Corporate Law Articles

Points to be covered in Scheme of Amalgamation

Rasesh 12 April 2010 at 15:30

In this article I have tried to provide in summarized form, the content of a Scheme of Amalgamation. I have tried to cover all the basic clause’ concerning amalgamation matters. Normally, a Scheme runs into tens of pages. To keep it small, I ha

Listed Company Compliances-Due for April 2010

Ankur Garg 09 April 2010 at 12:35

Listed Company Compliances-Due for April 2010 Dear Members, Please find below a detailed compilation

Scheme of Amalgamation: Principle of Single Window Clearance

Rasesh 06 April 2010 at 12:34

Scheme of Amalgamation: Analyzing the principle of 'Single Window Clearance' A Scheme of Amalgamation (“Scheme”) is a basically a Scheme in the nature of Arrangement under Sections 391 and 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 between

397/398 - the role of Company Law Board - Indian Company Law

Durga Rao 05 April 2010 at 10:19

As we all aware, section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956 deals with oppression and mismanagement and the protection to the minority against the majority.

Corporate social responsibility -A Strategic Methodology

CS Suhita Mukhopadhyay 02 April 2010 at 11:24

Corporate Social Responsibility as an expression was used perhaps for the first time in 1953 when Bowen raised the question “What responsibility to Society can business people be reasonably expected to assure”. Crudely put, the notion o

Step by Step procedure for Amalgamation

Rasesh 24 March 2010 at 11:18

Mergers and Amalgamations is a subject of interest for corporate professionals. On the basis of my experience of handling a few amalgamation cases, I have tried to pin down the step by step procedure for amalgamations. The procedure has been stated

Section 372A Made Easy

Prasanth Nair V 18 March 2010 at 11:21

372A of the Companies Act in a Simple Format Section 372A of the Companies Act makes u aware of the provisions regarding Intercorporate Loans and Investments. This section also covers the guarantees and securities pledged for the grant of Loans

Shares transfers - the litigation?

Durga Rao 09 March 2010 at 11:48

Share transfers: We all know the settled law that the Private Company can have restrictions in its Articles restricting the right of its shareholders in transferring the shares. There can not be any such restriction in the articles of Public C

Arbitration Mechanism - corporate disputes?

Durga Rao 08 March 2010 at 11:15

Unless there is an express bar under law and when there is an arbitration agreement either express or implied, a dispute between or among the parties can be referred to an Arbitrator or panel of Arbitrators as specifically agreed to. As everybody kn

Detailed Procedure for Winding Up - Under Order of the Court

Rasesh 02 March 2010 at 14:17

In our country, every corporate house has incorporated many group companies which were run efficiently for some time. But with passage of time, the utility of having such large number of group companies reduced and then the management thought it fit