April 01, 2022 Summary of the notification issued by MCA on 31/03/2022 Extension of deadlines for filing of CSR-2 and implementation of accounting software with audit trail under Companies Act, 2013 MCA has extended the deadline for filing of form CSR- 2 for the preceding financial year (2020-2021) to 31/05/2022 (as against earlier deadline of 31/03/2022). It [...]
March 31, 2022 Summary of the circular issued by SEBI on 30/03/2022 Clarification on requirement of Shareholders' approval for material RPTs under LODR Regulations, 2015 w.e.f 01/04/2022 SEBI vide its notification dated 09/11/2021 required that w.e.f April 1, 2022, all material related party transactions and subsequent material modifications shall require prior approval of the shareholders through [...]
March 30, 2022 Summary of the notifications issued by MCA and IBBI on 23/03/2022 and 29/03/2022 respectively MCA amends Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015 w.e.f 01/04/2022 The following standards are amended to give effect to the Annual Improvements to IndAS (2021) and the Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting under Indian Accounting Standards [...]
Summary of the circular issued by SEBI on 23/03/2022 Separation of roles of Chairperson and MD/CEO is now voluntary under LODR Regulations SEBI vide its notification dated 01/04/2019 mandated that the top 500 listed entities shall appoint separate and unrelated persons for the Chairperson and MD/CEO roles from 01/04/2022. Through this notification, SEBI has made [...]
Summary of the circular issued by SEBI on 07/03/2022 Amendments to System Driven Disclosure requirements under Takeover Code, 2011 w.e.f 01/07/2022 SEBI vide its notification dated 13/08/2021 amended Takeover Code doing away with disclosure requirement w.r.t encumbered shares where such encumbrance is undertaken in a depository. This circular prescribes list of transactions where manual disclosures [...]
Summary of the Notification issued by MCA on 28/02/2022 MCA notifies amendment to the National Financial Reporting Authority [NFRA] Rules regarding the Salary and allowances of its Chairperson and members. Highlights of the amendment: Salary and allowances The Chairperson and a time full time member of NFRA shall have the option to draw [...]
February 15, 2022 Summary of the Circular issued by MCA on 14/02/2022 Extension of timeline for Additional Fee waiver towards filing of e-forms relating to Financial Statements and Annual Return for the FY 2020-21 upto 15/03/2022 and 31/03/2022 respectively MCA has for the third time extended the timeline with respect to additional fee waiver towards filing of e-Forms [...]
February 14, 2022 Summary of the notification issued by MCA on 11/002/2022 Requirement to file Report on CSR in Form CSR-2 by 31st March, 2022 MCA now requires every Company to which provisions of CSR is applicable u/s 135 of the Companies Act, 2013 to file a report on CSR in Form CSR-2 (whose format [...]
February 11, 2022 Summary of the notification issued by IBBI on 09/02/2022 IBBI amends Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process(CIRP) Regulations Key highlights of the amendment are: 1. Meeting of the Committee: a. Resolution Professional (RP) may convene a meeting of the committee at the request of members representing at least 30% of the [...]
January 27, 2022 Summary of the circular issued by SEBI on 25/01/2022 Operational procedure to be followed by Listed Entities/RTA in case of issuance of securities in Demat mode. To enhance the ease of dealing in securities markets by investors, SEBI vide its notification dated 24/01/2022 mandated listed entities to issue securities in Demat [...]