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...
Transfer of Unclaimed shares to Investor Education and protection fund (IEPF) (if condition fulfilled) (A) Manner of Dealing with Unclaimed Shares (Regulation 39(4) read with Schedule VI of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015) The listed entity shall comply with the following procedure while dealing with securities which remain unclaimed and/or are lying in the escrow account. […]
MCA Filing Form SPICe+ (SPICe Plus) for Company Registration-Complete Overview 1. Introduction The government has rolled out a new simple application to make it further easier for incorporating a business in India. The new web form, Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically Plus (SPICe+), which integrates various services from various ministries and departments The simplified […]
In order to facilitate the Companies registered in India to make a fresh start on a clean slate and to give such an opportunity to defaulting Companies by enabling them to file the belated documents in MCA-21 registry, the Central Government has introduced a scheme namely Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 (CFSS – 2020) condoning the delay in filing the forms.
Name Application for the Company / Spice+ Part A / Name Application of Company Through Spice + Part A/ Reservation of Name Name Application for a Company could be made through SPICe+ Part A under New Application. From 23rd February, 2020 filing of WEB Based Form RUN for Name Application has been discontinued for Name […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) vide its general circular no. 14/2020 dated April 8, 2020 has clarified that in case of holding of Extra-ordinary General Meetings (‘EGMs’) is considered as un-avoidable by any company, then the company can hold EGM for transacting the urgent business through Video Conference (‘VC’) or other audio visual means (‘OAVM’) and pass ordinary or special resolution, as the case may be.
In a massive relief to the companies, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide general circular No. 18/2020 eased rules on holding Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 21st April 2020. The relaxation was made owing to request made by several companies seeking leniency in the AGM rules due to the social distancing and lockdown rules followed across the […]
List of Relaxation in compliance of the Companies Act 2013 granted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs during Pandemic of COVID-19 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a Pandemic on March 11, 2020. Italy, witnessed a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, with a steep rise in the number of deaths as […]
MCA CIRCULAR FOR CLARIFICATION ON PASSING OF RESOLUTIONS REQUIRE MEMBERS’ APPROVAL Subject: Clarification on passing of ordinary and special resolutions by companies under the Companies Act, 2013 and rules made thereunder on account of the threat posed by Covid-19. As we all are aware that there is no specific provision contained by the Act for […]
Conversion of loans into shares of a Company are a common practice in the market as many companies that had borrowed loans from its Directors, financial Institutions or from any body corporate is under the obligation to pay such debt within the time prescribed as per the loan agreement or mutual terms, as may be […]
Special measures due to outbreak of covid-19 under Companies act, 2013 (CA 2013) and Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 MCA vide its circular no. 11/2020 dated 24th March, 2020 clarified about the reliefs being provided to Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) due to outbreak of COVID-19 to lessen the burden of compliance as follows: […]
