Company Law : The transition to the new MCA portal disrupted statutory filings due to login, DSC, and payment failures. The key takeaway is that...
Company Law : MCA V3 launches revised MGT-7 for FY 2024-25. PAN, Folio, and validation sheet are mandatory for shareholders; external Excel use ...
Company Law : MCA has updated annual forms MGT-7A and AOC-4 with new requirements for business activity codes, registered office details and sha...
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...
Company Law : Erroneous MCA data classifying Independent Directors as 'Directors' leads to legal issues, prompting a systemic correction to prot...
Company Law : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...
Company Law : The update addresses repetitive annual KYC filings for directors. It allows filing once every three years, significantly reducing ...
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...
Company Law : The government has approved new regional and company registries to streamline administration and improve access. The move aims to ...
Corporate Law : SFIO now issues digitally generated Summons/Notices with QR codes and DINs, allowing recipients to verify authenticity online and ...
Company Law : Penalty imposed on Sh. Laxit Awla under Section 165 of Companies Act, 2013, for exceeding directorship limits. Details on violatio...
Company Law : ROC Pune held that procedural lapses in a private placement involving one investor formed part of a single integrated transaction ...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a start-up company and its officers for delayed filing of e-Form MGT-14 relating to a Special Resolution under ...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a company and its directors for delayed filing of e-Form PAS-3 relating to private placement allotment under Se...
Company Law : ROC Pune penalized a company and its directors for utilizing private placement funds before filing return of allotment under Secti...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai-II imposed penalty under Section 450 after a company incorrectly mentioned the AGM date in Form AOC-4 XBRL. The order h...
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has decided to relax the norms for companies to maintain minimum paid-up capital. According to the Companies Act 1956, the minimum paid-up capital for a private company is Rs 1 lakh and for a listed company Rs 5 lakh. According to official sources, while a company can be set up with any amount, but within a time-frame of two years it should raise the capital to Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh for unlisted and listed companies, respectively.
The ministry of corporate affairs has begun discussions with the law ministry to incorporate the suggestions made by the Supreme Court when it cleared the National Companies Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the Companies Bill that is with a Parliamentary Standing Committee.
In order to give an opportunity to the defunct companies, for getting their names struck off from the Register of Companies, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has decided to introduce a Scheme namely, ‘Easy Exit Scheme, 2010’ under Section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956.
In order to give an opportunity to the defaulting companies to enable them to make their default good by filing belated documents and to become a regular compliant in future, the Ministry has introduced a Scheme namely, ‘Company Law Settlement Scheme, 2010,’ for condoning the delay in filing documents with the Registrar, granting immunity from prosecution and charging additional fee of 25 percent of actual additional fee payable for filing belated documents under the Companies Act, 1956 and the rules made there under.
The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has started a round of consultations with the law ministry on the feasibility of setting up a National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in the next one year.
Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs, has said that in order to increase awareness in investors , an ‘India Investor Week’ will be organized in the 2nd week of July, 2010. Presiding over the meeting of the Governing Council of the National Foundation for Corporate Governance (NFCG), Shri Khurshid said that during that Week, 5 major events in the metros, regional events in the states and a large number of investor awareness camps will be organized all over the country.
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has recommended strict penal action, including imprisonment, for auditors who are found associated with serious accounting frauds. It also wants the Ministry of Corporate Affairs to frame a code of conduct for financial analysts and investment bankers for better scrutiny of firms that may indulge in such illegal affairs.
To set up a Company Law Tribunal without further delay, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has begun consultations to make the necessary amendments in the Companies Act. The move comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court judgment recommending changes in the existing Act to accommodate the tribunal within the constitutional framework.
The Corporate Affairs Ministry today said it may initiate further probe into the IPL franchisees caught in the middle of a controversy over ownership pattern and bidding process. The Ministry is analysing the reports submitted by the Registrar of Companies (RoCs) on 10 IPL franchisees. The reports include details on the bidding process, sweat equity, memoranda of association and also franchise agreements.
The expert group constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs has specifically highlighted the need to develop cost accounting standards on the basis of generally accepted cost accounting principles. The cost accounting standards board is working to address the issue.
