Tag: Companies Act

The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026 ("Bill"), introduced in the Lok Sabha on March 23, 2026, marks another incremental and deliberate step in India's corporate law reform journey....

Following an order in the matter of Leixir Resources Private Limited (discussed in our article here), the NCT of Delhi and Haryana has issued yet another order dealing with the aspect of significant beneficial owner ("SBO") and has discussed 'significant influence' and 'control' required to establish the status of SBOs under the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act") and the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018 ("Rules"). ......

Through an order dated May 6, 2024, the Registrar of Companies (the "RoC") of NCT Delhi and Haryana imposed an order of penalty against Leixir Resources Private Limited ("Company") for non-compliance with the disclosure requirements mandated for significant beneficial ownership under Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 (the "Act"). ......

The legal landscape surrounding corporate disputes in India underwent a significant transformation with the enactment of the Companies Act, 2013 ("Act"). Section 430 of the Act delineates the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Company Law Tribunal ("NCLT") and the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal ("NCLAT"), prohibiting civil courts from adjudicating matters falling within the purview of these tribunals. ......

Cairn Energy PLC (“Cairn Energy”), now renamed Capricorn Energy, is one of Europe’s leading independent oil and gas exploration and development companies. Over the last few years, the Government of India and Cairn Energy have been involved in a dispute related to a retrospective tax that was imposed on Cairn Energy by the Government of India. ......

On July 22, 2021, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified the Companies (Incorporation) Fifth Amendment Rules, 2021 (“Amendment”), thereby amending the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 (“Rules”). The Amendment, has inserted a new Rule 33A (Allotment of a new name to the existing company under Section 16(3) of the Act) after Rule 33 under the Rules. ......

In recent years, SPACs, or ‘Special Purpose Acquisition Companies’, have snaked their way into the lexicon of every investor worth its salt. SPACs are the shiniest new ‘instrument’ on the block and the numbers lend into the hype; for instance, 2020 witnessed the execution of a record 248 SPACs raising a collective USD 83 billion on NASDAQ , even as the world succumbed to a pandemic. Further, it is estimated that there are now close to 400 SPACs on the market with more than USD 120 Billion on their balance sheets. ... ...

In the wake of the prevailing Covid – 19 pandemic and subsequent government lockdown in India, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (“MCA“) has been playing a vital role in implementing several relaxations and directives while taking cognizance of the public health issue before us. ...

Legacies, while the sturdiest, are often the most vulnerable to that harsh cousin of time, change. The battle royale being played out between Tata Sons and Cyrus Mistry, of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, certainly seems to echo the thought, and is being closely monitored, as the outcome will set the way forward for one of the biggest conglomerates in India....