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After announcing it yesterday, finally MCA made form CODS available on its website for download. Purpose of the eForm: (As stated in Help-kit) With a view to allow an opportunity for the defaulting companies to rectify the default, in exercise of its powers conferred under sections 403, 459 and 460 of the Companies Act, 2013, the Central Government has decided to introduce a Scheme namely “Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018. The defaulting companies after filing the overdue documents in the respective prescribed e-Forms, paying the statutory filing fee and additional fee payable as per section 403 of the Act read with Companies (Registration Offices and fee) Rules, 2014, shall seek condonation of delay by filing form e-CODS 2018. Features of Form CODS: 1) Surprisingly its an Auto Approval (STP) form. So once form is filed and fees are paid, it will be approved automatically. 2) EMAIL Confirmation: When an eForm is approved/rejected by the authority concerned, an ackno...

While there are confusion prevailing over What next after disqualification of Directors? MCA is yet to come out with any official clarification on it. There are many companies which are affected due to the steps taken by MCA. While, the action by MCA was very clear that all the Directors who are disqualified will not be able to work as a Director and their respective DIN will be disabled for a period of 5 years. Many senior professionals have opined that such disqualification will not amount to automatic vacation of office of directorship from other companies.  While we await further clarification from MCA on its stand on disqualification of Directors under Section 164 and disability of DIN. The notice at ROC office makes one thing clear, an Active Company (the one that is not struck off by ROC), can appoint new Director on their Board from Back end. While generally appointing a Director in active company is simple and can be given effect by filing eForm DIR-12 i...

Atyati Technologies Private Limited (The Company) was incorporated under Companies Act, 1956 as a Private Limited Company with Registered Office in Bangalore. The Paid-up capital of the Company was Rs. 8.81 Crores. As per Rule 8A, it is mandatory for every company to appoint a Company Secretary in all the Companies having Paid up capital of Rs. 5 Crores or more. The Company filed a suo-motto filed a petition under Section 203 of the Companies Act, 2013 (The Act) read with Rule 8A of Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014 with a prayer for compounding violation committed under Section 441 of the Act. The Company pleaded that though since the commencement of new Companies Act, 2013, i.e. April 01, 2014 the Company could not appoint any Professional as a CS as no CS was willing to work with the Company as Company being a Private Limited Company there was very limited scope of work. As per Section 203 (5), if a company contravenes the provision...

Corporate Identity Number ( CIN ) , is a unique 21 digit Alpha-Numeric Code issued by Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) for all the Companies registered under Companies Act, 2013.  Here in the example above, we have taken CIN of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) from MCA Website  and code is broken into different categories for reader to understand the structure of CIN with ease. 1) Listing Status - First Alphabet First Letter (alphabet) of CIN suggests Listing Status of the Company. Where L  indicates, the Company is listed on recognised stock exchange in India and U indicates it is unlisted Company 2 to 5) Industry Code - next 5 numbers Immediately, after Listing status, CIN has 5 numeric digits which represents Industry Code of the Company. Every Company, registered under Companies Act, 2013, has a Main Object. All those main objects are divided into few broad categories and these 5 digits represents the major activity or the industry of the C...

India is the pioneer in having Secretarial Standards as no other country in the world has yet adopted the Secretarial Standards.  The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had accorded its approval under Section 118(10) of the Companies Act, 2013 to the Secretarial Standards (SS-1 relating to Meetings of the Board of Directors and SS-2 relating to General Meetings) specified by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (‘ICSI’). The Secretarial Standards (SS) have been notified by the ICSI in the Official Gazette and are effective from July 1, 2015. The said Secretarial Standards are slightly revised and new set of SS are now updated on the website of ICSI. Revised Secretarial Standards (SS-1 and SS-2) shall apply to Board Meetings and General Meetings, in respect of which Notices are issued on or after October 1, 2017. The Secretarial Standards do not form parallel / conflicting regulatory framework relating to holding of Board Meeting / General Meeting, but they ensure sm...

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), on Monday invited public comments for further simplification of starting a business (name reservation and incorporation) procedure in India.  This is in terms with the Governments initiative to improve the ease of doing business, by simplifying the procedures and reduce the fees for incorporation of company in India. This is implemented through e-governance initiatives such as the MCA21 portal and SPICe (Simplified Proforma for Incorporating Company Electronically) forms. According to the Ministry, these reforms that have been undertaken have helped in reducing the procedures for starting a business in India and provide Ease of Doing Business.  Recently, the fee for incorporation (of the integrated e-Form SPICe /INC-32) has been reduced from INR 2,000 to INR 500. The cost incurred by a company for a company seal is also eliminated as the requirement for a company seal has  removed vide amendment to the Companies Act,...

In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 469 read with section 212 of the companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), the central Government issued companies (Arrests in connection with Investigation by serious Fraud Investigation Office) Rules, 2017. The rule authorizes the Director, Additional Director or Assistant Director of Serious Fraud Investigation Officer (SFIO) investigating into the affairs of a company other than a Government Company or foreign company to arrest any person who has been guilty of any offence under Section 212 of the Act. The Rule further provides that the provisions of the code of criminal Procedure, 1973(2 of 1974), relating to arrest shall be applied mutatis mutandis to every arrest made under this Act. Copy of Rule can be accessed from following link: http://mca.gov.in/Ministry/pdf/companiesArrestsconnectionSFIORule_25082017.pdf Note: Rule will be effective from the date of publication in t...

What is Website? A Website is a set of related web pages located under a single domain name. Commonly it is also known as virtual address and website of a Company gives company a virtual existence on the internet. In current world, having a website is must for every Business. The Internet has grown at an incredibly fast speed, reaching 3.68 billion users (40% of world’s population) by December 2015. Today, it is almost criminal for a business to not be online. Does Companies Act, 2013 mandates Company to have its own website like Registered Office address? Answer is NO. It is not mandatory for Company to have its own website. The Companies Act, 2013, Rules or notification issued under the Companies Act, 2013 does not mandates the Company to have its own website. However, for Listed Companies, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has made it mandatory to maintain a functional and updated website with effect from April 2011 [Initially under Listing Agreement and t...