2021 (2) TMI 1391

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..... o.1 & 2 ORDER 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode (physical and virtual hearing). 2. The present petition has been filed challenging the non-providing of a field for Advocates to register companies and LLPs on the current Ministry of Corporate Affairs' (hereinafter, 'MCA') portal. 3. The case of the Petitioner is that in 2007, the MCA portal permitted Chartered Accountants, Compa .....

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..... A perusal of Section 7(1)(b) of the Companies Act, 2013, clearly shows that Advocates can file documents for incorporation of a Company. This would be true even in the case of LLPs. The MCA's portal is however stated to have no provision made for Advocates who are members of Bar Councils and Bar Councils are not provided as an option in the list of Councils. If this is the position, the same woul .....

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