Corporate Law Articles

Analysis of directors' statutory obligations - Sec 166 of CA 2013

Amitav Ganguly 30 November 2015 at 10:30

BACKGROUNDThe Companies Act 2013 {new Act 2013} for the first time has laid down the duties of directors in unequivocal terms in the section 166 in contrast to erstwhile Companies Act 1956. It is a well established judicial precedent that the Directo

SEBI Listing Regulation 2015 - Common obligations of listed entities

CS Divesh Goyal 30 November 2015 at 10:29

Presently, a private agreement between Stock Exchange and listed company govern all listing obligation and disclosure requirement. This listing agreement like any other agreement among parties creates civil obligation in case of any violation of the

Limited Liability Partnership: The emerging concept & its notable features

CA Arun Kumar 28 November 2015 at 13:19

Limited Liability Partnership (LLP):This is a form of the organization that brings the benefits of the flexibility of the Partnership and the Limited Liability of the Company based on the mutually arrived agreement.LLP is an incorporated partnership

Short note on corporate social responsibility

CA SONIYA AGARWAL 28 November 2015 at 13:18

Year of Applicability: CSR is applicable from Financial Year 2014-15 Qualifying company (Section 135):- CSR is applicable to every Indian Companies including its holding or subsidiary which meet least of the following threshold Limit in any of the th

Types of Directors under Companies Act 2013

CA Arun Kumar 26 November 2015 at 11:44

DirectorsOn Incorporation,a company becomes a person in the eyes of law. However, it does not have any physical appearance. In order to achieve the objects that are stated in the Memorandum of Association, the company has to depend up on agency calle

Relative - Section 2(77) of the Companies Act, 2013

Amol Gopal Kabra (CA,CS,DISA) 25 November 2015 at 10:14

In the earlier article, I have discussed the �related party� as per section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013. In that definition, we have come across the word �relative� a number of times. As such the word is vague. However, t

Related Party- Section 2(76) of the Companies Act, 2013

Amol Gopal Kabra (CA,CS,DISA) 23 November 2015 at 13:12

�Related party� has got a lot of significance in the public reporting scenario. In case of public companies public and society stake is involved and in case of private companies, even if public stake is not involved, the stake of other el

Specimen of Minutes of Board Meeting

N.Vimal Kumar Jain 23 November 2015 at 13:11

Minutes of the meeting are an integral document of the Company, which need to be prepared and maintained in an equivalent manner with that of books of accounts. The minutes are the summary of the distilled wisdom of the Board of directors, their view

Video-conferencing - A recognised merger of Information Technology Act

CA JINAL SHAH 18 November 2015 at 14:56

Introduction1. With the lapse of time information technology continues to impact on day to day activities whether it is banking, communication, etc. Thus, it is impracticable for corporate world to remain untouched by it. With rapid change in busines

Critical analysis of Section 185 and Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013

Krishan Singla 16 November 2015 at 12:22

Critical analysis of Section 185 and Section 186 of the Companies Act, 2013Section 185 of the Companies Act, 2013 ( herein after referred as the Act ) deals with giving of loans to directors and others and section 186 of the Act deals with giving o