(a) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the companies which have violated the provisions of Company Law;
(b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and current year alongwith reasons therefor; and
(c) the number of cases in which an enquiry has been conducted alongwith the number of cases in which action was taken against the company?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI SACHIN PILOT)
(a) to (c) - Companies Act, 1956 is a voluminous legislation under which companies are required to make large number
of disclosures and meet many procedural requirements as provided in the Act. Scrutiny of filings of companies to detect
technical violations of the Act in such cases is carried out on a regular basis by Registrars of Companies all over the
country and action for non-compliance is largely in the form of collection of additional fee and compounding fee. In
more serious cases enquiry/inspection/investigation are carried out and cases of violations result in prosecutions.
During the last three years (2009-2012) such prosecutions have resulted in 8186 convictions.