SEBI : The term ‘subsidiary’ or ‘subsidiary company’ as defined under the Companies Act, 2013[1] (‘Act’) refer to a company i...
Company Law : MCA has issued several notifications either to clarify or broaden the ambit of Schedule VII. This Notification is yet another step...
Company Law : Background With the advancement of web-based facilities, the world is becoming technology driven to a very large extent. Connectin...
Fema / RBI : In this article we shall discuss the concept of Payment Aggregator and Payment Gateway. Further, we intend to cover the applicabil...
Company Law : Currently, only companies that follows calendar year as financial year have been granted a 3-months relaxation from holding their ...
Income Tax : The manner of distribution of the assets of a company during liquidation is fraught with ambiguity and settlement of such claims a...
Company Law : NCLT held that the principle of imposition of minimum penalty is non-mandatory in compounding of offenses cases, it is necessary t...
SEBI : In one of the recent rulings of the SAT, Mumbai, the interim order passed by SEBI in the matter of Neesa Technologies Limited(Comp...
Fema / RBI : Securities and Exchange Board of India (hereinafter known as SEBI) in its Board Meeting held on 21st January, 2015 has approved pr...
A detailed comparative table on the amendment to securities law with respect to the Act, the provision of the law prior to the ordinance, amendment by the ordinance and actual amendment to the Act, and impact thereon is as follows
The Amendment Bill 2014 was different in color vis-a-vis the ordinance that was promulgated vide Securities Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014 (hereinafter referred as Ordinance 2014). The changes that bill has bought about can be majorly classified as follows:- i. validating the ordinance issued with effect from the date of the ordinance,
Shampita Das The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) came out with its latest Notification dated 24th July, 2014, being the second amendment to the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014 (‘MGT Rule’). Below we present in a tabular format the details of the change alongwith its impact and our analysis on the same. Change and […]
The Ministry is leaving no stone unturned to leave matters pertaining to related party and transactions lucid. But is it so is the biggest question. On 24th July, 2014 MCA vide its Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Sixth Order, 2014 (Present Order) amended clause (iv) of Section 2(76) of Companies Act, 2013(Act, 2013). The Present Order is certain to create large amount of outcry among all the companies.
CS Vinita Nair, Debolina Banerjee Background It was 1st August, 2011 which marked the introduction of Alternative Investment Funds (AIF) Regulations when Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a concept paper and draft regulations for AIF for public comments. The thought process after taking due consideration of the various stakeholders was notified on […]
Aditya Shah DIPP has vide their Press Release Note 4 Of 2014 Series[1] has switched from the old NIC 1987 version to new NIC 2008 for the purpose of classification for Industrial Licenses and Industrial Entrepreneur’s Memorandum (IEM) proposal that have been submitted to DIPP. In light of those changes and to ensure that the […]
Ministry seems determined to make things ‘absolutely clear’ pertaining to related party and transactions entered into with such related parties. In a week’s time, MCA firstly issued Companies (Removal of Difficulties) Fifth Order, 2014 dated 9th July, 2014 amending clause (v) of Section 2(76) of Act, 2013 by replacing ‘or’ with ‘and’.
RBI has done away with the recommendation to compute price by a particular method and has thereby enabled the Chartered Accountant and the SEBI registered Merchant Bankers to choose any internationally accepted methodology for pricing. This is surely in line with what was assured in the policy statement.
An usher of tremendous promotion in Foreign Direct Investment was marked on 10th July, 2014 when our Finance Minister expressly stated the need and want to promote more Foreign Direct Investment in selective sectors where it helps the larger interest of Indian Economy. This was marked by a proposed change in the composite cap of FDI in Defence and Insurance sector which was raised to 49% from the earlier cap being 26% with full Indian Management control via the FIPB route. This was done to infuse some big relief to the capital starved Indian economy.
Applicability of Form DPT-3: A read through the provisions of Section 73 of the Companies Act, 2013 clearly states that the Companies can accept deposit from members and/or public on or after the commencement of the said Act i.e on or after 1st April, 2014, in accordance with provisions of Chapter V.
