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...
The MCA vide its circular dated 30th March 2020 has issued Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 to promote defaulting companies to make a fresh start on a clean slate and waive the additional fee as charged under section 403 of Companies Act, 2013 which is applicable on certain forms to be filed with MCA. –Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 will […]
FRESH START—a new slate to Companies and LLPs in India – An opportunity to be a COMPLIANT ENTITY Let’s discuss WHY,WHAT, HOW & FOR WHOM, on the closure of financial year on 30th March 2020 and in the mid of Nationwide Locked Out situation due to outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs […]
Company Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS), 2020 & Modified LLP Settlement Scheme, 2020 In line with government initiative to ease of doing business & good corporate governance, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has come up with the ‘Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020’ to enable defaulting companies make good of any filing-related defaults, irrespective of duration […]
The Ministry of corporate affairs issued a scheme known as Companies fresh start Scheme 2020 (CFSS-2020) condoning the delay in filing of documents with the ROC at a normal fee only and grant immunity from launching of prosecution for imposing penalty on account of delay associated with certain filings. Details of Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 […]
1. Objective of Companies Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS), 2020: An opportunity to companies to complete their pending compliances by filing necessary forms including annual filings with MCA by paying normal fees and without any additional fees, penalty /other proceedings for such delay. 2. Validity Period of Companies Fresh Start Scheme (CFSS), 2020 Valid from 01-April-2020 […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs in view of COVID-19 have taken the following measures to reduce the compliance burden and other risks: UPDATE NO.1 Non-compliance of minimum residency in India for a period of at least 182 days by at least one director of every company, under Section 149 of the Companies Act, 2013 shall not […]
1. The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) has come up with the ‘Companies Fresh Start Scheme 2020’ (CFFS 2020) to enable companies make good of any filing-related defaults, irrespective of duration of default, and make a fresh start as a fully compliant entity. The scheme has been introduced vide General Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30/03/2020. 2. […]
DIN holders of DINs marked as ‘Deactivated’ due to non-filing of DIR-3KYC/DIR-3 KYC-Web and those Companies whose compliance status has been marked as ‘ACTIVE non-compliant’ due to non-filing of Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE) eform are encouraged to become compliant once again in pursuance of the General Circular No. 11 dated 24th March, […]
Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 is one of its kind and it’s a golden opportunity for Companies and LLP’s to save huge amount of late fees, which would otherwise be payable:
Practically there has been different practice for disclosure of interest in MBP-1 due to interpretation issue w.r.t, disclosure of concern and interest of Directors in Section 184. For detail of shareholding in MBP-1 concerned different professionals taking different views and adopting different practices. I have tried of discuss the above issue. This write-up is only […]
