Conversion of CS firms into LLPs requires Council-approved profession-indicative names and maintains prior regulatory obligations.
Guidelines prescribe that conversion of CS firms and proprietorships into LLPs follows the LLP Act and Company Secretaries Act, requires Council approval for profession-indicative names, and mandates ICSI Form I with Registrar name registration for LLP registration. Approved firm names may be reserved for LLPs, Unique Code Numbers remain unchanged, converted LLPs must limit objects to professional services under the Company Secretaries Act, carry predecessor seniority, and partners remain jointly and severally subject to the Act and Regulations.

Investor Education and Protection Fund filing requires companies to submit annual unclaimed/unpaid dues information and investor-wise details.
Companies must report unclaimed and unpaid amounts to the Investor Education and Protection Fund by filing e-Form 5INV and a detailed investor-wise excel sheet. This annual electronic filing is linked to the Annual General Meeting timeline, uses prescribed templates on the IEPF portal, and continues each year until completion of the seven-year statutory period.

Anti competitive agreement enforcement: regulator penalises cement manufacturers and orders cessation of coordinated pricing and supply conduct.
The Competition Commission of India found major cement manufacturers engaged in an anti competitive agreement by coordinating prices, limiting dispatches, and not utilising capacity to reduce supplies. The Commission imposed penalties on eleven companies and the Cement Manufacturers Association, directed payment within ninety days, and issued cease and desist orders prohibiting agreements on price, production and supply; the Association must also stop collecting and circulating members' pricing and dispatch information.

LLP Portal Authentication: registration, password and DSC rules govern access to LLP services and partner verification.
Registration on MCA21 is required for fee based LLP services with users classified as Registered Users (password authentication) or Business Users (DSC authentication). Existing credentials remain valid with specified login formatting and mandatory first time password change. Migrated LLPs must have Designated Partners digitally verify and sign partner details before any e Form filing; at least one Designated Partner must be resident in India. Legacy SRNs and charge IDs are regenerated and e Forms in resubmission status must be resubmitted using new portal forms.

Anticompetitive trade margin fixing restrained discounts and distribution, prompting directives to remove restrictive supply and appointment clauses.
The Competition Commission found the Chemist & Druggist Association, Goa violated the Competition Act by prescribing guidelines that fixed trade margins, capped wholesaler discounts and prohibited retailer discounts, thereby determining sale prices. It also restricted market access via mandatory PIS approvals, required no-objection certificates for stockist appointments, limited stockist numbers, and mandated routing of government and hospital supply bids through authorized stockists. The Commission directed cessation of these practices, removal of the offending clauses from circulars, MoUs and guidelines, filing of an undertaking within the prescribed time, and imposed a monetary penalty.