Company Law : Procedure under the Companies Act, 2013 and IEPF Rules, 2016 Introduction Equity shares for which dividends have remained unpaid o...
Company Law : This explains why genuine shareholders face rejection in IEPF claims due to procedural lapses. The key takeaway is that compliance...
Corporate Law : Learn the legal process to recover dividends held by companies or transferred to IEPF. Takeaway: Timely action ensures shareholder...
Company Law : Form IEPF-5 updated from 6 Oct 2025. New provisions include entitlement and authority letters, share-only claims, and validation o...
Company Law : Effective October 6, 2025, the MCA introduced the Investor Education and Protection Fund Amendment Rules, 2025, modernizing the re...
Company Law : The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), a statutory body under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, has invited feedba...
Company Law : Proposed amendments aim to reduce timelines and simplify procedures for refunds of unclaimed shares and dividends. The changes foc...
SEBI : The review clarifies that unclaimed interest and redemption amounts for listed debt securities must be transferred to IEPF only af...
Company Law : IEPFA is launching a new portal to streamline investor claims. It will simplify low value claims integrate a call center and imp...
Corporate Law : Clarification on share certificate claims under Rs. 5 lakh, legal heir acceptance, and applicant authenticity measures by the Inve...
Company Law : The notification updates the IEPF Authority’s composition by appointing an RBI Executive Director as an ex-officio member. The k...
Corporate Law : MCA notifies amendment to IEPF Rules, 2016, substituting Form IEPF-5 with effect from 6 October 2025 under the Companies Act, 2013...
SEBI : SEBI has updated the Investor Protection and Education Fund Regulations, 2009, to include funds from certain delisting processes a...
Corporate Law : IEPFA issues final notice for companies to file Form IEPF-1A with Excel template by Aug 30, 2025, to ensure investor claims are pr...
Company Law : Smt. Deepti Gaur Mukerjee appointed as chairperson of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority by the Ministry of Corp...
General Circular No. 16/2020 File No. 16/01/2018-IEPFA (Vol. II) Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority Ministry of Corporate Affairs Government of India Ground Floor, Jeevan Vihar Building, 3, Parliament Street, New Delhi-01, Dated: 13th April, 2020 To All Stakeholders, Nodal Officers (IEPF) of Companies, All Regional Directors and Registrar of Companies Subject: Filings under section […]
IEPF Compliance Checklist for a Financial Year Updated as per Section 125 of Companies Act, 2013 and Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016. S. No. Particulars of compliance Timelines 1 Form IEPF-3 Within 30 days of the end of the Financial Year 2 The Company shall inform the […]
Procedure for Claiming Unclaimed Dividend/Shares from Investor Education Protection Fund (IEPF) and Steps to be Followed by Company to Process the Claim IEPF – 5 CLAIM PROCESS FOR CLAIMANTS UNDER COMPANIES ACT 2013 1. Claimant to register themselves online on this weblink http://www.mca.gov.in/mcafoportal/loadUserRegistration.do?link=loadUserRegistration 2. Claimant to login and fill web based IEPF – 5 form. […]
Brief Note of IEPF Forms or Step wise checklist of IEPF form Every Company which has any *unclaimed amount shall file e-form IEPF-2 within 60 days of Annual General Meeting with Ministry of Corporate of Affairs mentioning unclaimed and unpaid amounts separately for each of the previous seven financial years (number could be zero for […]
Declaration of Dividend is one crucial thing in any Company as it is their way of keeping their Shareholders happy. This also is an indicator to some extent about a Company’s performance. Section 123 of the Companies Act, 2013 deals with the process of Declaration of Dividend. However, it is not the declaration, but the […]
The Investor Education & Protection Fund (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules 2016 have been amended vide GSR No.571 (E) dated 14.8.2019 to simplify the process of refund of claims filed with The Investor Education & Protection Fund Authority (the Authority).
Application to the Authority for claiming unpaid amounts and shares out of Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) IEPF Refund- Any person, whose unclaimed or unpaid amount has been transferred by the company to IEPF may claim their refunds to the IEPF authority. For claiming such amount, claimant needs to file form IEPF-5 alongwith requisite […]
Shri Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, inaugurated the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) Help Line number — 1800-114-667 — and Call Centre here today.
MCA waives the additional fee payable by companies on filing form IEPF-1A upto 31.12.2019 and form IEPF-2 (for the purpose of filing Statement of unclaimed and unpaid amounts) upto 30.11.2019 vide General Circular No. 11/2019 Dated: 25.10.2019.
Extension of last date for filing of Form No. IEPF – 1A under the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016
