Company Law

Abbreviations

%

Percentage

<

Less than

>

More than

Less than or equal to

Equal to or more than

A/c

Account

AC/ACM

Audit Committee/Audit Committee Meeting

AIF

Alternative Investment Fund

AMC

Asset Management Company

AoA

Articles of Association

AOP

Association of Persons

AR/s

Annual Return/s

AS

Accounting Standard

Asct Co

1Associate Company

Auth Sh Cap

Authorised Share Capital

BIFR

Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction

BM

Board Meeting

BoD

Board of Directors

BS

Balance Sheet

C&AG

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

CA

Chartered Accountant

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CG

Central Government

CIN

Corporate Identification Number

CLB

Company Law Board

CM

Committee Meeting

Co/Cos

Company/Companies

Co (INC) Rules

Companies (Incorporation) Rules 2014

Co (MGT) Rules

Companies (Management and Administration) Rules 2014

Co (XBRL) Rules

Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in Extensible Business Reporting Language) Rules 2015

Co (CSR) Rules

Companies (Corporate Social Responsibility Policy) Rules 2014

Co (PAS) Rules

Companies (Prospectus and Allotment of Securities) Rules 2014

Co (Accounts) Rules

Companies (Accounts) Rules 2014

Co (Cost Audit) Rules

Companies (Cost Records and Audit) Rules 2014

Co (Auth to Register) Rules

Companies (Authorised to Register) Rules 2014

Co (ID Data Bank) Rules

Companies (Creation and Maintenance of databank of Independent Directors) Rules 2019

Co (Audit) Rules

Companies (Audit and Auditors)
Rules 2014

Co (DIR) Rules

Companies (Appointment and Qualification of Directors) Rules 2014

Co (BM) Rules

Companies (Meetings of Board and its Powers) Rules 2014

Co (MR) Rules

Companies (Appointment and Remuneration of Managerial Personnel) Rules 2014

Co (Charges) Rules

Companies (Registration of Charges) Rules 2014

Co (SCD) Rules

Companies (Share Capital and Debentures) Rules 2014

Co (AoD) Rules

Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules 2014

Co (CAA) Rules

Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Rules 2016

Co (RNC) Rules

Companies (Removal of Names of Companies from the Register of Companies) Rules 2016

Co (Regn of FC) Rules

Companies (Registration of Foreign Companies) Rules 2014

Co (Misc) Rules

Companies (Miscellaneous) Rules 2014

Co (SBO) Rules

Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Rules 2018

CoD

Committee of Directors

CS

Company Secretary

CTC

Certified True Copy

CY

Current Year

Dept

Department

DIN

Director Identification Number

DRR

Debenture Redemption Reserve

DSC

Digital Signature Certificate

ED

Executive Director/s

ESOP

Employee Stock Option Plan

ESOS

Employee Stock Option Scheme

FEMA 1999

Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999

FIs

Financial Institutions

FS

Financial Statements

FY

Financial Year

GDR

Global Depository Receipt

GLN

Global Identification Number

GM

General Meeting

AGM/EGM

Annual General Meeting/
Extra-ordinary General Meeting

Govt

Government

HFCs

Housing Finance Companies

Hold Co

Holding Company

HUF

Hindu Undivided Family

IBC

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

ICAI

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

ICDR

SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2009

ID

Independent Director

IEPF

Investor Education and Protection Fund

IRDA

Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority

I.R.O.

In respect of

KMP

Key Managerial Personnel

LODR

SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations 2015

LRR

Limited Review Report

LLP

Limited Liability Partnership

MCA

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

MD

Managing Director

MF

Mutual Fund

MoA

Memorandum of Association

NBFCs

Non-banking Financial Companies

NCLT

National Company Law Tribunal

NED

Non-Executive Director/s

NewCo

Proposed New Company

NFRA

National Financial Reporting Authority

NED

Non-Executive Director/s

NHB

National Housing Bank

No.

Number

NoC

No objection Certificate

NRC

Nomination and Remuneration Committee

OID

Officer in Default

OPC

One Person Company

PAN

Permanent Account Number

PFIs

Public Financial Institutions

PFRDA

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority

PPOL

Private Placement Offer Letter

Pref SH

Preference Shareholder

Pub Co

Public Company

Pvt Co

Private Company

PY

Previous Year

QIB

Qualified Institutional Buyer

R.

Rule

RBI

Reserve Bank of India

RD

Regional Director

Reg.

Regulation (issued by SEBI)

RoC

Registrar of Companies

RoM

Register of Members

RV/RVO

Registered Valuer/Registered Valuers Organisations

S.

Section

SBI

State Bank of India

SBO

Significant Beneficial Owner

Sch

Schedule

SE

Stock Exchange

SEBI

Securities and Exchange Board of India

SFIO

Serious Fraud Investigation Office

SG

State Government

SH

Shareholder/(s)

Spl Reso

Special Resolution

Sub Co

2Subsidiary Company

TAN

Tax Deduction Account Number

u / s or u / R

under section or under rule

UIN

Unique Identification Number

w.r.t.

With respect to

WTD

Whole-Time Director

  1. S. 2(6) “associate company”, in relation to another company, means a company in which that other company has a significant influence (means control of at least 20% of total voting power, or control of or participation in business decisions under an agreement) but which is not a subsidiary company of the company having such influence and includes a joint venture company (means a joint arrangement whereby the parties that have joint control of the arrangement have rights to the net assets of the arrangement
  2. (87) “subsidiary company” or “subsidiary”, in relation to any other company (that is to say the holding company), means a company in which the holding company– (i) controls the composition of the Board of Directors; or (ii) exercises or controls more than one-half of the total voting power either at its own or together with one or more of its subsidiary companies

    Provided that such class or classes of holding companies as may be prescribed shall not have layers of subsidiaries beyond such numbers as may be prescribed.

    Explanation.– For the purposes of this clause,–

    1. a company shall be deemed to be a subsidiary company of the holding company even if the control referred to in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) is of another subsidiary company of the holding company;
    2. the composition of a company’s Board of Directors shall be deemed to be controlled by another company if that other company by exercise of some power exercisable by it at its discretion can appoint or remove all or a majority of the directors;
    3. the expression “company” includes any body corporate;
    4. “layer” in relation to a holding company means its subsidiary or subsidiaries;