Companies Act with Rules

This book is the most authentic and comprehensive book on the Companies Act, 2013. It covers the amended, updated & annotated text of the following:

Companies Act, 2013 [as amended up to date] with annotations
Provisions of other Acts referred to in the Companies Act, 2013
Words & Phrases Judicially Noticed
55+ Rules framed thereunder with annotations
Circulars & Notifications issued under the Companies Act, 2013
Secretarial Standards
What sets it apart is the presentation/coverage of the Companies Act with corresponding Rules, Circulars & Notifications. In other words, the Annotation under each Section shows:

Relevant Rules framed under the relevant Section
Reference to relevant Forms prescribed
Exemptions available to Private Companies, Government Companies, Nidhis, Charitable Companies, Unlisted Public Company, and Private Companies operating from IFSCs located in SEZ
Exemptions to Financial Products/Services/Institutions in IFSCs
Gist of relevant Circulars & Notifications
Date of enforcement of provisions
Corresponding provisions under the 1956 Act
Words & Phrases judicially noticed
Allied Laws referred to in the provision
Relevant provisions of SEBI Rules/SS-1 to SS-4/Listing Obligations/Table F of Schedule I
The Present Publication is the 21st Edition & updated up to 25th Dec. 2023. This book is edited by Taxmann’s Editorial Board, with the following noteworthy features:

[Taxmann’s series of Bestseller Books] on Company Laws
[Follows the Six-Sigma Approach] to achieve the benchmark of ‘zero error.’
The contents of the book are as follows:

List of Rules/Regulations
Alphabetical list of Rules/Regulations
Exemptions:
Private Companies
Section 8 Companies
Nidhis
Government Companies
Private Company that is licensed to operate by RBI, SEBI, and IRDA from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi-services SEZ set-up under the SEZ Act
Unlisted public company that is licensed to operate by RBI, SEBI, and IRDA from the International Financial Services Centre located in an approved multi-services SEZ set-up under the SEZ Act
Financial Products, Financial Services, or Financial Institutions in an International Financial Services Centre (IFSC)
List of Circulars & Notifications
Companies Act, 2013 with Rules
Arrangement of Sections
Annotated text of the Companies Act, 2013 as amended up to date
Appendix I: Provisions of other Acts referred to in Companies Act, 2013
Appendix II: Words & Phrases Judicially Noticed
Subject Index
Rules framed under the Companies Act, 2013
Key to Prescribed Forms
Companies (Specification of Definitions Details) Rules, 2014
Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014
Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules, 2014
Companies (Issue of Global Depository Receipts) Rules, 2014
Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules, 2014
Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014
Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules, 2014
Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014
Companies (Declaration and Payment of Dividend) Rules, 2014
Companies (Accounts) Rules, 2014
Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in Extensible Business Reporting Language) Rules, 2015
Companies (Audit and Auditors) Rules, 2014
Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules, 2014
Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules, 2014
Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules, 2014
Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules, 2014
Companies (Inspection, Investigation, and Inquiry) Rules, 2014
Companies (Authorised to Register) Rules, 2014
Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules, 2014
Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014
Nidhi Rules, 2014
National Company Law Tribunal Rules, 2016
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal Rules, 2016
National Company Law Tribunal (Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of President and Other Members) Rules, 2015
National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of the Chairperson and Other Members) Rules, 2015
Companies (Adjudication of Penalties) Rules, 2014
Companies (Miscellaneous) Rules, 2014
Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules, 2014
Depository Receipts Scheme, 2014
Companies (Indian Accounting Standards) Rules, 2015
Companies (Accounting Standards) Rules, 2021
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Appointment of Chairperson and Members, Holding of Meetings and Provision for Offices and Officers) Rules, 2016
Companies (Compromises, Arrangements, and Amalgamations) Rules, 2016
Companies (Mediation and Conciliation) Rules, 2016
Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules, 2016
Companies (Transfer of Pending Proceedings) Rules, 2016
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and Refund) Rules, 2016
National Company Law Tribunal (Procedure for Reduction of Share Capital of Company) Rules, 2016
Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021
Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members of Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals, and other Authorities
Tribunal (Conditions of Service) Rules, 2021
Companies (Arrests in Connection with Investigation by Serious Fraud Investigation Office) Rules, 2017
Companies (Registered Valuers and Valuation) Rules, 2017
Companies (Restriction on Number of Layers) Rules, 2017
Condonation of Delay Scheme, 2018
National Financial Reporting Authority (Manner of Appointment and other Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairperson and Members) Rules, 2018
Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules, 2018
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Form of Annual Statement of Accounts) Rules, 2018
Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Form and Time of Preparation of Annual Report) Rules, 2018
Specified Companies (Furnishing of Information about Payment to Micro and Small Enterprise Suppliers) Order, 2019
National Financial Reporting Authority Rules, 2018
National Financial Reporting Authority (Meeting for Transaction of Business) Rules, 2019
National Financial Reporting Authority (Recruitment, Salary, Allowances and Other Terms and Conditions of Service of Secretary, Officers and Other Employees of Authority) Rules, 2019
Companies (Creation and Maintenance of Data Bank of Independent Directors) Rules, 2019
Companies (Winding-up) Rules, 2020
Companies (Auditor’s Report) Order, 2020
National Company Law Tribunal and National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (Procedure for Investigation of Misbehaviour or Incapacity of Chairperson, President and Other Members) Rules, 2020
Producer Companies Rules, 2021
National Financial Reporting Authority appointment of Part-time Member Rules, 2022
Circulars & Notifications
Circulars & Notifications issued under the Companies Act, 2013