Regulatory & Compliance Guides
In-depth practitioner insights, legal procedures, and forensic checklists for corporate boards, compliance officers, and institutional investors in India.
Family Settlement Agreement: How to Document Agreed Property and Asset Arrangements
A family settlement records an arrangement among family members to resolve claims, and the registration question turns on whether the document itself creates rights in property or merely records an arrangement already acted on.
Income Tax Return Filing in India: Eligibility, Documents, Process and Due Dates
Who files, which form and by when all follow from the type of taxpayer and whether an audit applies, with 31 July, 31 August and 31 October being the three dates that cover almost everyone.
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA): Key Clauses Every Indian Business Should Review
An NDA is only as good as its definition of confidential information, its carve-outs, its duration and its remedy, and a mutual NDA protects both sides where a one-way NDA protects only the discloser.
How to Draft a Legal Notice in India: Essential Contents, Documents and Process
A legal notice sets out the facts, the legal basis, the demand and a deadline, and it is sent by registered post with acknowledgement due because proof of dispatch and service is what makes it useful later.
MSME-1 Filing: Applicability, Reporting Requirements and Due Dates
MSME-1 is a half-yearly return by 30 April and 31 October reporting amounts outstanding to micro and small enterprise suppliers for more than 45 days, and it applies only where that condition is met.
AOC-4 Filing: Company Financial Statements, Documents, Fees and Due Dates
AOC-4 files the company’s financial statements with the Registrar within 30 days of the AGM, and late filing attracts an additional fee of Rs 100 per day per form with no upper cap.
MGT-7 and MGT-7A Filing: Applicability, Documents and Annual Return Process
The annual return is filed within 60 days of the AGM, in MGT-7 for most companies and the abridged MGT-7A for one person companies and small companies, with late filing costing Rs 100 per day per form and no cap.
GST Registration Amendment for Business Name, Address and Other Particulars
A trade name change is a core amendment under the same PAN, a change of principal place of business is a core amendment needing fresh address proof, and a change of PAN or state is not an amendment at all but a cancellation and fresh registration.
GST Registration Revocation: Eligibility, Application Process and Time Limit
Revocation in Form REG-21 is available only where the officer cancelled the registration, must be filed within ninety days of service of the cancellation order under Rule 23 as amended from 1 October 2023, and requires all pending returns and dues to be cleared first.