Every claim in this course is anchored to a primary source. When a claim you rely on turns out to be wrong (a Rule is amended, a form migrates to V3, a court judgment reshapes a provision), you need to re-verify from the primary source in ten minutes. Bookmark these six.
1. mca.gov.in
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs portal. This is the operating environment. Notifications, General Circulars, Rules, Forms, DIN services, SRN tracking, E-adjudication, C-PACE, all live here. Bookmark the Notifications page and the General Circulars page. Every serious MCA advice starts with a check of the latest Notifications and Circulars.
2. indiacode.nic.in
The consolidated bare text of the Companies Act 2013 and every notified amendment. Use this to quote a Section verbatim in a note to your Board or your partner. Cross-check the current version against the latest Amendment Act (Jan Vishwas 2023, and Corporate Laws Amendment Bill 2026 once enacted). Bookmark: https://www.indiacode.nic.in/handle/123456789/2114.
3. icsi.edu Secretarial Standards page
ICSI issues Secretarial Standards under Section 118(10). SS-1 and SS-2 are mandatory; SS-3 (Dividend) and SS-4 (Board Report) are recommendatory. Revised SS-1 and SS-2 effective 1 April 2024 are the current versions. Bookmark: https://www.icsi.edu/secretarial-standards/. Every board and general meeting should be run to these standards.
4. NCLT and NCLAT sites
National Company Law Tribunal (nclt.gov.in) handles Chapter XV (compromises, amalgamations) and Chapter XVI (oppression and mismanagement) matters, plus IBC petitions. National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (nclat.gov.in) hears appeals. Judgments are the ground truth for how Sections and Rules are actually interpreted.
5. main.sci.gov.in
Supreme Court of India judgments. The Section 447 SFIO-complaint-gate ruling in Yerram Vijay Kumar v. State of Telangana, 2026 INSC 42, decided on 9 January 2026 [L5-C1] is one example: it reshaped who can initiate a fraud prosecution under the Companies Act, holding that a private complaint under Section 212(6) is not maintainable. Any Supreme Court ruling on a Companies Act provision must be traced back to sci.gov.in and cited in your notes.
6. prsindia.org billtrack
Tracks the passage of amendment bills through Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, including JPC referral, JPC report, and enactment. The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill 2026 [L5-C2] was referred to a 31-member JPC; the JPC report was tabled in both Houses on 3 August 2026 endorsing ease-of-doing-business reforms, and the Bill is not yet enacted as of 10 August 2026. Bookmark billtrack.prsindia.org and check monthly during active session for the enactment step.
Search discipline
When you need to check whether a claim is still current, go in this order:
- Primary source (mca.gov.in, indiacode.nic.in, icsi.edu, nclt.gov.in, sci.gov.in, prsindia.org)
- The primary source's latest publication date
- Any pending amendment or petition that would change the reading
Never rely on a secondary summary as the sole basis for advice to your Board or your partner. If a secondary source says something material, follow the link and read the primary. That is the practitioner discipline.
What this course commits to
Every lesson carries citations back to the primary source, marked with the bracketed reference format you have seen in this module: for example [L5-C1]. Click the reference on any lesson page to open the citation register. When a Rule is amended or a form migrates, the affected lessons are updated within our stated SLA and enrolled learners receive an email flagging the change.