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“Companies Act 2013 – Simplified” – by eMinds Legal

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Consultation paper on draft SEBI (Settlement of Administrative and Civil Proceedings) Regulations, 2013

Consultation paper on draft SEBI (Settlement of Administrative and Civil Proceedings) Regulations, 2013 has been placed on the SEBI's site for Public Comments. 1. The President of India has promulgated the Securities Laws (Amendment) Second Ordinance, 2013 on September 16, 2013 conferring explicit powers on SEBI to settle administrative and civil proceedings under section 15JB… Read More

Status of cases where penalties have not been paid under Competition Act, 2002

Competition Commission of India(CCI) has decided to take suitable and appropriate steps to recover penalties from such parties that have not paid the penalties imposed by the Commission on them under Competition Act, 2002. CCI has released a list of the cases wherein penalties have not been paid despite there being no appeal filed or appeal having been… Read More

Agenda for Assocham’s M&A Conference to be held in New Delhi on 24th Oct 2013

ASSOCHAM National Conference on Mergers & Acquisitions in the Era of New Company Law On 24th October (Thursday), 2013 at Hotel Le-Meridien New Delhi REGISTRATION (9:15-9:45 AM) INAUGURAL SESSION (9:45-11:00 AM) Welcome Speech Shri Pavan Kumar Vijay, Chairman, ASSOCHAM M&A Council & MD, Corporate Professionals Capital Pvt. Ltd Overview Shri G.P. Madaan, Co - Chairman, ASSOCHAM National Council on M&A, Founder… Read More

CCI Chairman says there is a need to adopt a National Competition Policy

Shri Ashok Chawla, Chairman, Competition Commission of India has emphasised on the need to adopt National Competition Policy. He was speaking at a seminar on National Competition Policy; Second Big Wave of Reforms, organised by Consumer Unity & Trust Society (CUTS) International at Delhi yesterday. Shri Chawla emphasised that the competition law is an essential… Read More

Consultative Paper on proposed SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations for Public Comments

The Consultative Paper and draft SEBI (Real Estate Investment Trusts) Regulations are placed on SEBI website for Public Comments. The full text of the Consultative Paper and the draft Regulations is available on here. Click here. Comments are invited on the Consultative Paper latest by October 31, 2013. ------------------------------------------------------------ Excerpts from the Paper 1. Background 1. India™s… Read More

Draft Forms Under Phase II of the Companies Act 2013 Made Live by MCA

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has released the Draft Forms under Draft Rules in Second Phase of the Companies Act 2013 and made them live for Public comments. Forms for 9 chapters issued under the 2nd phase of the Companies Act 2013 have been put for public comments. Download the Draft forms from the download section below. Download from here: Draft Forms in respect of… Read More

Total Number of Companies in the Official Registry as recorded by MCA

As per the records of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs there were a total of 13.45 lakh companies in the official Registry as on 31st August 2013. However, out of these as many as 2.57 lakh companies have been closed and there are 30,127 companies that are in the process of being closed. Also, as… Read More

Today is the Last Date for Submitting Suggestions for Ph I Draft Rules under the Companies Act 2013

After an extension of 2 days, tomorrow is the last date for submitting suggestions/ comments for the first tranche of Draft Rules being framed under the Companies Act, 2013. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs had, through an advertisement in newspapers last month, invited suggestions/ comments from all the stakeholders for the first tranche of Draft… Read More

Call and Put Options Allowed By SEBI

Another breather for Corporate India after the passage of the Companies Act, 2013 is that SEBI has allowed companies to include call and put options in the M&A and Private Equity Agreements.[1] Companies can now enter contracts for pre-emption including right of first refusal, or tag-along or drag-along rights contained in shareholders agreements or articles… Read More

MCA Invites comments on Report of the Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India

Report of the Committee for Reforming the Regulatory Environment for Doing Business in India is attached herewith (Click Here) for comments by general public. Comments are invited till 31-Oct-2013. The comments can be sent to Smt. Kamna Sharma (Assistant Director, MCA) on Email:kamna.sharma@mca.gov.in ----------------------------------------------------- Excerpts from the Report: "In the Indian context, the landscape of regulatory environment… Read More

MCA Extends feedback submission deadline for Companies Act 2013 Draft Rules Ph 1

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has extended the last date for submission of feedback/suggestion on 1st phase of draft rules by 2 days, i.e., evening of 10-Oct-13. The Community has been advised to hurry with their suggestions. The system will not accept any suggestions thereafter. The Draft Rules can be Downloaded from the adjacent Link:… Read More

2nd National Conference on Companies Act 2013 – New Rules of the Game :: Mumbai 18th October

The New Companies Act, 2013 is a historic change in old law, which was a riddle wrapped up in enigma. The new law is futuristic, sustainable and give flexibility to corporate environment. Lot of fresh changes have been made keeping in mind globalization, large scale corporatization of small and medium organizations. New ideas have been… Read More