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How to conduct a Video conferencing Board meeting as per Companies Act, 2013 and SS 1

Company Law : Learn how to conduct effective Board meetings via video conferencing. This guide covers practical steps from scheduling and agenda...

June 11, 2025 1944 Views 2 comments Print

Compliance Checklist on SS-1 (Meetings of Board of Directors)

Corporate Law : Review essential compliance steps for SS-1 meetings of the Board of Directors, ensuring proper documentation and procedural adhere...

October 3, 2024 4575 Views 0 comment Print

General Meetings Under Companies Act, 2013: A Detailed Overview

Company Law : Explore the essential details of General Meetings under the Companies Act, 2013, including AGMs, EGMs, quorum requirements, and no...

August 22, 2024 6453 Views 0 comment Print

Secretarial Audit compliance under Companies Act, 2013

Company Law : Understand Secretarial Audit compliance under Companies Act, 2013. Ensure corporate governance and legal adherence with this compr...

July 25, 2024 1599 Views 0 comment Print

Highlights of Revised Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2)

CA, CS, CMA : Discover the major highlights of the revised Secretarial Standards on General Meetings (SS-2) issued by ICSI, effective from April...

April 1, 2024 3567 Views 0 comment Print


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Format of Annual Secretarial Compliance Report

CA, CS, CMA : Listed entities must file an annual secretarial compliance report covering adherence to SEBI regulations, prepared by a company se...

May 16, 2025 16467 Views 0 comment Print

ICSI Announces Revised Secretarial Standards: SS-1 & SS-2

CA, CS, CMA : Explore the Institute of Company Secretaries of India's latest announcement on revised Secretarial Standards (SS-1 & SS-2) for Boa...

February 14, 2024 5079 Views 0 comment Print

ROC imposes penalty for non-Adherence to Secretarial Standards

Company Law : Non Adherence to Secretarial Standards lands Companies in a soup ;ROC imposes penalty The Companies Act, 2013 has entered into a m...

March 27, 2021 6474 Views 0 comment Print

Extension of last date to submit comments on exposure draft of Guidance Note on Auditing Standards on Secretarial Audit (CSAS-4)

Company Law : The Institute of Company Secretaries of India 17th November, 2020 Dear Sir/Madam, Subject: Extension of last date to submit commen...

November 21, 2020 690 Views 0 comment Print

Guidance Note on Auditing Standard on Secretarial Audit (CSAS-4)

CA, CS, CMA : To set out the explanations, procedures and practical aspects in respect of the various provisions contained in the Auditing Stand...

October 10, 2020 5130 Views 0 comment Print


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ROC Imposed Penalty for Non-Compliance with Secretarial Standards

Company Law : The ROC imposed penalties for failure to follow mandatory secretarial standards in company meetings. The ruling highlights strict ...

March 31, 2026 252 Views 0 comment Print

ROC Imposes Penalty for Non-Compliance with Secretarial Standard on Minutes

Company Law : Failure to properly maintain Minutes Books under Section 118 led to adjudication by ROC. The company and its directors were fined ...

February 10, 2026 570 Views 0 comment Print

Penalty Imposed for Non-Compliance with Secretarial Standards in Board Meetings

Company Law : ROC Kanpur levied a ₹55,000 penalty on SEN HON LEE TECHNOLOGIES and 6 directors for continuous failure to comply with Secretaria...

October 13, 2025 1002 Views 0 comment Print

Non-Appointment of CS & CFO: Regional Director reduces Penalty by Rs. 29.4 lakh

Company Law :  The Ministry of Corporate Affairs' Regional Director modified penalties against Virupaksha Organics Limited and its directors fo...

July 8, 2025 1014 Views 0 comment Print

Non-compliance with Section 118(10) Companies Act: MCA imposes Penalty

Company Law : Anheuser Busch InBev India penalized ₹1,50,000 for violating Section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013, related to secretarial stan...

December 24, 2024 27402 Views 0 comment Print


ICSI Guidance Note on Meeting of Board of Directors

October 12, 2017 4131 Views 0 comment Print

Guidance Note on Secretarial Standard on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) sets out the explanations, procedures and practical aspects in respect of the provisions contained in revised SS-1 (effective from 1st October, 2017) to facilitate compliance thereof by the stakeholders.

Compliance for Companies related to Meetings As per new SS 1

September 22, 2017 8163 Views 0 comment Print

Notice shall specify the serial no., day, date, time and full address of the venue of the meeting. Meeting may be convened at any time and place, on any day. Notice is required to be given even if meeting is held on pre-determined date or interval.

Comparative Analysis of Amendments in SS-2

September 7, 2017 3465 Views 0 comment Print

To facilitate ease of doing business, a minimum time period is provided for preserving proof of sending by the company. The queries of stakeholders regarding period of maintenance of such records now get solved by this amendment as the discretion is given to the Board of Directors to decide the period of retention of such records, in any case not less than 3 years from the date of the meeting.

Comparative Analysis of Amendments in SS-1

September 7, 2017 2331 Views 0 comment Print

It was intended to apply the provisions of SS-1 to the committees constituted by the Board under the Act and not to various other committees constituted under the other laws/Regulations. The amendment in the definition is made accordingly, to reflect the intention.

Summary of major changes in Revised Secretarial Standard 1

September 7, 2017 13764 Views 0 comment Print

We all are aware that the Secretarial Standards (SS) has been introduced by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) w.e.f. 1st July, 2015 and the same got its authentication under section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 (‘Act’). Time and again, there were modifications, alterations and amendments in the Companies Act, 2013 by […]

Major changes in Secretarial Standard – 2 General Meeting

September 5, 2017 2874 Views 0 comment Print

Revised Secretarial Standard – 2 General Meeting is applicable to all General Meetings of all companies incorporated under the Act except One Person Company (OPC) in which there is only one Director on its Board and a company licensed under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 or corresponding provisions of any previous enactment thereof.

Analysis on revised Secretarial Standard 2

September 4, 2017 4140 Views 0 comment Print

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) has recently revised the Secretarial Standard on Meeting of the Board of Directors (SS 1) and General Meeting (SS 2). The enforce ability of SS 1 and SS 2 comes from the provisions of section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 (Act, 2013). The earlier SS 1 and SS 2 were made effective from 1st July 2015.

Major changes in Secretarial Standard 1 Meeting of Board of Directors

September 4, 2017 1509 Views 0 comment Print

The Standard is applicable to the Meetings of Board of Directors of all companies incorporated under the Act except One Person Company (OPC) in which there is only one Director on its Board.

Revised Secretarial Standards applicability and why revised

September 4, 2017 3012 Views 0 comment Print

Secretarial Standards on Meetings of the Board of Directors (SS-1) and General Meetings (SS-2) were approved by the Central Government under Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 on 10th April, 2015 and were published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part III -Section 4 on 23rd April, 2015 vide ICSI Notification No. (1) SS of 2015, making them effective from 1st July, 2015.

Revised Secretarial Standard on General Meetings (SS-2)

September 4, 2017 13776 Views 0 comment Print

Following is the text of the revised Secretarial Standard-2 (SS-2) on General Meetings, issued by the Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and approved by the Central Government. Adherence by a company to this Secretarial Standard is mandatory, as per the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013.

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