Corporate Law Articles

397/398 - fictitious filing - MCA portal - a Case Study?

Posted by Durga Rao 14 May 2010 7841 Views

I was of the opinion that the technological advancements and the schemes like MCA providing for on-line corporate filing, will be of help to the corporates.

New Pricing Regulations for Issues of Shres to Non Residents

Posted by Nirav Maniar 13 May 2010 8507 Views

New Pricing Regulations On 4th May, 2010, the Reserve Bank of India has issued Circular Number 49 amending the pricing guidelines that are applicable to transfer of shares (and Preference Shares and Debentures mandatorily convertible to equity shares

Contract Labour and Their Legal Status in India

Posted by CA Dhiraj Ramchandani 08 May 2010 23940 Views

Contract Labour and Their Legal Status in India | DHIRAJ RAMCHANDANI | The practice of employing contract labour is prevalent in most of the industries in different occupation including skilled and semi skilled jobs. A workman shall be deemed

Formation of a Non Profit Company under Section 25

Posted by CA Dhiraj Ramchandani 07 May 2010 20480 Views

Formation of a Non Profit Company under Section 25 | DHIRAJ RAMCHANDANI | INTRODUCTION Section 25(1) (a) and (b) of the Indian Companies Act, 1956, provides for the for the formation of a company under this section for the promotion of comme

Valuation of Shares - New Pricing Guidelines

Posted by Nimish Goel 04 May 2010 145702 Views

In order to make the pricing methodologies more compatible with the current valuation practice, the Reserve Bank of India has issued the Notification Number FEMA 205/2010 (“the New Notification”) on April 5, 2010 which s

An insight into SEBIs Insider Trading Regulations

Posted by Payel Jain 30 April 2010 9975 Views

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Insider Trading) Regulations 1992 requires that a person who is connected with a listed company and is in possession of any unpublished price sensitive information likely to materially affect

Incidence of stamp duty on merger-demerger

Posted by Payel Jain 29 April 2010 79169 Views

Payel JainVinod Kothari & Companypayel@vinodkothari.com Whether an order under section 394 of the Companies Act, 1956 would attract payment of stamp duty was an issue in dispute for a considerable period of time. The Delhi High Court has added t

397/398 - Company Law Board - forum shopping?

Posted by Durga Rao 28 April 2010 6711 Views

It is a fact that it is very rare to see a petition by a group of minority or majority under section 397/398 of the Companies Act, 1956 in listed Public Companies.

Petition under section 397/398 - maintainability?

Posted by Durga Rao 24 April 2010 12012 Views

I have been writing articles on various issues touching the corporate world and especially the issues under Companies Act, 1956. I was concentrating more on the law pertaining to Oppression and Mismanagement as dealt with under section 397/398 of

IPL issue- a classic case of corporate complications?

Posted by Durga Rao 20 April 2010 17732 Views

Many in this country including the corporates are closely watching the IPL controversy and it had led Mr.Shari Tharoor to submit his resignation. There are many interesting issues in the entire episode and I want to highlight few issues as a clas