Monitoring of Corporate Social Responsibility compliance: High Level Committee to recommend methodologies and mechanisms for companies and government oversight.
A High Level Committee has been constituted to recommend methodologies for monitoring company compliance with Section 135 on Corporate Social Responsibility, to suggest measures for companies' internal monitoring and evaluation of CSR initiatives, to identify strategies for external evaluation by expert agencies to inform Government on efficacy and compliance quality, and to examine whether separate monitoring mechanisms are warranted for Government companies; the Committee must submit its report within six months and will be supported by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs.

Bench constitution allocates jurisdiction and membership for company law matters, including reserved sections, effective from 29 January.
Bench constitution under section 10E(4B) and Regulation 4 reallocates pending matters to specified benches and members; the Principal Bench handles sections 250, 269 and 388B of the Companies Act, 1956, while New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai Benches (with designated judicial and technical members) deal with other sections of the Companies Act, 1956 and the Companies Act, 2013; the order prescribes single-member combinations for disposal and is effective 29 January 2015.