From incorporation to boardroom governance — practical guidance for every stage of your company’s lifecycle, backed by ICSI-qualified secretarial experience.
Register your private limited company with MCA — the most preferred structure for startups and growing businesses.
Set up a Limited Liability Partnership combining partnership flexibility with limited liability protection.
Register a One Person Company and run your business as a separate legal entity, solo.
Incorporate a public limited company structured for large-scale operations and public fundraising.
Register a Section 8 non-profit company for charitable, educational, or social objectives.
Set up a Producer Company to formalise and scale a farmer or artisan collective.
Register a partnership firm with a legally sound partnership deed and compliance structure.
Set up your sole proprietorship with the right registrations to start billing and banking legally.
Incorporate an Indian subsidiary of your overseas parent company with full FEMA compliance.
Set up a branch office in India with RBI approval to conduct permitted business activities.
Establish a liaison office in India to represent your foreign parent company's interests.
File all mandatory annual returns, financial statements, and ROC forms for your private limited company.
Stay compliant with MCA's annual filing requirements for your Limited Liability Partnership.
File your INC-20A declaration to activate your company's right to start operations.
Appoint your statutory auditor and file Form ADT-1 within the mandatory timeline.
Complete your director's annual KYC to keep your DIN active and avoid deactivation.
Maintain the statutory registers and board/general meeting minutes required under the Companies Act.
File your company's annual return of deposits and outstanding loans in Form DPT-3.
Prepare and file your financial statements in XBRL format as mandated by MCA.
Identify and report Significant Beneficial Owners as required under the Companies Act.
Appoint and update your One Person Company's nominee as per MCA requirements.
Get your share certificates properly stamped and issued in compliance with state stamp duty rules.
Undergo a mandatory secretarial audit and obtain your MR-3 report from a practising CS.
Manage unclaimed dividends and shareholder records in line with IEPF Authority requirements.
Set up your Internal Committee and POSH policy to meet workplace harassment law requirements.
Apply for dormant company status to pause compliance obligations for an inactive company.
Design and file a legally compliant Employee Stock Option Plan for your startup team.
Set up an ESOP trust structure to hold and administer employee stock options.
Structure a phantom stock plan to reward employees without diluting actual equity.
Structure and file compliance for your startup's CCPS, CCD, or rights issue funding round.
Raise fresh capital from existing shareholders through a compliant rights issue process.
Structure your private equity round with compliant CCPS or CCD instruments.
Execute a share buy-back in compliance with the Companies Act and SEBI norms.
Issue bonus shares to existing shareholders with complete MCA compliance.
Declare and distribute dividends in line with Companies Act procedures and timelines.
Structure and issue non-convertible debentures with full companies act compliance.
Increase your company's authorised share capital to accommodate future fundraising or allotments.
Transfer shares between parties or dematerialise physical share certificates.
Appoint a new director or process a resignation with complete MCA filings.
Appoint Key Managerial Personnel as mandated for applicable companies under the Companies Act.
Change your company's registered name through the correct MCA approval process.
Amend your Memorandum or Articles of Association to reflect changes in objects or structure.
Shift your registered office within or across states with the required MCA/RD approvals.
Resolve DIN deactivation or disqualification issues and restore your director status.
Represent your company before the Registrar of Companies in adjudication proceedings.
Settle Companies Act violations through MCA's compounding route and avoid prosecution.
Apply for condonation of delay to regularise late MCA filings and avoid penal action.
Structure and execute a merger or amalgamation with complete NCLT compliance.
Merge eligible small companies or holding-subsidiary structures through the fast track route.
Close your private limited company through voluntary strike-off or winding up.
Get advisory support on corporate insolvency proceedings under the IBC framework.
Get representation for company law matters before the NCLT and NCLAT.
This section covers the life cycle of a business entity under the Companies Act, 2013, the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 and related rules: choosing and incorporating a structure, keeping it compliant each year, changing its capital or management, and eventually restructuring or closing it.
Almost every registered business has some company law obligation. Typical situations include:
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Under Section 10A of the Companies Act, 2013, a company incorporated with share capital must file a declaration (Form INC-20A) confirming that subscribers have paid for their shares, generally within 180 days of incorporation. Until it is filed, the company should not commence business or exercise borrowing powers, and the Registrar may initiate action, including removal of the name, if it is not filed.
Every person holding a DIN must keep KYC details updated with the MCA through Form DIR-3 KYC. The MCA has announced that the annual requirement is being replaced with a KYC once every three years, with changes to contact details reported as they occur. Timelines are set by notification, so check the latest MCA rules and advisories before the due date.
Generally yes. Late filings can usually be made with additional fees prescribed under the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014. Depending on the default, penalties may be adjudicated under Section 454 or offences compounded under Section 441. Long-standing defaults can lead to disqualification of directors under Section 164(2), so the history should be reviewed before filing.
Section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013 provides a simpler merger route for specified classes, such as small companies, a holding company and its wholly owned subsidiary, and certain start-ups. The scheme is approved by the Central Government through the Regional Director after objections from the ROC and Official Liquidator are considered, instead of a full NCLT process. Eligibility is set by the Act and rules.
Under Section 90 of the Companies Act, 2013 and the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018, individuals holding significant beneficial ownership must declare it to the company. The company then files Form BEN-2 with the Registrar. Thresholds and forms are defined in the rules, which are amended from time to time.