............................................................................................................................. Description • An authentic, comprehensive, up-to-date, simple and lucid analysis of the provisions of the Companies Act/Rules/SEBI Guidelines/other Corporate Laws, especially conceived for the students. • An effort has been made to present the complicated provisions in a simple manner so that students can easily grasp. • Care has been taken to cover the entire syllabus of almost all the professional Institutes including ICAI, ICSI, ICWAI, CFA & M.Com. of Major Universities. • Summary given at the end of each Chapter will be of great help to the students during revisions. • Secretarial Practice/Check List, wherever relevant, has been given to make the book more relevant for students. Besides, number of specimen resolutions/notices have also been given. • Important circulars, notifications, amendments and case laws (up to 1st June, 2010) have been incorporated. • Past examination questions of the three professional Institutes, viz., Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, have been given at the end of each Chapter. The same will serve as an effective topic-wise scanner. • Law stated in this book is as amended up to 1st June, 2010. ............................................................................................................................. Contents Chapter 1. History of Company Legislation Chapter 2. Meaning and Nature of a Company Chapter 3. Kind of Companies Chapter 4. Formation and Incorporation of a Company Chapter 5. Memorandum of Association Chapter 6. Articles of Association Chapter 7. Prospectus Chapter 8. Acceptance of Public Deposits Chapter 9. Share and Share Capital Chapter 10. Membership Chapter 11. Registers and Returns Chapter 12. Investments, Loans, Borrowings and Debentures Chapter 13. Divisible Profits and Dividend Chapter 14. Company Management Chapter 15. Company Secretary and Practising Company Secretary Chapter 16. Company Meetings – I – General Chapter 17. Company Meetings – II – General Body Meetings Chapter 18. Company Meetings – III – Board Meetings Chapter 19. Accounts and Audit Chapter 20. Inspection and Investigation Chapter 21. Majority Rule and Minority Protection Chapter 22. Prevention of Oppression and MIS-Management Chapter 23. Compromises, Arrangements, Reconstruction and Amalgamation Chapter 24. Sole Selling and Buying Agents Chapter 25. Winding up Chapter 26. Authorities under the Companies Act, 1956 and Miscellaneous Provisions Subject Index ............................................................................................................................. Author Details Shri A.K. Majumdar, formerly, the Secretary of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), is a Post-Graduate in Commerce from the University of Calcutta and a Fellow Member of the ICAI. He was in the field of practice as a Chartered Accountant for about a decade and then joined the Institute in an academic position and rose to become the Director of Studies and then to the present position. He has had various important academic associations with the institutions of national and international stature including Central Board of Secondary Education, Board of School of Management Studies of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, NCERT, Kota Open University and Education Committee of International Federation of Accountants. He was also associated with various Technical Committees of ICAI including the Company Law Committee. He is, once again, in active practice of the profession. Dr. G.K. Kapoor, co-winner of NIRC, ICAI Best Teacher Award 2000, is an author of various books on Law including Business Law, Business and Corporate Laws for C.A. PE-II, Mercantile Law for C.A. Common Proficiency Test, Economic and Other Legislations. He has 39 years of teaching experience of Business and Corporate Laws at under-graduate, postgraduate and professional level. He has been on the Guest Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Indian Law Institute, All India Management Association, Indian Institute of Bankers, Indian Institute of Public Administration, International Management Institute (IMI), Institute for Integrated Learning and Management (IILM) and IIMT. A former Deputy Director of Studies with ICAI, he is presently Reader in Commerce with Shaheed Bhagat Singh College of University of Delhi. ............................................................................................................................. |