Corporate Law Articles

Procedure for change in Registered Office of a Company under the Companies Act, 2013

Posted by Pooja Rajpurohit 10 February 2016 54826 Views

Background A Company shall, on and from the fifteenth day of its incorporation and at all times thereafter, have a Registered Office capable of receiving and ackno

Proposed recommendations of The Companies Law Committee for Small Companies

Posted by CS Divesh Goyal 09 February 2016 6978 Views

As we are aware that on 1stFebruary 2016, Ministry of Corporate Affairs uploaded the report of Companies Law Committee on its website. In this post, we will discuss recommendations of the committee related to Small Companies / Private Limited Compan

Private Placement

Posted by Member (Account Deleted) 08 February 2016 32722 Views

Sections and provisions applicable Section 42 of Companies Act, 2013 [Offer or Invitation for Subscription of Securities on Private Placement] Rule 14 of the Companies [Prospectus and Allotment of Securities Rules], 2

Some leeway for Small Company and One Person Company

Posted by Yogina 08 February 2016 8243 Views

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had, on 4th June, 2015, constituted a Companies Law Committee (CLC) to make recommendations on issues arising from the implementation of the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act). The CLC has submitted its Report to the Gove

Suggestions in relation to certain sections of companies Act, 2013

Posted by Snehal Parikh 05 February 2016 15684 Views

Important points in relation to notes to accounts of financial statements under revised schedule VI or suggestions in relation to certain sections of companies Act, 2013The Company should disclose as per revised schedule VI following information in

Director Identification Number (DIN)

Posted by VARUN BEDI 30 January 2016 42048 Views

It is an unique Identification Number allotted to an individual who is an existing director of a company or intends to be appointed as director of a company pursuant to section 153 & 154 of the Companies Act,

Fast track exit for companies

Posted by VARUN BEDI 29 January 2016 24940 Views

FAST TRACK EXIT MODEMinistry has issued Guidelines for "Fast Track Exit (FTE) Mode" to give opportunity to the defunct companies to get their names struck off from the register under Section 560 of the Companies Act, 1956 in time bound ma

Chronicle of added capital-deposits

Posted by sachin bhola 28 January 2016 7249 Views

Chronicle of Added Capital-DepositsIn ordinary parlance a Deposit is money placed with some other entity to be used for some specific purpose at a later point of time.Companies used to borrow money to liquidate their short term as well as long term f

Applicability of CSR to Charitable Companies

Posted by Dilip K Raina 27 January 2016 13420 Views

With the passage of Companies� Act 2013 a mandatory responsibility under section 135 was cast on companies to spend 2% of the net profit as calculated under section 198 of the Companies Act on the activities listed therein and being social and

Compounding of offence

Posted by CS Divesh Goyal 20 January 2016 13088 Views

Brief background:The compounding provision in the Act were inserted by the Companies Amendment Act, 1988 on the recommendation of the 1SACHAR COMMITTEE as amended by the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2000. It was felt that leniency is required in the ad