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 : MCA has cautioned stakeholders against phishing calls, WhatsApp messages, emails, fake websites, and ZIP attachments impersonating...
Company Law : ICSI has requested the MCA to grant compliance relaxations following technical disruptions caused by the Data Centre fire. The pro...
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 : Penalty imposed on Sh. Laxit Awla under Section 165 of Companies Act, 2013, for exceeding directorship limits. Details on violatio...
Corporate Law : The MCA has introduced temporary relief measures extending name reservation validity and e-form resubmission deadlines affected by...
Company Law : MCA has allowed companies to file Form DPT-3 for FY 2025-26 without additional fees until 31 July 2026 due to disruptions caused b...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai penalized a director after Form AOC-4 contained an incorrect AGM due date. The order emphasizes that directors are resp...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai imposed a penalty after finding that an individual held two Director Identification Numbers in violation of Section 155...
Company Law : ROC Mumbai penalized a Whole Time Director for filing Form DIR-12 with an incorrect CFO appointment date. The order reiterates tha...
Incorrect disclosure of promoter and public shareholding in a statutory return was penalised under the Companies Act. The key takeaway is that even clerical errors in MCA filings can trigger liability.
The regulator examined filing of statutory forms with incorrect financial figures. It held that later correction does not erase liability for filing defective information.
The amended rules replace annual KYC with a three-year filing cycle for directors holding DINs. The key takeaway is reduced compliance frequency alongside stricter reporting of personal detail changes.
Filing a statutory e-form with incorrect details was held to be a completed offence. Even clerical errors can attract penalties, irrespective of subsequent correction requests.
The adjudicating authority held that non-affixation of the company’s name at its registered office violates Section 12, warranting penalties on the company and directors.
The adjudicating authority imposed the statutory maximum penalty after holding that non-filing of INC-22 for years violated Section 12 of the Companies Act.
The authority held that not maintaining a functional registered office violates Section 12, justifying the statutory maximum penalty on the company and directors.
ROC held that appointing an Independent Director for a third consecutive term violates section 149(11). Even voluntary disclosure did not shield the company and officers from maximum penalties under section 172.
Non-filing of mandatory board resolutions approving accounts led to monetary penalties. The order reiterates that approval of accounts must be promptly reported to the regulator.
ROC imposed the highest penalty for failure to file MGT-14 approving financial statements. The order reiterates strict enforcement of section 117 timelines.
