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Articles on Companies Act 2013

• New!Objects of companies as the world goes universal are we going temporal, by Vinod Kothari, January 17, 2014
• New!Meaning of Companies Act expression accustomed to act, by Vinod Kothari, January 17, 2014
• New!Determination of sickness under Companies Act 2013, by Vinod Kothari, January 17, 2014 
• New! Class Action under Companies Act 2013- A Quagmire in Disguise?, by Prachi Narayan and Shambo Dey, January 15, 2014
• Appointment of Independent directors under Companies Act, 2013, by Aditi Jhunjhunwala, January 14, 2014
• Held in Suspense! – Conflicting definition of ‘subsidiary’ under Act, 2013 and Accounting Standards, by Shampita Das, January 1, 2014.
• MCA’s circular imbibes principles of S.4(3) of the Act, 1956 into S.2(87) of Act, 2013, by Nivedita Shankar, dated December 27, 2013
  
• Deposits are not Loans and Advances, by Shampita Das, December 27th, 2013
• FAQs on Related Party Transactions by Shampita Das, December, 20, 2013
• One Person Companies: A useful tool of ring-fencing and corporatisation, by Aditi Jhunjhunwala, December 10, 2013. This article has been published at CompaniesAct.in and van be viewed here
• Corporate governance disputes: Litigation points to new era of liability of professionals and non-executive directors, by Vinod Kothari, December 2, 2013. The article has been published in Indian Corporate Law Blog and can be viewed here
• How Section 62 (1) (c) of Companies Act, 2013 taking away the liberty of capital raising by companies, by Vinod Kothari, November 28, 2013.
• Electoral Trust’s –MCA removes confusion and paves the way for pooled donations, by Ruchira Shinde, November 16, 2013.
• Section 185 of Companies Act, 2013: Straight answers to some nagging questions, by Vinod Kothari, November 12, 2013
• Look forward to heydays of CS Professionals: Certification requirements under the new Act, by Vinita Nair and Aditi Jhunjhunwala, November 6, 2013. The article was published in moneylife and can be viewed here
• Ready reckoner of applicability/inapplicability of Key Provisions of Companies Act, 2013, by Corporate Law Group, October 31, 2013
• Civil Liability of Professionals under the Companies Act 2013, by Aditi Pal, October 29, 2013
• Chapter IX of Companies Act, 2013-Draft National Financial Reporting Authority Rules issued by MCA, by Munmi Phukon, October 28, 2013. 
• Presentation on What every Board room should know about Companies Act, 2013, by Vinod Kothari, October 25, 2013
• Chapter V – Acceptance of Deposits by Companies – Highlights on draft rules issued by MCA, by Shampita Das, October 25, 2013
• Can Real Property be Dematerialised? , by Advocate Prachi Narayan, October 24, 2013
• Key Managerial Personnel: Mismatch of Definition, by Pooja Rawal, October 22, 2013
•  Chapter XIV- Inspection, Inquiry and Investigation (Section 206-229) of Companies Act, 2013 – Note on Draft Rules issued by MCA, by Pooja Rawal, October 22, 2013
• FAQs on Private Placement, by Shampita Das, October 21, 2013
• New Regime of Corporate Governance: heading towards hung companies? by Nivedita Shankar, October 20, 2013
• Little-noted provision of Companies Act 2013 gives NBFCs parity with banks, by  Vinod Kothari, October 19, 2013.
• Highlights of Chapter XXVII of Companies Act, 2013 – National Company Law Tribunal and Appellate Tribunal, by Aditi Pal, October 4, 2013. 
• CLB Regulations 1991 amended – incorporates sections of Companies Act, 2013, Nivedita Shankar, October 1, 2013
•  What every Board room needs to know about Companies Act, 2013,by Team Vinod Kothari and Company, September 27, 213
• Shareholders title Disputes come back to Company Law Board, by CS Nivedita Shankar, September 23, 2013. 
• Chapter VII (Section 88-122) of Companies Act, 2013 – note on draft rules issued by MCA, by Vinita Nair, 21st September, 2013.
• Chapter XXI of Companies Act, 2013– note on draft rules issued by MCA, by Munmi Phukon, 21st September, 2013
• Highlights of Companies Rules 2013 on compromise and arrangement, by Nidhi Ladha, September 20, 2013
• Chapter XIII of Companies Act, 2013-note on draft rules issued by MCA, by Nivedita Shankar, 20th September, 2013
• Non bailable offences under the Companies Act, 2013, by Prachi Narayan, 18th September, 2013. The article was published in moneylife and can be viewed here
• Highlights of Chapter VI of the Companies Act, 2013 , Registration of charges, by Ruchira Shinde, 17th September, 2013
• Highlights of Chapter VIII of the Companies Act, 2013, Declaration and payment of dividend, by Ruchira Shinde, 17th September 2013
• Highlights of Chapter X of the Companies Act, 2013, Audit and Auditors, by Paridhi Bagaria, 17th September, 2013
• Highlights of Chapter XVIII of the Companies Act, 2013 , Removal of names from the register of companies, by Vijaya Agrawala, 17th September, 2013
• Notification yesterday, clarification today – but are things still clear, by Nivedita Shankar, 14th September, 2013
• Companies to make additional disclosure in notice calling General Meetings- Relevant provisions of the new Act get enforced, by Nidhi Ladha, 13th September, 2013
• Enforcement of Companies Act, 2013-a day too soon? , by Aditi Jhunjhunwala , 13th September, 2013
• MCA notifies 98 sections of Companies Act, 2013 w.e.f September 12, 2013- An analysis, by Vinod Kothari, 13th September,2013
• Transitioning from 1956 Act to 2013 Act: You need to act NOW, by Vinod Kothari, 10th September, 2013.
• Vigil Mechansim- Will it lead to overdrive of vigilance under the Comapnies Act, 2013?, by Nivedita Shankar, 10th September, 2013
• Rotation of auditors: Inconsistency between Companies Act, 2013 and Draft Rules, 2013, by Nidhi Ladha, 9th September, 2013
• Companies Act, 2013: Transitioning  from Old Act to New Act, by Vinod Kothari, 4th September, 2013.
• Companies Bill 2013 on CFO Obligation, Accounts and Audit, by Vinod Kothari, 27th August, 2013.
• Amendments to the Companies Bill 2013 in Rajya Sabha-Reconfirmed by Lok Sabha 14th August, 2013.
• Companies Bill 2012: Alteration in charter documents of a company, by Nivedita Shankar, 29th December, 2012
• Companies Bill from the Rule of Law to the Law of Rules, by Vinod Kothari and Vrinda Bagaria, 28th December, 2012
• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)- One of the major highlights of Companies Bill, 2012, by Nivedita Shankar, December 29th, 2012
• Managerial Remuneration: Provisions in the Companies Bill, 2012, by Aditi Jhunjhunwala, 29th December, 2012
• Provisions relating to Audit and Auditors in Companies Bill, 2012, by Nivedita Shankar, 27th December, 2012
• Class Action under Companies Bill 2012: Wide ranging injunctive and punitive powers against the companies, by Vinod Kothari and Nidhi Ladha, 26th December, 2012
• Loans and Advances: An Overview of the related provisions in the Companies Bill, 2012, by Vrinda Bagaria, 26th December, 2012
• Vinod Kothari’s Presentation on the Companies Bill, 2013; 24th December, 2012
• One Person Company and Multi-Person Company compared, by Sikha Bansal, 24th December, 2012
• Fallout of Sahara Case? Companies Bill, 2012 tightens Private Placement provisions too much; by Vinod Kothari and Nidhi Ladha, 21st December, 2012