chartered Accounta...
CA, CS, CMA : ICSI has proposed Draft Company Secretaries (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 to amend the Company Secretaries Regulations, 1982. Thes...
We are happy to inform that the Institute has brought out a publication namely ‘Referencer on Pre-certification of e-forms’ under the Companies Act, 2013. Pre-certification of e-forms is an important area of work for the Company Secretaries in practice. MCA has entrusted company secretaries with the responsibility of ensuring reliability of documents filed by companies […]
Dear Professional Colleagues, As you are already aware, MCA has introduced the ‘Company Law Settlement Scheme 2014’ (CLSS, 2014) vide the General Circular No. 34/2014 dated 12/08/2014. The CLSS, 2014 has been introduced for condoning the delay in filing the pending annual documents granting immunity for prosecution and charging a reduced additional fee of 25% […]
Dear Professional Colleagues, Festive greetings to all of you! I hope that all of you are quite busy with annual and other filings. Incidentally, this is the peak period of annual filing under MCA 21. It has been reported by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs that so far filing made by Companies are proportionately lesser […]
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has written a letter to Ministry of Corporate Affairs on 13.10.2013 by which it has requested to extend the last date of the Company Law Settlement Scheme, 2014 to December 31st, 2014. The CLSS 2014 has been introduced for condoning the deny in filing the pending annual documents […]
Companies which do not have any of their Directors/Signatory details registered in the MCA2 1 system and who are desirous of filing DIR-3C Form are advised to get atleast one authorised signatory registered by contacting the concerned Registrar of Companies. ROCs have been requested by the MCA to allow entry of details from their offices also.
FORM NO. MGT-10 [Pursuant to section 93 of The Companies Act, 2013 and pursuant to rule 13 of The Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014] Changes in shareholding position of promoters and top ten shareholders Download Format of Form MGT- 10
Through this brief write up, I would like to point out few essential points which need to be observed for preparation of Company Secretary Course. Company Secretary Course is a professional course known for its compliance related course structure. After the applicability of Companies Act, 2013, the role of a Company Secretary has become more critical due to the enhanced rules and regulations.
Raising of number of partners in CA Firm with reference to the provisions of Companies Act, 2013. – (02-09-2014) The Council of the Institute has clarified that the earlier restriction of maximum of 20 partners permitted for firms under section 11 of the Companies act, 1956 is no more applicable to the firms as Section […]
the writ petition, which has been admitted by an order passed the Division Bench on 6 August 2014, there is a challenge to the validity of Rule 73 of the U.P. Value Added Tax Rules, 2008 on the ground that they are ultra vires the provisions of the U.P. Value Added Tax Act, 2008 and the Advocates Act, 1961 insofar as it permits persons who are not Advocates ‘to appear and represent’ before the authorities established under the Act of 2008.
As you know, section 149(4) of the Companies Act, 2013 requires every listed public company to have at least one-third of the total number of directors as independent directors and the Central Government may prescribe the minimum number of independent directors in case of any class or classes of public companies.
