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The Companies Act 2013 (No. 18 of 2013) is an Act of the Parliament of India which forms the primary source of Indian company law. It received presidential assent on 29 August 2013, and largely superseded the Companies Act 1956. The Act was brought into force in stages.
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) is a quasi-judicial body in India that adjudicates issues relating to Indian companies. [1] The tribunal, established under the Companies Act 2013, was constituted on 1 June 2016 by the government of India and is based on the recommendation of the V. Balakrishna Eradi committee on law relating to the insolvency and the winding up of companies.
Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses. The term refers to the legal practice of law relating to corporations, or to the theory of corporations .
The 2013 Companies Act superseded the Companies Act of 1956, under whose provisions Indian corporations previously operated.In addition to the Companies Act, corporations are subject to other regulations administered by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), [1] which has two branches: the Regional Director (RD) and the Registrar of Companies (ROC).
In August 2013, The Companies Act, 2013 was passed to regulate corporations by increasing responsibilities of corporate executives and is intended to avoid the accounting scandals such as the Satyam scandal which have plagued India. [2] It replaces The Companies Act, 1956 which has proven outmoded in terms of handling 21st century problems. [3]
Created in the year 1967 as a service to administer the Companies Act, 1956 as the Company Law Service, it was renamed as Indian Company Law Service in the year 2002. The service functioned under Ministry of Finance (Department of Company Affairs) till 2004, after which an independent ministry by the name Ministry of Corporate Affairs was created to administer the Corporate Sector in India.
Indian Kanoon is an Indian law search engine. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was launched on 4 January 2008. The search engine has been meshed with the highest courts and tribunals of India to provide up-to-date judgements.
As a result, in June 2015, the Companies Law Committee (CLC) was formed to present suggestions to remedy concerns resulting from the implementation of the 2013 Act. Based on the recommendations in the CLC report, the government tabled the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (Bill) in the Lok Sabha on March 16, 2016, which was passed by the Lok ...