The whole procedure, not half
Every answer pairs the section with the governing rule, threshold and forum, so a resolution clears the right gate the first time.
For Company Secretaries
Every resolution, disclosure and filing - on the right rule, on time.
Secretarial work is unforgiving: the section, the rule and the deadline all have to be right, or the resolution is void and the exposure lands on the board. AskSolique gives you the governing position - section, rule and MCA/SEBI circular - cited, in one place.
AskSolique is built for the compliance calendar a Company Secretary runs: board and shareholder process, ROC filings, LODR disclosures and the constant question of whether this action needs which approval, by when.
The work on your desk
The work on your desk
A CS carries the governance of the whole company. The work is procedural, high-frequency, and personally consequential - a missed step is not a rounding error, it is a defect on the record.
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Board & shareholder process
Which approval, which forum, what quorum, what disclosure of interest - every resolution has to clear the right procedural gate under the Companies Act and its rules.
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Listed-company disclosures
LODR material events, trading-window management, filings to the exchanges - each on a strict clock where a day's slip is itself the violation.
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ROC & secretarial compliance
The rolling calendar of filings, registers and returns, each tied to a section and a rule that keeps getting amended.
The old way
Why the old method fails you
- 01
Section without rule is incomplete
The Act sets the principle; the rule sets the threshold and procedure. Reading one without the other gives you a compliance answer that is quietly wrong.
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Amendments outrun your checklist
The LODR or Companies Rules you rely on may be two amendments behind. A stale checklist means advising the board on rules that have already changed.
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General AI skips the procedure
Ask a chatbot whether an RPT needs shareholder approval and it gives a confident yes/no that misses the carve-outs - and cites a section that reads right but isn't.
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The exposure is personal
Many defaults attach to officers in default. A procedural miss is not just the company's problem; it follows the CS and the directors.
What standing still costs
What it costs to stand still
In secretarial work, standing still means running governance on positions read from the bare section, without the rule and circular that actually govern them. A resolution passed with the wrong approval can be set aside; a missed Regulation 30 disclosure draws a SEBI penalty and a public governance question; persistent ROC lapses invite MCA scrutiny and director disqualification. These are not quiet risks - they surface in front of the board, the regulator and the shareholders, with the CS's name on the process. Every cycle run the old way is another cycle of that exposure carried on trust.
- Resolutions void on a process defect
- SEBI penalties for missed disclosures
- Director disqualification on repeated lapses
The AskSolique way
How a Company Secretary uses AskSolique
The reference desk for governance - the section, the rule and the deadline, together, whenever a board action needs clearing.
Current, not superseded
Positions reflect the latest amendment and MCA/SEBI circular, so your checklist never advises on a rule that has moved.
Cited for the minute book
Each conclusion traces to the exact section and rule - the defensible basis you can record and stand behind.
A real question
Does a related-party transaction need shareholder approval?
AskSolique answers
RPTs beyond the thresholds in Rule 15 require prior approval by ordinary resolution under Sec 188, unless the transaction is in the ordinary course of business and at arm's length - in which case board-level compliance may suffice.
- ↳ Sec 188, Companies Act
- ↳ Rule 15, Cos (Meetings) Rules
What you get out of it
Clear the gate first time
The right approval, forum and quorum surface with every action, so resolutions aren't passed defectively.
Never miss the clock
Disclosure and filing timelines come with the position, so a Regulation 30 or ROC deadline doesn't slip.
Protect the board
Officer-in-default exposure is visible before the action, not after the notice.
Defensible on the record
Every position is cited to section and rule - the basis you can put in the minutes and before the MCA.
Why now
The shift is already under way
Governance is getting more scrutinised, not less - disclosure regimes tighten, timelines shorten, and regulators expect the process to be right the first time. The Company Secretaries who stay ahead are the ones who have turned a shelf of amended rulebooks into a single, current, cited reference they can query in seconds. Working from static checklists in a world of moving rules is how good professionals get caught out by an amendment they never saw. The tooling to close that gap now exists; not using it is a choice with the CS's name on it.
Questions Company Secretaries ask
Does it cover both the Companies Act and SEBI regulations?
Yes - Corporate Law under the Companies Act 2013 and its rules, and SEBI regulations including LODR, SAST and PIT, each cited to the governing text.
Are answers based on the current, amended rules?
Yes. The corpus is maintained as the Act, rules and SEBI regulations are amended, so positions reflect the latest version.
Can I trust an answer for a board note?
Every answer is tied to the exact section, rule and circular, so you can verify and cite it in the minute book or board note.
Is it self-serve?
Yes - start a free trial and put a real governance question to it; reach us by email or WhatsApp if you need help.
Built by people who have lived this work
AskSolique is built by a tax & regulatory strategist and a distributed-systems technologist - because a defensible answer needs both deep regulatory judgment and serious engineering underneath.
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