UPSC Company Prosecutor — MCA Exam Preparation, PYQs & Company Law
A specialist route for law graduates interested in corporate enforcement. Study the Companies Act as an enforcement statute: inspection, investigation, fraud, offences, special courts and procedure—not simply corporate governance definitions.
Recruitment background you can verify
UPSC Advertisement 07/2025 carried 25 Company Prosecutor posts in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (Vacancy No. 25060703214). UPSC lists its Recruitment Test question paper in the official archive. Treat that completed recruitment as a PYQ source, not as an open 2026 application.
- Post: Company Prosecutor, Ministry of Corporate Affairs
- Vacancy No.: 25060703214 (2025 recruitment)
- Question-paper archive: UPSC Recruitment Test → Question Papers
- Recruitment notices: UPSC Recruitment Test → Notices
What the job area is about
Company prosecution broadly concerns enforcing company-law obligations through statutory processes. A preparation course should distinguish investigation, penalty adjudication and criminal prosecution; each uses different legal provisions and forums.
- Registrar of Companies and statutory filing/default mechanisms
- Inspection, inquiry and investigation under Chapter XIV
- SFIO investigations and their statutory framework
- Fraud under section 447 and Special Courts under Chapter XXVIII
- Adjudication of penalties under section 454; distinguish it from criminal prosecution
High-priority Companies Act reading map
Read the actual sections, then make a one-page matrix: provision, responsible authority, trigger, consequence and appeal/forum. Thresholds and exemptions can change through notifications; consult the current law for numericals.
- Sections 2, 3–22: definitions, incorporation and basic entities
- Sections 92, 96–122: management, annual filings and meetings
- Sections 128–148: accounts, audit and related duties
- Sections 206–229: inspection, inquiry and investigation; 211–212 for SFIO
- Sections 435–446: Special Courts and related procedural framework
- Section 447: fraud; section 454: adjudication of penalties
30-day preparation sequence
Week 1: Definitions, incorporation, shares and filings. Week 2: Directors, meetings, accounts, audit and duties. Week 3: Inspection, investigation, SFIO, offences and penalties. Week 4: Revise the UPSC 2025 paper, compare statutes and practise new scenario-based MCQs.
Typical traps to avoid
Do not equate the NCLT with a Special Court. NCLT handles tribunal matters assigned by statute; company offences triable by Special Courts follow a different legal route. Likewise, a civil/administrative penalty is not automatically a criminal conviction.
- Read section 212 with the official SFIO FAQ
- Read section 447 together with the offence facts and statutory requirements
- Check if a question refers to the law on the date of an older PYQ
- Do not generalise eligibility from one recruitment to another
Primary sources & further reading
Use the primary documents when a question depends on a section number, time limit, definition, amendment or recruitment condition.
Frequently asked questions
Is Company Prosecutor the same exam as Delhi APP?
No. Delhi APP is a criminal prosecution stream; the MCA Company Prosecutor role emphasizes company-law enforcement. Some procedure and evidence concepts overlap.
Is a Company Prosecutor exam currently open?
The verified 25-post recruitment is from Advertisement 07/2025. Consult the current UPSC recruitment portal for a fresh notification.
Where can I find an authentic previous paper?
UPSC Recruitment Test → Question Papers, filtered by Vacancy No. 25060703214.
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Editorial update: 19 October 2026. Informational exam preparation, not legal advice or a representation of an official recruiting organization.