The Companies Act 2013 is a crucial legislation in India governing the incorporation, functioning, and management of companies. Learn about the key provisions, compliance requirements, and legal framework under the Companies Act 2013.
Company Law : The Companies Act, 2013 and related rules now require most public and private companies to issue and transfer securities only in d...
Company Law : The Companies Law Amendment Bill, 2026 proposes major reforms in corporate governance, compliance, and digital regulation. This ar...
Company Law : This guide explains the complete legal procedure for shifting a company’s registered office within the same state but under a di...
Company Law : Section 56 of Companies Act, 2013 requires execution of a proper instrument of transfer for transfer of interest of a member in a ...
Corporate Law : The article explains how digital adjudication systems, virtual hearings, and online compliance platforms are reshaping India’s c...
Company Law : Provisional list of audit firms of listed companies yet to file NFRA-2 for 2023-24. Filing deadline was 30.11.2025; fines apply fo...
Company Law : ICSI recommended restoring public access to basic company master data without mandatory login requirements. The representation sta...
Company Law : NFRA introduced guidelines to evaluate audit firms’ compliance and quality control systems. The framework emphasizes governance,...
Company Law : The issue is ambiguity in filing authority during liquidation. ICSI has requested clarity to enable liquidators to maintain statut...
Company Law : The initiative addresses inefficiencies in the current filing system and proposes consolidation and automation. It highlights a sh...
Income Tax : In a commercial suit regarding specific performance, High Court had allowed a Civil Revision Petition by setting aside the order o...
Company Law : The Madras High Court permitted Nidhi companies to submit fresh replies against NDH-4 rejection orders and directed authorities to...
Company Law : Legal Analysis and Narrative Brief: Dale and Carrington Investment Pvt. Ltd. and Another v. P.K. Prathapan and Others (Supreme Cou...
Company Law : Bombay High Court held that writ petition cannot be entertained in the face of availability of alternative remedy of approaching t...
Company Law : The case examined whether Tribunal approval was required for extending preference share redemption. It was held that such extensio...
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...
As per Section 2(31) of Companies Act, 2013,deposit includes any receipt of money by way of depositor loan or in any other form by a company, but does not include such categories of amount as may be prescribed in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India.
Private companies under the Companies Act 1956 have been provided with various exemptions/privileges which due to implementation of Companies Act 2013 got reduced/restricted leading to difficulties in smooth functioning of business by private limited companies. Government in consideration of the representations received from various stakeholders considered such exemptions/ privileges to certain extent.
Applicability: Section 185 applies to both Public and Private Companies. Section 185 prohibits the companies: I. For providing any loan to its directors or any other person to whom such a director is interested. II. For giving any guarantee or security in connection with such loan taken by director or any other person to whom such a director is interested.
The Company act 1956 didn’t include cash flow statement in the Definition of Financial statement. The Applicability of Cash Flow Statements governed by the Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2006. Enterprises which fall in any one or more of the following categories, at any time during the accounting period, are classified as Level I enterprises:
As per Sec 149(3) of the companies Act 2013 – Every company shall have at least one director who has stayed in India for a total period of not less than one hundred and eighty-two days in the previous calendar year. This provision applies to all Companies including private companies.
Even after six decades of Independence, India is still an under-developed country. Still problems like hunger, poverty, illiteracy, ill-health and malnutrition are prevalent in the society. There is need to look after the socio economic problems prevailing in the society not only by the individuals and Non Governmental Organization
Section 2(88) defines “Sweat Equity Shares” so as to mean such equity shares as are issued by a company to its directors or employees at a discount or for consideration, other than cash, for providing their know-how or making available rights in the nature of intellectual property rights or value additions, by whatever name called
These Secretarial Standards (SS-1 and SS-2) shall apply to Board Meetings and General Meetings, in respect of which Notices are issued on or after 1st July, 2015.
Suyog S Kabra Checklist For Meetings Of Directors Or Committees under Companies Act, 2013 [Note : Adherence by a company to Secretarial Standards with respect to General an board meetings specified by Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved as such by the Central Government is mandatory, as per the provisions of sub section […]
The company has allotted shares/debentures and entered the names of allottees in the register of members/ debenture holders. (Note – where register and index of beneficial owners is maintained with depository, it shall be deemed to be corresponding register of members)
