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.
CA, CS, CMA : A comprehensive guide covering 175 legal compliances for July 2026 under FEMA, Income Tax, GST, SEBI, Companies Act, Labour Laws, ...
Company Law : The Companies Act, 2013 requires most companies to hold four Board Meetings annually, while OPCs, Small Companies, and Dormant Com...
Company Law : This guide provides a complete AGM compliance tracker covering pre-AGM, AGM-day, post-AGM, and IEPF obligations under the Companie...
Company Law : MCA has revised the Director KYC framework, requiring DIR-3 KYC (Web) only once every three financial years. The changes reduce co...
Company Law : Learn how the Companies Act, 2013 regulates managerial remuneration through profit-linked limits, approval requirements, and gover...
Company Law : MCA has cautioned stakeholders against phishing calls, WhatsApp messages, emails, fake websites, and ZIP attachments impersonating...
Company Law : ICSI has urged the Government to amend the law to allow Company Secretaries in Practice to appear before DRTs and DRATs. It argues...
Company Law : ICSI has urged the MCA to ensure eligible companies comply with Section 203 by appointing Whole-time Company Secretaries. The repr...
Corporate Law : NSO has launched the Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) to collect comprehensive economic and oper...
Company Law : ICSI has requested the MCA to grant compliance relaxations following technical disruptions caused by the Data Centre fire. The pro...
Company Law : Madhya Pradesh HC dismissed a winding up petition, holding that a bona fide dispute over liability required adjudication before th...
Company Law : NCLT retained the freeze on assets citing serious SFIO findings but ordered defreezing of the salary account and family members' a...
Corporate Law : The Court ruled that, without a transfer application and parallel insolvency proceedings, shifting a winding-up case to NCLT was u...
Company Law : NCLT permitted stakeholder meetings after accepting clarifications on forfeited warrants, disclosures, and scheme compliance under...
Company Law : The NCLAT held that CFO nominees must satisfy the eligibility requirements under Section 203 of the Companies Act. It set aside th...
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 : MCA notifies the New Development Bank under Section 2(11)(ii) of the Companies Act, 2013, specifying it as a body corporate for th...
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...
Corporatisation is the need of the hour. The entire world is gradually drifting towards one global market without any trade barriers between the countries. A small unincorporated organization led by few partners cannot think of growth on large scale without corporatizing itself. Corporatisation has its own advantages such as Limited Liability, Perpetual Succession, Transferability of […]
MEANING OF DIVIDEND · Portion of profits of the Company allocated to holders of shares in the Company · Return on investment to shareholders · S. 2 (35): Dividend includes any interim dividend MEANING OF PROFITS Maintaining the Capital intact and taking out the surplus of current period’s receipts over expenses. PROFITS AVAILABLE FOR DISTRIBUTION […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill received the assent of the President on the 25th May, 2015 and published in official Gazette of India on 26th May, 2015 and became “THE COMPANIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2015. This Act shall come into force on 26th May, 2015 (Date as The proposed amendments deal with related party transactions, fraud reporting by auditors, public inspection of Board resolutions, responsibilities of audit committee, restrictions on bail, making common seal optional, requirement for minimum paid-up share capital, strength of benches for hearing winding up cases, jurisdiction of special courts to try offences.
Doing Business in Corporate form gives various advantages such as limited liability, perpetual succession, access to external finance, enhanced Credibility , management expertise and many more. A Company may be public or private. Although Companies Act, 2013 has not differentiated between both in matter of Compliances to be done but still there are certain benefits to operate via private limited company.
The article may contain entrenchment provision. This is new concept under Indian companies act, as there was no such concept under the old act. The word Entrench is not defined under companies act 2013. As per oxford Dictionary the word entrench means to establish ( an attitude habit or belief ) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely. It may require form of super majority or referendum submitted to the people, or the consent of another party.
Overview: INC-29 will give you the facility to avail of various services for a new business through a single e-form. Form INC 29 is the integration of the following existing forms DIR 3 – Applying for DIN. INC 1 – Checking for Name availability. INC 7 – Incorporation of Company. DIR 12 – Appointment of […]
Section 164 of companies act 2013, deal with Disqualification of Director. Subsection 1 of section 164 list disqualification of Directors for appointment as a Director of a company. Appointment shall include reappointment but not continuation to be in office.
Under the 1956 Act, companies were generally not permitted to revise or restate financial information presented in their financial statements except in a case of Material misstatement due to Occurrence of fraud or error and are reported as a ‘prior period adjustment’ in the financial statements of the year / period in which such misstatements are discovered.
For example Section 197(12) there we have to give difference between remuneration of Directors and employees and as per decided cases Executive Directors are also employees of the Company. For finding out meaning of any word used in Act, the General rule is: First refer to the definition of the word given in that Act. If it is not defined there, refer to the definition given in General Clauses Act 1897. If it is not defined there also, then refer to the dictionary meaning.
A manager is defined under 2(53) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘Act’), as an individual subject to the superintendence, control and direction of the Board of Directors, has the management of the whole, or substantially the whole, of the affairs of a company, and includes a director or any other person occupying the position of a manager, by whatever name called, whether under a contract of service or not.
