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...
Every significant beneficial owner is required to file a declaration in Form No. BEN-1 to the company in which he holds the significant beneficial ownership:
Pursuant to the recommendations made by Uday Kotak Committee Report, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) notified SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 (Amendment Regulations) on May 9, 2018. The Amendment Regulations specifies various dates from which the amendments made shall come into force.
Section 2(85) of the Companies Act, 2013 defines small company. A company (other than public company) will be considered small if; 1. Paid-up share capital doesn’t exceed fifty lakh rupees or such higher amount as may be prescribed which shall not be more than ten crore rupees[1] and
SEBI, in its board meeting held on December 28, 2017[1] decided to introduce Qualified Institutions Placement (QIP) and Sale of shares up to 2% held by promoters/promoter group in open market, subject to certain conditions, to enable listed companies to comply with the MPS requirement.
Substitution of Section 42 is one of the key amendments proposed in Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Amendment Act). While, the Amendment Act is being enforced in phases, stakeholders have been awaiting the draft rules in relation to private placement. MCA on 15.02.2018 issued draft Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) (Amendment) Rules, 2018
The reforms in the Corporate Sector become a reality with the advent of the Companies Act, 2013 which increased the compatibility of Indian Companies on the global platform and raised the standards of Corporate Governance, Investor protection, Accountability and disclosures.
Since inception, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (‘Code’), has made great strides. As per the Financial Stability Report of the RBI, this Code that came into existence only in December, 2016, had around 4300 applications registered with the National Company Law Tribunal (‘NCLT’) by November, 2017.
In accordance with the amendments proposed in Companies (Amendment) Act, 2017, companies are required to take care of the impacts of the same on the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 while carrying out its operations in order to avoid non-compliance and penalties prescribed under Companies Act, 2013.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs has yet again revised the provisions relating to acceptance of deposits under the Act, 2013 with its notification dated September 19, 2017. The Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Second Amendment Rules, 2017 substitutes the proviso to sub-rule (3) of rule 3 relating to acceptance of deposits by members and brings about insignificant changes in the return of deposits in Form DPT-3.
After issuing of show cause notices[1] (SCNs) for striking of names of more than 3 lakh non-operating companies, the Registrar has now taken the same action for LLPs. It seems that government has decided to heavily come down on existence of non-operative Limited Liability Partnerships (‘LLPs’) or say fake firms which are causing significant buzz all over in the corporate sector.
