July 2023

Registration of Offer of Schemes Involving Transfer of Shares (1) In relation to every offer of a scheme or contract involving the transfer of shares or any class of shares in the transferor company to the transferee company under section 235,— (a) every circular containing such offer and recommendation to the members of the transferor company by its Directors to accept such offer shall […]

Power of Central Government to Provide for Amalgamation of Companies in Public Interest (1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that it is essential in the public interest that two or more companies should amalgamate, the Central Government may, by order notified in the Official Gazette, provide for the amalgamation of those companies into a

Purchase of Minority Shareholding (1) In the event of an acquirer, or a person acting in concert with such acquirer, becoming registered holder of ninety per cent. or more of the issued equity share capital of a company, or in the event of any person or group of persons becoming ninety per cent. majority or

Power to Acquire Shares of Shareholders Dissenting from Scheme or Contract Approved by Majority (1) Where a scheme or contract involving the transfer of shares or any class of shares in a company (the transferor company) to another company (the transferee company) has, within four months after making of an offer in that behalf by the transferee company, been

Merger or Amalgamation of Company with Foreign Company (1) The provisions of this Chapter unless otherwise provided under any other law for the time being in force, shall apply mutatis mutandis to schemes of mergers and amalgamations between companies registered under this Act and companies incorporated in the jurisdictions of such countries as may be

Merger or Amalgamation of Certain Companies (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 230 and section 232, a scheme of merger or amalgamation may be entered into between two or more small companies or between a holding company and its wholly-owned subsidiary company or such other class or classes of companies as may be prescribed, subject to the following, namely:— (a) a notice of

Merger and Amalgamation of Companies (1) Where an application is made to the Tribunal under section 230 for the sanctioning of a compromise or an arrangement proposed between a company and any such persons as are mentioned in that section, and it is shown to the Tribunal— (a) that the compromise or arrangement has been proposed for the purposes of, or

Power of Tribunal to Enforce Compromise or Arrangement 1[(1) Where the Tribunal makes an order under section 230 sanctioning a compromise or an arrangement in respect of a company, it— (a) shall have power to supervise the implementation of the compromise or arrangement; and (b) may, at the time of making such order or at any time thereafter, give

Power to Compromise or Make Arrangements with Creditors and members Section 230 of the Companies Act, 2013, gives companies the power to negotiate and make agreements with their creditors or members under certain circumstances. Here’s a simplified explanation: (1) When a company needs to make a deal with its creditors or members, the Tribunal can

Penalty for Furnishing False Statement, Mutilation, Destruction of Documents. Where a person who is required to provide an explanation or make a statement during the course of inspection, inquiry or investigation, or an officer or other employee of a company or other body corporate which is also under investigation,— (a) destroys, mutilates or falsifies, or conceals or tampers or unauthorisedly removes,