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...
Many of the defaulting Companies have been marked as ‘Struck-Off’ by the Registrar just because of non-filling of annual compliance based returns either since incorporation or for last two preceding financial years and out of many such Companies, few of which are carrying on its operations but the fact that the name of their Company is no more exists on records of Registrar is neither known to its Promoters nor even their shareholders are aware of this fact and they generally notice when the Bank A/c of such Companies get freeze and directors get disqualified.
Introduction The formation of a company takes place when a number of people come together for achieving a specific purpose. This purpose is usually commercial in nature. To incorporate a company, an application has to be filed. This application is required to be submitted with a number of documents to CRC (Central Registration Centre). One […]
FORMATION OF SECTION 8 COMPANY ♣ When a person or an association of person is desirous of forming a Limited Company with any of the below objectives/intentions: (a) promotion of commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment or any such other object; (b) apply its profits, if any, or […]
Annual Compliances for Section 8 Company ♣ Section 8 Company is the Company, which– a. has in its objects the promotion of commerce, art, science, sports, education, research, social welfare, religion, charity, protection of environment or any such other object; b. intends to apply its profits, if any, or other income in promoting its objects, […]
As per Section 2(16) of the Companies Act, 2013, ‘Charge is defined as an interest or lien created on the property or assets of a company or any of its undertakings or both as security and includes a mortgage‘. Concept of charge is explained under Chapter VI of the Companies Act, 2013 ranging from Section […]
In order to enhance transparency and reporting, Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 on Tuesday, 25th February, 2020 after consultation with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) and on the basis of powers conferred under Section 143(11) of Companies Act, 2013. The Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 supersedes the Companies […]
Amendments in the Companies Act, 2013 and MCA relaxations due to outbreak of COVID-19 1) General circular 10/2020 & 15/2020 – Regarding clarification on spending for CSR Funds for COVID-19 & FAQs thereof : – The Ministry of Corporate Affairs via General circular number 10/2020, clarified that the amount spend on account of CSR funds […]
Overview Central Government has recently amended the provisions related to NIDHI under the Companies Act and the Rules (effective from 15.08.2019). Why amended: √ to make regulatory regime for Nidhi Companies more effective and √ also to accomplish the objectives of transparency & √ investor friendliness in corporate environment of the country. Define Nidhi:(Under Nidhi […]
Deposit Section 2(31) of Companies Act, 2013 provides that Deposit includes any receipt of money by way of deposit or loan or in any other form by a company, but does not include- 1. Any amount received from central or state government 2. Any amount received from Foreign Government/ Foreign Bank/ Foreign Company 3. Any […]
To deal with the precarious situation due to outbreak of Covid-19 and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs have given major relaxations with respect to holding of Board meeting through physical presence of Directors by amending Rule 4 of Companies (Meeting of Board and its Powers) Rule, 2014. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide its […]
