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Centre gives RoCs adjudication powers
Financial Express Chandigarh
|February 16, 2026
Aims to ease compliance burden
THE MINISTRY OF Corporate Affairs (MCA) has given additional powers to the registrar of companies (RoCs) to adjudicate and impose penalties on companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) for statutory non-compliances.
In a recent notification, the ministry said it has revamped India’s corporate regulatory framework by designating RoCs as adjudicating officers under Section 454 of the Companies Act and under Section 76A of the LLP Act.
This story is from the February 16, 2026 edition of Financial Express Chandigarh.
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