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Course Description:
This course is designed to provide the understanding, knowledge and perspective of Company Law. The
course covers Company Formation and Conversion, Company Members and Managerial Personnel,
Company Meetings and Preparation & presentation of Reports and their E-Filings.
Course Objectives
1. To acquire the legal knowledge of the Indian Companies Act 2013.
2. To learn the procedural and application aspects of the Indian Companies Act 2013
regarding formation and working of companies.
Course Outcome:
After going through this course, the students are expected to have a clear understanding, knowledge of the
Companies Act 2013, They should be in a position to give consultations for formation and running of
Joint Stock Companies in the light of Companies Act, 2013.
UNIT I
Formation of a Company
Choice of Form of Business Entity; Conversion/ Re-conversion of One Form of Business Entity
into Another Incorporation of Private Companies, Public Companies, Companies Limited by
Guarantee and Unlimited Companies and their Conversions/ Re-conversion/Re-registration
Formation of Nidhi Companies, Producer Companies and Mutual Benefit Funds
Commencement of Business and New Business; Pre Incorporation Agreements and Contracts
Formation of Non Profit Companies Procedure Relating to Foreign Companies Carrying on
Business in India. Memorandum and Articles of Association Alteration of Memorandum of
Association: Name Clause, Situation of Registered Office Clause, Objects Clause, Capital Clause
and Liability Clause Alteration of Articles of Association and its effects. Understanding of the
Concepts: Lifting of Corporate Vie, Doctrine of Indoor Management and Doctrine of Ultra virus.
UNIT II
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Takeovers Obtaining DIN Directors and Managerial Personnel- Appointment, Reappointment,
Resignation, Removal and Varying Terms of Appointment/Re-appointment Payment of
Remuneration to Directors and Managerial Personnel and Disclosures thereof; Compensation for
Loss of Office Waiver of Recovery of Remuneration Making Loans to Directors, Disclosure
of Interest by a Director, Holding of Office or Place of Profit by a Director/Relative. Company
Secretary: Appointment, Resignation and Removal, Company Secretary in Practice.
Unit - III
Company Meetings
Unit - IV
Tutorials
Apart from the individual attention being given to the students, Tutorials shall include the following:
Suggested Readings:
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