law: Companies Act, 2013 
  16.
  
    Rectification
  
  of name of company.
  1.      If, through
  
  inadvertence or otherwise, a company on its first registration or on its
  
  registration by a new name, is registered by a name which,—
  a.     
  
    in
  
  the opinion of the Central Government, is identical with or too nearly
  
  resembles the name by which a company in existence had been previously
  
  registered, whether under this Act or any previous company law, it may direct
  
  the company to change its name and the company shall change its name or new
  
  name, as the case may be, within a period of three months from the issue of
  
  such direction, after adopting an ordinary resolution for the purpose;
  b.    
  
    on
  
  an application by a registered proprietor of a trade mark that the name is
  
  identical with or too nearly resembles to a registered trade mark of such
  
  proprietor under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, made to the Central Government
  
  within three years of incorporation or registration or change of name of the
  
  company, whether under this Act or any previous company law, in the opinion of
  
  the Central Government, is identical with or too nearly resembles to an
  
  existing trade mark, it may direct the company to change its name and the
  
  company shall change its name or new name, as the case may be, within a period
  
  of six months from the issue of such direction, after adopting an ordinary
  
  resolution for the purpose.
  1.     
  2.      Where a company
  
  changes its name or obtains a new name under sub-section (1 ), it shall
  
  within a period of fifteen days from the date of such change, give notice of
  
  the change to the Registrar along with the order of the Central Government, who
  
  shall carry out necessary changes in the certificate of incorporation and the
  
  memorandum.
  3.      If a company makes
  
  default in complying with any direction given under sub-section (1 ), the
  
  company shall be punishable with fine of one thousand rupees for every day
  
  during which the default continues and every officer who is in default shall be
  
  punishable with fine which shall not be less than five thousand rupees but
  
  which may extend to one lakh rupees.