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...
As per the provisions of Section 406(1) of the Companies Act, 2013, ‘Nidhi Company’ means a ‘company which has been incorporated as a Nidhi with the object of cultivating the habit of thrift and savings amongst its members, receiving deposits from, and lending to, its members only, for their mutual benefit’. Therefore, we can say […]
The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules were introduced by the Government of India in 2014, which have been amended from time to time to ease the acceptance of deposits. This article deals with the conditions and rules regarding the acceptance of deposits by companies. APPLICABILITY Applicable on all companies except: a banking company; a non-banking […]
WHAT IS ESOP AND WHY IT IS RECOGNIZED AS START UP KIT TO RETAIN TALENT AS WELL AS LEGAL ASPECTS OF ESOP Employee Stock Option Scheme usually known as the Employee Stock Option Plan or Employee Stock Ownership Plan or ESOP, as its bare reading suggest that it’s an option provided to the employees of […]
Steps required to be follow before conducting Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Company What is Annual General Meeting – AGM is gathering of a company’s, shareholders and its Board of Directors (Board). At an AGM, the Board of the company present the company’s annual report comprising company’s performance and its future strategy for the […]
How to change Name of the Company ? The Name of a company is its unique identity, and the same is also found in the first clause of the MOA (also known as Name Clause). The management of the company desiring to change the Company Name would need the consent of its shareholders and the […]
Nowadays apart from Covid negative news, we also read some positive news about how people helping each other to cope up from this pandemic. From farmers to businessman to companies, everyone helping the society or government through the way convenient to them. Everyday in newspapers or through social media we read about companies coming ahead […]
In the past, we had come across many financial frauds, the most manipulated corporate frauds were Satyam Scam, Enron Scandal and WorldCom scandal. The major reason these scams were successful is due to lack of corporate governance, hiding the true position of the company by the intentional use of fraudulent accounting practices. Such scams spurred the government to bring strict rules and regulations and mandate the requirement of internal financial control reporting to prevent the recurrence of such kinds of frauds in near future.
Board of Directors are the most essential Personnel of a company who are entrusted with the fiduciary duty to carry on objectives of the company in the manner profitable to its stakeholders. The Companies Act allows the Board to exercise all such powers, and to do all such acts and things, as the company is […]
An appeal dated 30.03.2020 was made to MDs/CEOs of top 1000 companies to contribute generously to “Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund” (PM CARES Fund). In the appeal, it was mentioned that such contribution may, inter-alia, include the unspent CSR amount, if any, and any amount over and above the minimum […]
Before we start with related party transactions, we have to understand that as per Company law powers of the Company are exercise either by the Board of Directors or by Shareholders. The relationship between the Board of Directors and Shareholders is like a federation. Some powers are exclusively reserved for the Board of Directors and […]
