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...
Introduction: With the upcoming dynamic changes and advancement of new ideas, now a days people and mostly start-ups are thinking of setting up of a Separate Entity to run their business and among option of registering business with Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, Limited Liability Partnership, One Person Company and Private Limited Company etc. A Private Limited […]
What is a startup? A startup is an entity registered as a Private Limited Company (registered under Companies Act 2013) or Limited Liability Partnership (registered under Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008) or Partnership Firm(registered under Partnership Act 1932), working towards innovation, development or improvement of product or processes or services or a business model accelerating […]
Section 135 clearly states and start with EVERY COMPANY and Every company includes Private Limited Companies/ Public Limited Companies/ Foreign Companies/ Section 8 Company and every company incorporated under the Companies Act 2013 or any other previous law, as may be applicable thereon.
Introduction: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), after consultation with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) constituted under section 132 of the Companies Act, 2013, has published in the Gazette of India an Order in supersession of the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2016, which may be called the Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (hereinafter referred […]
Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide its Notification number G.S.R. 804(E) dated 22nd October, 2019 had amended the Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules for Registration of Independent Directors in the databank within 3 months effective from 1st December, 2019 by applying online to the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA). With effect from 28th […]
Section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 and The Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014 as amended from time to time provides for the provisions of Corporate Social Responsibility applicable on corporate entities in India. Applicability: Every Company which fulfils any of the following limits during the immediately preceding Financial Year: 1. Net worth: […]
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) under Companies Act 2013- Concept, Applicability, Provisions, Penalty The Companies Act 1956 replaced by the new Companies Act 2013. There are so many changes that came into force and several provisions inserted the first time in the corporate world of India. One of such new provisions is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) […]
MCA has recently released notified Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020 (CARO 2020), which is is applicable for audit of financial statements of eligible companies for the financial years commencing on or after the 1st April, 2019. CARO 2020 replaces the erstwhile CARO 2016. Article Compares CARO 2016 with CARO 2020 and explains the difference between […]
MCA vide Circular No. 01/2020 dated 02nd March, 2020 has issued the following Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to all Registrars with respect to prosecutions or internal adjudication proceedings against Independent Directors (IDs), non-promoters and non-KMP non-executive directors (NEDs). BACKGROUND: The Ministry has specifically laid emphasis that civil or criminal proceedings should not be unnecessarily initiated […]
The CARO, 2020 is applicable for an audit of financial statements of eligible companies for the financial years commencing on or after the 1st April 2019. The criteria of eligibility of companies on which the CARO, 2020 shall be applicable has not been changed and hence it shall be applicable to all those companies on which CARO, 2016 was applicable.
