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Monday, November 17, 2025
TopicCompanies Act

Topic: Companies Act

‘Unlimited corporate contributions to parties contrary to free & fair elections,’ says SC

Striking down electoral bonds scheme, SC said ‘chief reason for corporate funding of political parties is to influence political process which may in turn improve company’s performance’.

‘Fake address, intent to defraud’: Why India is cracking down on firms with Chinese directors

Registrar of Companies has lodged 39 FIRs in Mumbai alone against companies with foreign directors or shareholders. Officials are tight-lipped but complaints show common patterns.

Rahul Gandhi’s Northeast Delhi visit has come too late, looks like exercise in TRP politics

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

For ease of business, Modi govt moves to decriminalise Companies Act, relaxes CSR norms

The steps are expected to improve ease of doing business for companies, and could be the last of the changes to the Companies Act for the moment.

Ridiculous, foolish, atrocious – How Modi govt fans are slamming it on economic policies

A slowing economy & controversial proposals are forcing Modi govt's strident supporters to voice their discontent with the establishment publicly.

Why companies can no longer get away with ignoring CSR

Modi govt has passed amendments to the Companies Act, 2013, to ensure that firms that don’t spend 2% of their net profits on CSR are penalised.

After IL&FS crisis, India considering ceiling on audit firms to break Big Four monopoly

The proposed crackdown by India’s corporate affairs ministry mirrors similar action being planned in the UK.

Soon, ED could raid & attach properties for fraud

Sections 447 & 448 of the Companies Act are set to be included as scheduled offences under PMLA, giving ED the power to recover ‘fraud’ money.

On Camera

What Pakistan Supreme Court judge Mansoor Ali Shah wrote in his resignation letter

The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.