ARTICLE · 09 OCTOBER 2025

Fast-Track Mergers In India- Wider Scope Under The 2025 MCA Amendments And Practical Implications

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has recently announced the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2025 ("Amendment"), signifying yet another advancement in alleviating the workload of the National Company Law Tribunals (NCLTs).

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has recently announced the Companies (Compromises, Arrangements and Amalgamations) Amendment Rules, 2025 ("Amendment"), signifying yet another advancement in alleviating the workload of the National Company Law Tribunals (NCLTs) while establishing a more business-friendly framework for restructuring. The Amendment brings about procedural enhancements and broadens the range of companies that can utilize the fast-track merger (FTM) mechanism, thereby allowing a wider segment of the corporate sector to reap its benefits.

The FTM pathway, established under Section 233 of the Companies Act, 2013, was crafted to streamline the approval process for mergers by transferring jurisdiction to the Regional Directors of the transferee company, as opposed to necessitating petitions before the NCLTs in cases where both transferor and transferee companies are situated. This framework was intended to ease the burden on NCLTs

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