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...
The preference shares shall be liable to be redeemed within a period not exceeding twenty years. A company engaged in the setting up and dealing with or infrastructure projects may issue preference shares for a period not exceeding thirty years, subject to the redemption of a minimum of ten percent of such preference shares per year from twenty first year onwards or earlier, on proportionate basis, at the option of the preference shareholders.
An issue of secured debentures may be made, project the date of its redemption does not exceed ten years from the date of issue. A company engaged in the setting up infrastructure projects may issue secured debentures for a period exceeding ten years but not exceeding thirty years (Rule 18 companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules 2014
The taxonomy for the Commercial and Industrial Companies have undergone a change owing to the requirements under the Companies Act 2013, and the rules notified thereunder. Accordingly, the Taxonomy Development and Review Committee of XBRL India has finalised the draft taxonomy for Commercial and Industrial Companies based on the notification of the sections under Companies Act 2013, new rules and forms thereunder.
You would be glad to know that that the long awaited Notification to exempt private companies under section 462 of the Companies Act 2013 has been recently issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. ICAI has highlighted need for a clarification in this regard on various occasions. There was no apparent need to put a cap on the number of audit of small and medium companies.
1. The company has made necessary arrangements to avoid failure of video or audio visual connection. 2. Sufficient security and identification procedures were ensured to safeguard the integrity of the meeting by the Company Secretary/ Chairman
1. To ensure that person to whom offer has been made does not exceed 200 in a financial year for each kind of security. It is to be noted that any offer or investigation made to qualified institutional buyers or to employees of the company under scheme of employee stock option shall not be considered while calculating the limit of two hundred people.
Depreciation is the systematic allocation of the depreciable amount of an asset over its useful life. The depreciable amount of an asset is the cost of an asset or other amount substituted for cost, less its residual value. The useful life of an asset is the period over which an asset is expected to be available for use by an entity.
Without causing harm to anything contained in this section, if an auditor of a company, in the course of the performance of his duties as auditor, has reason to believe that an offence involving fraud is being or has been committed against the company by officers or employees of the company, he shall immediately report the matter to the Central Government within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed.
One of the most outstanding features of the current regulatory era is the dedicated thrust and reliance on disclosure norms. Companies Act, 2013 an ambitious Act which has overhauled almost all the provisions dealing with the management and administration of Companies is extremely focused on disclosure requirements and places more dependence on disclosures norms than on approvals criteria.
India is moving towards “ease of doing business’ regime and wants to improve its current rank (134 out of 185 as per World Bank) in starting a business vis-à-vis global standards. To put a step forward in this Direction the Ministry of Corporate Affairs had come out with a Fast Track Incorporation option which shall be available for Registering a Company on speedy basis by amending Companies (Incorporation) Rules and inserting rule 36.
