Registrar of Companies shall enter all cases of complaints against the Companies and the LLPs in the MCA Electronic registry
Registrar of Companies and the Regional Directors of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs at all locations have been directed by the Ministry to enter all cases of complaints against the Companies and the LLPs, Inspections, Inquiries, Investigations and Prosecutions in the MCA Electronic registry i.e., MCA 21 before issuing any letter, notice, order etc.
Online portal for applications for Issuance of Replenishment Authorisation for Gems and Consumables
New applications for Issuance of Replenishment Authorization for Gems and Consumables will need to be submitted in online format.
Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Rules, 2022.
In case a Limited Liability Partnership fails to change its name or new name, as the case may be, in accordance with the direction issued under sub-section (1) of section 17 within a period of three months from the date of issue of such direction, the letters “ORDNC” (Order of Regional Director Not Complied), the year of passing of the direction, the serial number and the existing LLPIN of the LLP shall become the new name of the LLP without any further act or deed by the LLP, and the Registrar shall accordingly make entry of the new name in the register of LLP and issue a fresh certificate of incorporation in Form No. 16A
MCA delegates Powers under LLP Act to regional directors.
MCA has delegated certain power under section 17 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 to the Regional Directors at Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Guwahati which shall come into force with effect from 1st April 2022.
MCA appoints 1st April 2022 as the date on which section 1 to 29 of Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Act, 2021 shall come into force.
According to the Act, the central government has the authority to order an LLP to change its name for certain reasons (such as the name being undesirable or identical to a trademark pending registration). Failure to follow such instructions can result in a fine ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 5 lakh rupees. Instead of imposing a fine, the Act removes some of these grounds and empowers the central government to assign a new name to such an LLP.
Relaxed due date for companies to file Annual return and financial statement without additional fees
The Forms MGT-7/MGT 7A can be filed till 31.03.2022 for the financial year ended on 31.03.2021. The Forms AOC-4, AOC-4 XBRL, AOC-4 NON-XBRL, AOC-4 (CFS) can be filed till 15.03.2022 for the financial year ended on 31.03.2021 .
Companies (Accounts) Amendment Rules, 2022
For the preceding financial year (2020-2021), Form CSR-2 shall be filed separately on or before 31 st March 2022, after filing Form AOC-4 or AOC-4 XBRL or AOC-4 NBFC (Ind AS), as the case may be.
MCA launches a New Way of E-Filing for LLP on MCA21 portal.
LLP e-Filings on MCA21 portal will be disabled from 25th Feb 2022 12:00 AM. All stakeholders are advised to ensure that there are no SRNs in pending payment status.
SEBI clarification regarding Change in control of AMCs involving scheme of arrangement
The validity of SEBI in-principle approval for scheme of arrangement for AMC shall be three months from the date of issuance, within which the relevant application shall be made to NCLT.
MCA Appoints 1st July 2022 as the date on which section 56 of Companies (Amendment) Act 2020 shall come into force.
Section 56 of the Companies (Amendment) Act revises section 403(1) of Companies Act, 2013 which deals with the fee required to be paid by companies in case they fail to submit, file, register or record any document with the Registrar of Companies.
