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...
The Companies Fresh Start Scheme. 2020 {CFSS-2020}, operationalized vide General circular no. 12/2020 dated 30.03.2020 and extended vide General Circular Number 30/2020 dated 28.09.2020 is no longer applicable on various filings under Companies Act, 2013. Now, CFSS – 2020 has been extended till 31.03.2021 but the question is – this extended scheme is applicable to […]
Process for conducting of Board Meeting through video conferencing The Companies Fresh Start Scheme. 2020 {CFSS-2020}, operationalized vide General circular no. 12/2020 dated 30.03.2020 and extended vide General Circular Number 30/2020 dated 28.09.2020 is no longer applicable on various filings under Companies Act, 2013. Now, CFSS – 2020 has been extended till 31.03.2021 but the […]
Federation Of All India Vyapar Mandal requested FM that Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 (CFSS- 2020) may be extended till 31st March 2021 as By that time every Company which is seeking relief will be able to take benefit of this scheme and will make their filing upto date once for all and LLP Settlement […]
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 […]
