Section 97 of the Companies Act, 2013 reads as follows – (1) If any default is made in holding the annual general meeting of a company under section 96, the Tribunal   may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or the articles of the company, on the application of any member of the company, call, or direct the calling of, an annual general meeting of the […]

Annual general meeting 1. Annual General Meeting Requirement: Every company, except a One Person Company, must conduct a general meeting known as the Annual General Meeting (AGM) each year. The AGM should be scheduled so that not more than fifteen months pass between one AGM and the next. Example: If a company held its AGM

Registers, etc., to be Evidence The registers, their indices and copies of annual returns maintained under sections 88 and 94 shall be prima facie evidence of any matter directed or authorised to be inserted therein by or under this Act.  

Place of keeping and Inspection of Registers, Returns, etc (1) The registers required to be kept and maintained by a company under section 88 and copies of the annual return filed under section 92 shall be kept at the registered office of the company: Provided that such registers or copies of return may also be kept at any other place in India

Return to be Filed with Registrar in Case Promoters‘ Stake Changes Omitted] Amendment 1.Omitted by the Companies (Amendment )Act,2017 -Ammendment Effective From 13th June 2018 Original Omitted Content :- “Every listed company shall file a return in the prescribed form with the Registrar with respect to change in the number of shares held by promoters and top ten shareholders of such company, within

Annual return 1) Every company shall prepare a return (hereinafter referred to as the annual return) in the prescribed form containing the particulars as they stood on the close of the financial year regarding— (a) its registered office, principal business activities, particulars of its holding, subsidiary and associate companies; (b) its shares, debentures and other securities and shareholding pattern; (c) 5[Omitted] (d) its members and debenture-holders along with changes

Power to Close Register of Members or Debenture-Holders or Other Security Holders (1) A company may close the register of members or the register of debenture-holders or the register of other security holders for any period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate forty-five days in each year, but not exceeding thirty days at any one time,

Register of significant beneficial owners in a company (1) Every individual, who acting alone or together, or through one or more persons or trust, including a trust and persons resident outside India, holds beneficial interests, of not less than twenty-five per cent. or such other percentage as may be prescribed, in shares of a company or the right

Declaration in Respect of Beneficial Interest in any Share 1) Where the name of a person is entered in the register of members of a company as the holder of shares in that company but who does not hold the beneficial interest in such shares, such person shall make a declaration within such time and in such form as may be prescribed to

Section 88 of the Companies Act 2013 provides for the provisions related to the maintenance of the register of members by a company. Section 88 of the Companies Act 2013, reads as follows: Register of Members, etc (1) Every company shall keep and maintain the following registers in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed,