Compiling the weekly secretarial updates from March 30, 2020 to April 05, 2020 of Week 01

1. Law updates

(a) Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020

(b) Modification to the LLP Settlement Scheme

(c) Clarification related to Trading Window Closure

2. Web Series – One Concept One Slide

(a) Secretarial Standard 1 (SS-1)

Summary of latest amendments from April 06, 2020 to April 12, 2020 of Week 02

1. Law updates

(a) Relaxations for holding Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) through Video Conferencing (VC) or Other         Audio-Visual Means (OAVM) 

(b) Release of FAQs related to COVID-19 on CSR contribution

2. Web Series – One Concept One Slide

(a) E-Adjudication Mechanism 

Quick recap to the last week’s secretarial developments covering from April 13, 2020 to April 19, 2020 of week 03

1. Law updates

(a) Review of FDI policy for curbing opportunistic takeover/acquisitions of Indian Companies due to the                 current COVID-19 pandemic

(b) SEBI (LODR) Reg. 2015 – Additional relaxations/clarifications  due to current COVID-19 pandemic

(C) Relaxations in adherence to prescribed timelines issued by SEBI due to COVID-19

2. Web Series – One Concept One Slide

(a) Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code – Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (Part-3)

Summarizing the amendments/notifications/circulars/press release important updates issued by MCA, RBI, SEBI, ICSI, IBBI, NCLT etc. from April 20, 2020 to April 26, 2020 of week 04

1. Law update

(a) Holding of Annual General Meeting, by top 100 listed entities & other companies, whose financial year               has ended on December 31, 2019

(b) Relaxation from certain provisions of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2018  in respect of Right Issue

(C) Relaxation from certain provisions of the SEBI (ICDR) Regulations, 2018  in respect to entities who propose

        to list specified securities

2. Web Series – One Concept One Slide

(a) Revised Compliance Timelines for FY 20-21 (Post COVID-19 relaxations)

Through this newsletter, we would like to share the brief of notifications/circulars issued from Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), and other authorities including Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI), National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT),  and Stock Exchanges in the month of April, 2020 and compliance calendar for the month of May,  2020, and June, 2020.