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...
Any amount transferred to Unpaid Dividend Account of the Company, which is unpaid or unclaimed for more Seven Years shall be transferred along with interest accrued, to Investor Education & Protection Fund. (IEPF) and the company shall send a statement in Form IEPF-1 the details of such transfer to the authority which administers the said Fund and […]
Disclosures on all outstanding receipt of money or loan by a company but not considered as deposits to be filed on or before 29 June,2019 Ministry of Corporate Affairs has notified the revised Form DPT 3 for filling the one-time return containing disclosures on all outstanding receipt of money or loan by a company but […]
A Nidhi to be incorporated under the Act shall be a Public Company and shall have a minimum paid up equity share capital of five lakh rupees. After the commencement of the Act, no Nidhi shall issue preference shares. If preference shares had been issued by a Nidhi before the commencement of this Act, such […]
Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Second Amendment Rules, 2019 Rule 12B. Directors of company required to file e-form ACTIVE.- (1) Where a company governed by Rule 25A of the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014, fails to file the e-form ACTIVE within the period specified therein, the Director Identification Number (DIN) allotted to its existing directors, […]
National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 (Class Action Suit to NCLT and Omission of Fees for Compounding of certain Offences U/S 441 Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide its Notification No. G.S.R. 351(E) dated 08th May, 2019 has notify National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 which is effective from the date of […]
PREFERENCE SHARES Meaning of Preference Shares: Preference Shares are not defined in the Definition part of the Companies Act, 2013. However it has been defined in Section 43 of the Companies Act, 2013 as below: Explanation (ii) to section 43 of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’) defines the term Preference Shares. “Preference Share Capital”, […]
E FORM INC-22A (Also Known As ACTIVE FORM) MCA in order to find out Shell Companies, has amended the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 and a New E- Form INC-22A (Also known as ACTIVE – (Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification ) has been introduced vide Notification dated 21.02.2019 to ensure that the Company is active with its […]
Circular issued by MCA for waiver off of fees for filing Form ADT-1 by the companies which have filed Form GNL-2 during the period from 1st April, 2014 to 20th October, 2014 for appointment of auditors. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued a clarification wherein it has been mentioned that the companies which have […]
1. What is the applicability of ACTIVE? Every Company incorporated on or before the 31st December, 2017 shall file the particulars of the Company and its registered office, in ACTIVE on or before 25.04.2019. However, following companies are exempted for filing eForm ACTIVE: (a) Companies which have been struck off (b) Companies under process of […]
Maintenance of Books of Accounts etc to be kept at a place other than Registered Office via e-Form AOC-5 under Section 128 of Companies Act, 2013 > Every company shall prepare and keep at its registered office books of account and other relevant books and papers and financial statement for every financial year which give […]
