Companies Act

Finance ministry officials and the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) on Wednesday briefed a joint committee of Parliament on a bill to amend corporate laws. The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, seeks to amend the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) Act, 2008, and the Companies Act to facilitate ease of doing business, decriminalise minor procedural defaults and modernise the country's corporate governance architecture. The Joint Committee on the Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, headed by BJP member Sudheer Gupta, is examining the bill. The panel has been gathering views from various stakeholders on the proposed changes in the laws. On Wednesday, NFRA Chairperson Nitin Gupta briefed the panel with regard to the bill. The regulator's Full Time Member Smita Jhingran and other officials were also present at the meeting. NFRA comes under the administrative control of the corporate affairs ministry. Finance ministry officials also briefed the committee on the bill. V

From GST and FEMA to insolvency and money-laundering cases, regulators are increasingly targeting executives and directors personally, even as courts insist liability cannot rest on designation alone

A draft Bill proposes ways to check conflict of interest among auditors and their clients

As Indian companies prepare their FY26 annual reports, they should treat the process as more than a compliance exercise

Survey moots changes to Companies Act, so that CPSEs remain govt firms even with a 26% stake

MCA finalises cabinet note; Bill to streamline rules, permit multi-disciplinary firms and widen NFRA's powers

MCA has proposed that unlisted cos which have reasonable debt exposure of less than Rs 50 cr and have not defaulted on repayment can go through the fast track mechanism under Sec 233 of Companies Act

Fair trade regulator CCI has ordered an investigation against state-owned liquor retailer Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Ltd (TASMAC) over allegations that it is restricting competition in the state's beer market by favouring select brands. TASMAC is a Tamil Nadu government's wholly-owned company registered under the Companies Act. In an order passed on Tuesday, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) directed the Director General (DG) to complete and submit the investigation report within 60 days. The order came after an individual filed a complaint alleging that TASMAC has been purchasing and selling only a few beer brands, while limiting access to other brands in the market and discouraging competition in business. The complainant argued that this practice violates Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2002, which prohibits abuse of dominant position. According to the complainant, TASMAC, which has exclusive rights to sell alcoholic beverages in Tamil Nadu through its ...

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs plans to shift an additional 14 such forms from the Registrar of Companies (RoC) offices to the CPC by the end of this financial year, sources informed

Orient Green Power will seek shareholders' approval to raise its authorised share capital to Rs 2,500 crore from the existing Rs 1,600 crore in its annual general meeting later this month. The proposal to raise the authorised share capital is listed on the agenda of the annual general meeting scheduled on June 28, 2024, the notice of the AGM stated on Thursday. The notice informed that to undertake a capital raising activity in the future and for other business requirements that arise from time to time, it is proposed to increase the authorised share capital from Rs 1,600 crore to Rs 2,500 crore. The increase in authorised share capital of the company and alteration of Clause V of the Memorandum of Association are subject to the approval of members of the company by way of passing an ordinary resolution in terms of Sections 13, 61 and 64 and other applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, as well as any other applicable statutory and regulatory approvals, it added. The comp

Experts said that the SBO provisions are facing compliance issues since their introduction on account of interpretational issues

Rotation within group firms, replacing father with sons, and roping in ex-staffers among innovative ways used by companies to replace independent directors (IDs)

BharatPe claimed that the notice pertained to an inquiry initiated in 2022, requesting additional information on its operations and actions taken against co-founder Ashneer Grover

The current board of Byju's parent Think and Learn mainly consists of Raveendran, his wife and Byju's co-founder Divya Gokulnath, and his brother Riju Ravindran

If one reads the Companies Act, Code of Ethics, and Standards of Audit and Quality Control in a harmonious manner, then one would not have any confusion about definition of non-audit services, he said

The move will enable startups and other domestic companies to access the global market and raise capital in foreign currency through GIFT IFSC

A public company, according to the Companies Act, is a company which, unlike a private company, does not restrict the transfer of shares

The senior official said that Sebi has views on this issue since it impacts the listed companies and will soon be making a presentation to MCA on the matter

From April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2023, as many as 96,261 companies exited voluntarily, invoking a section in the Companies Act

Justice M R Shah and Justice Sanjiv Khanna dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the constitutionality of Section 327(7) of the Companies Act, 2013