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...
Whether the provisos to Section 164(2) and Section 167(1)(a) of the Companies Act, 2013 [inserted via the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2018 w.e.f. 07.05.2018] be applicable retrospectively? The aforesaid issue was raised before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in the matter of Mukut Pathak & Ors. vs Union of India & Anr. In the present case, […]
Whether the expression ‘other company’ in Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 means all other companies except non-defaulting company in which he was already a director? A person who has incurred the disqualification under section 164 (1) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act, 2013) is not eligible for being appointed as a director […]
Whether ROC has power to deactivate DIN of any person on incurred the disqualification under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013? Whether, the Director Identification Number (DIN) and Digital Signature Certificate (DSC) of directors that have incurred the disqualification under Section 164(2) of the Companies Act, 2013 can be cancelled on account of them […]
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has announced an extension in the time period to hold the Annual General Meeting taking into account the difficulties created a pandemic situation in the country extended the due date for conducting the Annual General Meeting (AGM) under the provisions of Companies Act 2013. Under the provisions of section 96 of Companies […]
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Amendment Rules, 2020* The COVID 19 has not only affected health of people across the globe, but it also caused severe disturbance in global economic environment which consequentially created an impact on financial statements and reporting. Keeping in view all these drastic changes MCA on July 24, 2020, notified the Companies […]
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020 was introduced in Lok Sabha by the Minister for Corporate Affairs, Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, on March 17, 2020 and is passed by Lok-Sabha on 19th September, 2020. Further, Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 22nd September, 2020 and key amendments are highlighted below: Changes to offences: The Bill makes three […]
Section 110 of the Act mandates the transacting of certain business items by means of postal ballot. Postal Ballot means casting of vote by a shareholder by postal or electronic mode instead of voting personally by being present for transacting business in general meeting of the company. As per Companies Act 2013, the provisions of […]
Golden opportunity for Defaulting Companies to clean their slate under CFSS-2020 and also opportunity to disqualified directors to make active their DINs and DSC [Sandeep Agarwal & anr vs UOI & anr dated 02nd September, 2020 in W.P.(C) 5490/2020 & CM APPLs. 19779-80/2020 before Hon’ble Delhi High Court] In the captioned matter, the Hon’ble Delhi […]
It appears that 2020 has been the year of various amendments for the corporates. With various amendments, the Government has again laid down another set of amendments by way of Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The Union Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Bill for passing in the Upper House (Rajya Sabha) on September 22, […]
As your good self is aware that impact of COVID-19 pandemic has been harsh and the economy is struggling to come out of the crisis. The corporates are facing challenging times to meet the ends and function smoothly. Considering the current crisis, we request your esteemed office to consider further relaxations in due dates of the following compliances:
