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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 6450 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 999 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


Checklist Annual Secretarial Compliance Report 2022

June 4, 2022 10089 Views 1 comment Print

Stay compliant with the Annual Secretarial Compliance Report (ASCR) for 2022. Learn about legal provisions, formats, and non-applicability criteria for listed entities. Get insights into the information required for issuing the report, including notices from stock exchanges, communication compliance, board meeting minutes, statutory record reviews, and more. Ensure adherence to SEBI regulations and guidelines for a robust corporate governance framework.

All About Minutes of The Meeting under Companies Act, 2013

April 6, 2022 262302 Views 0 comment Print

ALL ABOUT MINUTES OF THE MEETING: APPLICABLE PROVISION: -Section 118 of the Companies Act, 2013 -Rule- 25 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 –Secretarial Standard-1 Meeting of Board of Directors) –Secretarial Standard-2 (Secretarial Standard on General Meeting) Minutes means a formal written record, in physical or electronic form, of the proceedings of a […]

Constitution of Committees by Companies | Companies Act, 2013

August 31, 2021 29760 Views 0 comment Print

Committees comprise of Board Members along with experts in such field for which the Committee has been formed. However, the Board of Directors are ultimately responsible for the acts of the committee. Board is responsible for defining the committee role and structure.

Auditing Standard on Audit Engagement (CSAS-1)

July 7, 2021 5439 Views 0 comment Print

The Auditing Standard on Audit Engagement (CSAS-1), formulated by Auditing Standards Board (ASB) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) and issued by the Council of the ICSI is mandatory for all the audit engagements accepted by the auditor on or after April 01, 2021. CSAS-1 is applicable to all the Practicing Company […]

SS-4–Secretarial Standard on Report of Board of Directors

July 2, 2021 2934 Views 0 comment Print

COMPANY  SPECIFIC  DISCLOSURES  IN  A  DIRECTOR’S  REPORT 1. Financial summary and highlights- The financial summary and highlights should be accompanied by the macro-economic, geo-political, financial, industry specific as well as any company specific information affecting the business of the company and the market in which it operates, along with the industry performance with regard to […]

SOP on Minutes under Companies Act, 2013 read with SS-1 & SS-2

June 20, 2021 18828 Views 2 comments Print

MINUTES Governing provisions: Section 118 of Companies Act, 2013 read with Secretarial Standard-1 and Secretarial Standard-2. As per the provisions of Section 118- Every company shall observe Secretarial Standards with respect to General and Board meetings (including Committee Meeting – as per explanation to Secretarial Standards) specified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. […]

Annual Secretarial Compliance Report

April 8, 2021 24708 Views 0 comment Print

Realising the need of growing Compliance Reporting mechanism in letter and spirit, SEBI came out with the Circular dated February 08, 2019 mandating Annual Secretarial Compliance Report to be submitted by a Company Secretary in Practice to the listed entity on an annual basis, regarding compliance of all applicable SEBI Regulations and Circulars/ Guidelines issued […]

Applicability of Secretarial Audit

April 3, 2021 258084 Views 2 comments Print

WITH ANALYSIS Every Company, while pursuing its business activities, has to comply with  so many rules and regulations relating to the Companies Act, Securities laws, FEMA, Industry Specific laws and General laws like Labour laws and so on… Therefore company have chances to face non- compliance risk like fine imprisonments penalties, loss of goodwill etc […]

ROC imposes penalty for non-Adherence to Secretarial Standards

March 27, 2021 6474 Views 0 comment Print

Non Adherence to Secretarial Standards lands Companies in a soup ;ROC imposes penalty The Companies Act, 2013 has entered into a maturity phase as its inception is over seven years. Secretarial Standards were introduced to plug in the gap that the Act did not provide for as a measure of good Corporate Governance. Yet, the […]

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

November 21, 2020 690 Views 0 comment Print

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India 17th November, 2020 Dear Sir/Madam, Subject: Extension of last date to submit comments on exposure draft of Guidance Note on Auditing Standards on Secretarial Audit (CSAS-4) The Institute of Company Secretaries of India had issued first four Auditing Standards namely CSAS-1: Auditing Standard on Audit Engagement; CSAS-2: Auditing […]

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