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...
Companies which had filed Form no. ADT-1 through GNI,-2 as an attachment (by selecting ‘others’) during the period from 01.04.2014 to 20.10.2014 may file e-form no. ADT- 1 for appointment of Auditor for the period upto 31.03.2019 without fee, till 15.06.2019.
SHIFTING OF REGISTERED OFFICE WITHIN STATE i.e. outside local limits of city, town or village, within the same ROC and same state (only TN & Maharashtra have two ROCs) S. No Section Requirement E- Forms Timeline 1 12 & 13 Convene BM- • SS-1 compliance with 7 days prior notice • Approve shifting of registered […]
Central Government dictates details of Class Action Suits via National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 Background At the time of Satyam scam, the Indian investors, as opposed to their counterparts in USA, could not file litigations against the fraudulent company. Owing to the peculiarity of weighty financial scam of Satyam in 2009, the […]
This Article is an effort to explain the provisions related to provisions of Cost Records & Audit under Companies Act, 2013 and Rules thereto. 1. DEFINITIONS a) Cost Accountant means a cost accountant as defined in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959 and who holds a valid […]
Application fess has for STK-2 has been increased to Rs. 10,000 from Rs. 5,000 w.e.f. 10/05/2019. Application for removal of name by company in form STK-2 shall be made only after filling of form AOC-4 and MGT-7 till the end of FY in which Company ceased to carry its business operations.
Names which. resemble too nearly with name of existing company.- (1) A name applied for shall be deemed to resemble too nearly with. the name of an existing company, if, and only if, after comparing the name applied for with the name of an existing company by disregarding the matters set out in sub-rule (2), the names are same.
A person who is a Director is one or more companies or just holding DINs need to look at the following new compliance which makes a director directly or indirectly responsible for the compliance associated with the director or the company. As a director, one need to meet these in order to avoid fines & […]
REMOVAL OF NAME OF COMPANY – LATEST AMENDMENT – MCA NOTIFICATION DATED 8TH MAY, 2019 Ministry of Corporate Affairs vide notification dated 8th May 2019 has come out with certain major changes under Companies (Removal of Name of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2019 Here are the amendments- A. The filing fees of […]
Form MSME I is required to be filed pursuant to notification from Ministry of Corporate Affairs dated 22 January, 2019 issued under Section 405 of the Companies Act, 2013. Accordingly, all companies, who get supplies of goods or services from micro and small enterprises and whose payments dues to such micro and small enterprise suppliers […]
MCA notifies National Company Law Tribunal (Second Amendment) Rules, 2019 vide Notification dated 08th May, 2019 and inserts sub-rule (3) & (4) to rule 84 of National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016.
