Company Law : The article highlights how companies completed PAS-3 filings but failed to maintain critical Right Issue documentation such as off...
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 : The MCA has widened CSR eligibility by recognizing subscriptions to Zero Coupon Zero Principal Instruments as a valid CSR activity...
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 ...
Company Law : Penalty imposed on Sh. Laxit Awla under Section 165 of Companies Act, 2013, for exceeding directorship limits. Details on violatio...
Company Law : The Registrar of Companies penalized the company and its authorized signatory after an incorrect document was attached with Form A...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai held that repeated return of official notices proved non-maintenance of a registered office under Section 12(1) of the ...
Company Law : The ROC held that incorrect disclosure in Form AOC-4 amounted to violation of Rule 8(3) of the Companies Rules. Even inadvertent f...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai penalized a director for possessing two Director Identification Numbers in contravention of Section 155 of the Companie...
Company Law : The ROC rejected the company’s defense that temporary reconstruction and business disputes justified the absence of staff and si...
The Corporate Affairs Ministry wants to introduce a new concept called the ‘knowledge test’ to find out if directors had previous knowledge of a company’s wrongful acts. As a first step, it would be ensured that the board processes are totally transparent. If it is found that the board papers had a mention of any wrongful act, and a director to whom the papers were circulated did not get his objections recorded in the minutes of the meeting, then he would be deemed to have colluded to commit that wrongful act.
Prosecutions have been filed in 110 cases for violations of various provisions of the Companies Act, 1956,” the minister said in a written reply to a question on the issue of vanishing companies. A Coordination and Monitoring Committee (CMC), co-chaired by MCA Secretary and Securities and Exchange Board of India Chairman, is looking into the issue of vanishing companies, their promoters and monitoring the progress of action taken against them.
The Satyam affair has shaken the country’s audit profession and regulatory authorities to its roots. Investors have suffered in a big way and Indian business has lost some of its sheen. Has there been a systemic failure or is Satyam just a big exception? Has the macro-structure of the audit procedure not evolved in a […]
THE Ministry of Corporate Affairs has ordered an inspection of the accounts of Satyam Computer Services Ltd. under Section 209A of the Companies Act that brings in its ambit the subsidiaries too. The Ministry has also ordered serious frauds investigation under Section 235 of the Act.
The ministry of Corporate Affairs is looking into the statement sent by Ramlinga Raju to stock exchanges admitting fraud in Satyam’s accounts. “If the message was true and a fraud has happened in Satyam it is very shameful. It should not have happened,” Corporate Affairs inister Premchand Gupta told reporters on Wednesday . The corporate […]
MCA penalizes Excel Vehicles Pvt. Ltd. Rs. 2 crores for Section 42(6) breach. Detailed analysis of the violation, penalties, and compliance directives.
