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...
Applicability of Limits under Companies Act, 2013 for Preparation of Cash Flow Statement, Certification of Annual Return by a Company Secretary in Practice (MGT-8), Voting by Electronic means, Maintenance of records in electronic form [Not mandatory], Mandatory requirement to comply with Indian Accounting Standards, Disclosure in Board’s Report for manner of formal annual evaluation of […]
1.) As per section 165(1), No person shall hold office as a director, including any alternate directorship, in more than 20 companies at the same time. Provided that maximum number of public companies in which a person can act as director shall not exceed 10. For reckoning the limit of directorships of twenty companies, the […]
MCA has emerged with a Scheme on March 30, 2020, for all type of companies to file their forms even after the due date without any additional fees till December 31, 2020. There existed a condition with the scheme that after the completion of the Scheme, the Companies shall file the e-form CFSS with the […]
Relaxations for Listed Companies in respect of General Meting through Virtual mode- Extended till 31.12.2021 Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued circular no. SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD2/CIR /P/2021/11 dated January 15, 2021 regarding relaxation from compliance with certain provisions of the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 due to the CoVID -19 pandemic. SEBI vide Circular no. […]
As you all aware due to Covid 19 pandemic MCA was launched new scheme called Companies Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS). Under CFSS scheme, 2020 defaulting companies has got the chance to file all its pending forms without any additional fees. CFSS scheme is valid from 01/04/2020 to 30/09/2020 which further extended upto 31/12/2020. Last date of CFSS […]
Earlier, the word Audit was connected only with the finance. It revolves around checking company’s books of accounts, financial figures and reports but now the scope of word Audit has been widened after an enactment of Companies Act, 2013 which introduced the concept of ‘Secretarial Audit’. Secretarial Audit is a process to check compliance with […]
MCA has issued circular General Circular No. 02/2021 dated January 13, 2021 in respect of Extension of Holding of AGM through Video Conferencing. Many queries were received from professionals by me which includes 1. Whether AGM can be held even after December 31, 2020? 2. Whether this circular is only for the f.y. 2019-20 or […]
MCA has issued circular on Clarification on extension of CFSS vide General Circular No. 03/2021 dated January 15, 2021 in respect of clarification of extension of late filing of form. Many queries were received from professionals in in respect of this circular which includes- 1. Which companies are eligible to take benefits of extension vide […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has caused myriad amendments in the Companies Act, 2013 in the Month of December 2020. In this editorial, the author shall try to cover all such amendments along with the impact of the same on the Corporates. Amendment THROUGH NOTIFICATIONS 1. Notifications of the Companies Amendment Act, 2020: Most of the […]
EXTENSION OF CFSS – Scheme for condonation of delay for companies restored on the Registrar of Companies and form CFFS 2020 MCA Has been issued circulation vide General Circular No 03/2021 on 15th January 2021. For the EXTENSION OF CFSS – Scheme for condonation of delay for companies restored on the Registrar of Companies. Before […]
