Voluntary winding up occurs when a company is no longer profitable or its owners decide to cease its operations. However, winding up a company is not a simple matter of abandonment; it involves detailed legal procedures to ensure the company is closed legally and that...
Companies Act
What are the documents/information needed to form an Indian company?
Article explains Documents/Information needed to Form an Indian Company under Companies Act, 2013 and same includes Documents required from client’s end, Document required In case of Body Corporate/Company acting as Subscriber cum shareholders in Indian Company and...
Steps for company formation in India
Effective from 23rd Feb, 2020, a new integrated Web Based form ‘SPICE+’ pursuant to the Companies (incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2020 has been introduced by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) which will facilitate: – Allotment of Director’s Identification Number...
LLPs and FDI in India
The concept of LLP, introduced in India through the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 has become a popular form of business entity in India owing to its simplified procedures for registration and maintenance. LLPs allow many of the small and medium-sized to...
Companies fresh start scheme 2020 (CFSS-2020)- a quick review
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) vide its General Circular No. 12/2020, comes up with the Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 for one-time application of condonation of delay of filling the various documents, forms, returns etc. with the MCA. Let us have a quick...
MCA updates due to Covid 19
Ministry of Corporate Affairs in view of COVID-19 have taken the following measures to reduce the compliance burden and other risks: UPDATE NO.1 Non-compliance of minimum residency in India for a period of at least 182 days by at least one director of every company,...
Additional Director Appointment under Companies Act, 2013
Article discusses Procedure for the appointment of Additional director, Procedure of Regularisation of Additional Director as Normal director and ROC Forms required to be filed for Additional director. Relevant Sections: [161(1), read with 152, 153, Schedule I Table F...
Related Party Transaction | Section 188 | Companies Act, 2013
Analysis on Related Party Transaction Under Section 188 of the Companies Act, 2013 – Section 188 of Companies Act, 2013 is been made effective from 01.04.2014 and since than the same been amended nine times till date. In this article Analyses Provision of Section 188-...
Statutory Registers to be Maintained by a Company
All about Statutory Registers to be maintained by the Company Under Companies Act, 2013 In India What are the Statutory Registers? ♦According to the Companies Act, Statutory Registers are the registers that contain the specific record of the company’s shareholders,...