CORPORATE GOVERNANCE :ORIGIN, EXISTENCE AND EMERGING TRENDS 1. INTRODUCTION Business and Ethics are, in theory supposed to go together, but in real life it is a tumultuous relationship. In certain markets however, the ..
Do you know as to where the greatness of legal profession lies?Being part of legal profession, as a person who has seen litigation and practical difficulties, and looking at the public criticism, I am convinced that I can expose the greatness of leg ..
Section 141 of the The Negotiable Instruments Act deals with offences by companies. Today, on 06/07/2009, the Supreme Court in A.K. Ahuja v V.K. Vora held that: “The criminal liability for the offence by a company under secti ..
Meaning:An insurance is an act, business or system by which pecuniary indemnity is guaranteed by one party to another in certain contingencies, as of death, accident ,damage, disaster injury, loss, old age. Sickness etc. upon specified terms.[1] A ..
Indian Depository Receipts – New Listing AgreementIndian Legislature and Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), vide Companies (Issue of Indian Depository Receipts) Rules, 2004, Chapter VIA of the SEBI (Disclosure & Investor Protection) Guide ..
The statutory principles of Corporate Law in India are enshrined primarily in the Companies Act, 1956 ("the Act") and other supplementary and complementary enactments and regulations. The Common Law norms evolved by the Courts in England h ..
SEBI (DELISTING OF EQUITY SHARES) REGULATIONS, 2009The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified the SEBI (Delisting of Equity Shares) Regulations, 2009, “Regulations”, thereby superseding the old SEBI (Delisting of Securities) Guide ..
Law Firms in India vs Worlwide Global Legal OutsourcingWhile Indian lawyers handle a lot of document review, they also do legal research and draft contracts, said Russell Smith of the Indian outsourcing company SDD Global Solutions. Indian lawyers e ..
"Criminal prosecution of Company - Changing judicial views": The Full Bench of the Delhi High Court in Municipal Corporation of Delhi v. J. B. Bottling Company, (1975) Cri LJ 1148 and the Full Bench of the Allahabad High Court in Oswal Van ..
Company law covers different meetings as under: Meetings of members; Meetings of board of directors and Meetings of lenders or a class of lenders, preference share holders, debenture holders, etc.Meetings of membersThere are three kinds of meetings o ..