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MCA V3 Portal Failures: Is it Moral to Levy Fees for Systemic Mistakes?

Company Law : The transition to the new MCA portal disrupted statutory filings due to login, DSC, and payment failures. The key takeaway is that...

February 1, 2026 1224 Views 0 comment Print

Revised MGT-7: Mandatory Shareholder Details & Validation

Company Law : MCA V3 launches revised MGT-7 for FY 2024-25. PAN, Folio, and validation sheet are mandatory for shareholders; external Excel use ...

October 15, 2025 16134 Views 2 comments Print

Key Changes to MCA Annual Forms MGT-7A & AOC-4

Company Law : MCA has updated annual forms MGT-7A and AOC-4 with new requirements for business activity codes, registered office details and sha...

August 12, 2025 18501 Views 0 comment Print

MCA V3 Portal: New MGT-7 Filing Changes

Company Law : A summary of the new MGT-7 annual return form on the MCA's V3 portal, detailing the shift to a web-based system, new disclosure re...

August 6, 2025 7881 Views 0 comment Print

From Error to Reform: Independent Director’s Legal Battle Spurs MCA Action

Company Law : Erroneous MCA data classifying Independent Directors as 'Directors' leads to legal issues, prompting a systemic correction to prot...

July 26, 2025 8754 Views 0 comment Print


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DIR-3 KYC Filing Reduced to Once Every Three Years to Cut Compliance Burden

Company Law : The update addresses repetitive annual KYC filings for directors. It allows filing once every three years, significantly reducing ...

March 31, 2026 11610 Views 0 comment Print

MCA21 V3 Boosts Ease of Doing Business with 98% Helpdesk Resolution Rate

Company Law : The upgraded MCA21 V3 portal processed over 3.84 crore filings in five years and resolved 98% of helpdesk grievances in FY 2025-26...

February 11, 2026 723 Views 0 comment Print

MCA to set up 3 new Regional Directorates & 6 Registrar of Companies

Company Law : The government has approved new regional and company registries to streamline administration and improve access. The move aims to ...

January 4, 2026 2595 Views 0 comment Print

SFIO Introduces Digital Safeguards Against Fraudulent Notices

Corporate Law : SFIO now issues digitally generated Summons/Notices with QR codes and DINs, allowing recipients to verify authenticity online and ...

November 22, 2025 504 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Flags MCA-21 V3 Portal Glitches, Seeks Late Fee Waiver

Company Law : ICSI reports numerous technical issues—including OTP failures, data errors, and DSC problems—on the MCA-21 V3 portal and reque...

October 15, 2025 2955 Views 0 comment Print


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Director Limit Violation: MCA imposes Rs. 2 Lakh Penalty

Company Law : Penalty imposed on Sh. Laxit Awla under Section 165 of Companies Act, 2013, for exceeding directorship limits. Details on violatio...

November 24, 2024 1563 Views 0 comment Print


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Duplicate DIN Attracts ₹50,000 Penalty Despite Unintentional Error

Company Law : A director was penalized for holding two DINs in violation of statutory provisions. The key takeaway is that even inadvertent non-...

April 29, 2026 81 Views 0 comment Print

Delay in Board Meetings Beyond 120 Days Attracts Penalty Despite Disclosure

Company Law : The company failed to conduct the required number of board meetings and exceeded statutory time gaps. The key takeaway is that str...

April 29, 2026 162 Views 0 comment Print

Incorrect AOC-4 Filing Leads to Penalty Despite Rectification Request

Company Law : Filing incorrect details in statutory forms attracts penalties even if later corrected. The key takeaway is that rectification doe...

April 29, 2026 135 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Mumbai Imposed Penalty for Failure to Maintain Registered Office Address

Company Law : The case involved non-maintenance of a functional registered office, evidenced by undelivered official communication. The authorit...

April 28, 2026 222 Views 0 comment Print

Duplicate DIN Held for 1,090 Days Triggers Heavy Penalty Despite Honest Error

Company Law : The case addressed prolonged possession of two DINs due to an inadvertent mistake. The authority imposed a ₹48,958 penalty, hold...

April 28, 2026 153 Views 0 comment Print


397/398 – Fictitious Filing of Forms with MCA Portal – A Case Study – Indian Company Law

May 4, 2010 657 Views 0 comment Print

I was of the opinion that the technological advancements and the schemes like MCA providing for on-line corporate filing, will be of help to the corporates. I was also of the opinion that the MCA scheme will also boost the pace in which the companies are being incorporated in India. There is a positive side of MCA scheme providing for speedy and risk-less corporate filing, however, I want to now focus on the negative issues of MCA scheme and as to how the scheme is being misused.

MCA asks ICAI to make IFRS training affordable

April 30, 2010 552 Views 0 comment Print

Secretary, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, asks ICAI to make affordable the training being imparted to professionals for converging Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS

Shri Salman Khurshid Asks His Ministry’s Field Officers to Reach Out to the Corporates and Help Them Make Their Compliances upto-Date

April 29, 2010 474 Views 0 comment Print

All India Conference of Regional Directors of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Registrars of Companies and Official Liquidators Begin. Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister for Corporate Affairs, has said that the focus of his Ministry as well as the field offices should be on enlightened regulation and the field officers assume the responsibility of a dual role of being a regulator as well as an educator. Addressing the two-day All India Conference of Regional Directors,

MCA only collecting info on IPL teams, not conducting probe

April 27, 2010 606 Views 0 comment Print

The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it was collecting information on all franchisees of IPL teams and described this as a part of normal practice for any company and was not a probe. “My ministry is merely collecting information that we should have in the normal course of those companies that are franchisee companies,” Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid told reporters here.

ROC keeping watch on companies showing unusual financial trends

April 25, 2010 855 Views 3 comments Print

The government today said it has asked the Registrar of Companies (RoC) to look into accounts of some companies on the basis of alerts put out by an early warning system, which has been installed to check corporate frauds.

ICAI Recommendation Regarding Penal Punishment for Audit Firms for Misconduct

April 25, 2010 600 Views 0 comment Print

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has submitted the first part of its Report, after consideration by its Council, wherein the former has recommended to the Government for amendments in the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949, Rules and Regulations framed thereunder so that action can be taken against firms of chartered accountants themselves, in addition to individual chartered accountants, for misconduct.

The Core Group on IFRS and the International Financial Reporting standards Council of Japan to Collaborate on a Common Platform

April 24, 2010 424 Views 0 comment Print

The core Group on IFRS constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India and the International Financial Reporting Standards Council of Japan here today jointly agreed to initiate the process of mutual dialogue and collaborate on a common platform on various economic and corporate regulation related issues including convergence of Accounting Standards with IFRS.

New Regional Directorates of The Ministry of Corporate Affairs

April 24, 2010 582 Views 0 comment Print

The Government proposes to set up two new Regional Directorates of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, the Minister for Corporate Affairs, Shri Salman Khurshid, informed the House that one Regional Directorate would be set up in the North Western Region in Gujarat (Ahmedabad) and the other in the North Eastern Region in Assam (Guwahati).

ROC to collect details relating to the IPL franchises and the bidding process

April 22, 2010 486 Views 0 comment Print

With the Indian Premier League (IPL) saga getting murkier, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Tuesday asked the Registrar of Companies (RoC) to collect all details relating to the IPL franchises and the bidding process. In its order, the Ministry asked the RoC to get information on the memorandum of association and on franchise agreement. The RoC has been asked to submit its report within a week.

All IPL franchises under the scanner of Corporate Affairs Ministry

April 20, 2010 450 Views 0 comment Print

Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it is looking into all IPL franchises in the face of the controversy over team owners, a move that is in tandem with I-T probe into source of funding of the games body. Corporate Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said his ministry would find out “the rules of engagement” of all IPL franchises.

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