Relocating a company's registered office within the same local area (i.e., within the same city, town, or village) is a common procedure that businesses may need to undertake for a variety of reasons. The Companies Act, 2013 outlines the legal framework for such a transfer, particularly Section 12(4), which mandates that every company must maintain a registered office within 30 days from its incor......

When an LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) wishes to change its registered office from one state to another, it must comply with the provisions outlined in Section 13 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008. This involves filing certain forms to notify the authorities of the change. Required Forms need to be filled for this change are: - -LLP Form 15 -LLP Form 3 Steps to follow to give......

The Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order (commonly referred to as CARO)  is a new format for the issue of audit reports in case of statutory audits of companies under Companies Act, 2013. CARO 2020 has included additional reporting requirements after consultations with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA). Initially introduced in 2003, CARO is de......

Adjudication Order of Penalties in the Matter of Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation Having CIN- U92412PN2011NPL138832 Under Section 454(3) read with Section 118 read with Secretarial Standard-2 on General Meetings of the Companies Act, 2013 Relevant Sections and Rules-Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014 as amended by Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Amendment Rules, 2019 ......

An Employee Stock Options Plan or ESOP is a type of employee benefit plan that allows employees to purchase a company’s stocks at a price below the market value, with the added benefit of ownership interest. Employees can become equity shareholders in the company.ESOPs are typically granted to employees as an incentive at the end of the financial year. They can motivate and appreciate employ......

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN INDIA The ancient law of crimes in India provided death sentence for quite a good number of offences. The Indian epics, viz., the Mahabharata and the Ramayana also contain references about the offender being punished with vadhadand which meant amputation by bits. Fourteen such modes of amputating the criminals to death are known to have existed which included chaining and imp......

Capital punishment, also called death penalty, execution of an offender sentenced to death after conviction by a court of law for a criminal offense. Capital punishment should be distinguished from extrajudicial executions carried out without due process of law. The term death penalty is sometimes used interchangeably with capital punishment, though imposition of the penalty is not always followed......

The constitution of India has some provisions like, ‘Freedom of Speech and Expression ‘and ‘Right to Life and Personal Liberty’ These provisions has its effect to the right to privacy as a fundamental right. There are number of cases also which establishes the right to privacy as a fundamental right. The conceptuality of this proposition has also connected with the new dime......

The state in a democratic society has an obligation to disclose the information that has been generated at its level for the purpose of the people. Right to Information Act permits citizens to gain information under government control. Right to Information is nothing but the other name for Freedom of Information. The RTI Act was enacted to enable private citizens to access information under the co......

The Aadhaar Act enables the Government to collect identity information from citizens including their biometrics, issue a unique identification number or an Aadhaar Number on the basis of such biometric information, and thereafter provide targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services to them. The Aadhaar Act establishes an authority, namely, the UIDAI, which is responsible for the administ......

IMPORTANT KEY FEATURES OF THE  IT RULES » Due diligence by intermediaries: Under the IT Act, an intermediary is not liable for the third-party information that it holds or transmits. However, to claim such exemption, it must adhere to the due diligence requirements under the IT Act and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (which......

The 21st century has witnessed such an explosive rise in the number of ways in which we use information, that it is widely referred to as the information age with the rapid development of technology, computers are able to process vast quantities of information in order to identify correlations and discover patterns in all fields of human activity. A significant development in data protection law ......

Privacy and data protection are two interrelated Internet governance rights. Data protection is a legal mechanism that ensures privacy. Privacy is usually defined as the right of any citizen to control their own personal information and to decide about it (to disclose information or not).Right to Privacy means, a right to be let alone. Right to privacy is one such right which has come to its exist......

Privacy is basic human right recognized by United Nation .It  has mainly two aspects ,it is concerned with information or personal data and the extent to which that is shared with other parties. Privacy allows an individual to withdraw from the larger society for a limited period. It maintains the individuality of the person. People are more likely to develop their feelings and values in thes......

The current time is a perfect example of a time like no other in modern history. Over the last year, people around the world have simultaneously faced a global pandemic responsible for more than millions of deaths and participated in the world’s largest work-from-home experiment. The contemporary work acknowledges the disparate impact on certain segments of the workforce, including......