ICSI Seeks FY25 Filing Extension, Flags MCA-21 V3 Portal Issues

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) wants more time for FY25 statutory filings. They’ve written to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), pointing out the ongoing mess with the MCA-21 V3 portal. Right now, people everywhere are running into weird errors, slow loading, and failed submissions on the new platform.

ICSI isn’t mincing words about it—

they’ve told the MCA that company secretaries and businesses just can’t finish their filings on time. The system keeps crashing, forms won’t upload, payments don’t go through, and sometimes you don’t even get a simple acknowledgement. It’s chaos, and it’s not their fault.

Still, the consequences land on the professionals and their clients. If they miss deadlines, they face fines and compliance headaches, even though the problem isn’t on their end.

That’s why ICSI is pushing hard for a deadline extension.

They say the whole point of MCA-21 V3 was to make things easier. Right now, with all these bugs, it’s just making life harder.

If the government agrees to extend the deadline,

here’s what changes: professionals won’t be so stressed, they can avoid pointless late fees, and everyone gets a real shot at learning the new system without racing the clock.

For now,

ICSI tells its members to keep records of the issues they run into and watch for updates from the MCA. Everyone’s waiting to see what the ministry decides. If they approve the extension, a lot of companies, LLPs, and compliance teams will finally catch a break as they tackle this year’s filings.

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