By Tanvi Praveen, Symbiosis Law School, Noida Editor’s note: Knowledge is said to be power. Nowhere does this hold truer than in the case of price sensitive information in a company. Such information ought to be released in a manner that benefits all investors equally, without prejudice, and not … [Read more...]
Economic Scams in India
Anonymous Editor’s note: India has been home to several scams post 1992, resulting to losses amounting to lakhs of crores of rupees to the economy. These include, in reverse chronological order, the 2G scam, Satyam Scandal, UTI Scam, Fodder scam, and the Harshat Mehta scam. Scams may be defined … [Read more...]
Position of Promoter in India: Critical analysis
- Sumit Kumar Suman, CNLU Editor's Note: For the purpose of formation of a company there must be a process and that involves several stages. the first stage in the process is the promotion. At this stage the idea of carrying on a business is conceived by a person called promoters. For the … [Read more...]
Securitization of a Cross Border Transaction
Editor's note: Securitization has undoubtedly emerged globally as an important technique for bundling assets and segregating risks into marketable securities. However, when securitization acquires a tendency of becoming transnational, there are several issues which emerge. Let us consider a … [Read more...]
Impact of Finance Act, 2014 – CSR
Sanchit Srivastava, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Editor’s note: Corporate social responsibility rests on the theory that since a company utilizes the resources offered by nature and society for its benefit it should act as a trustee towards ensuring the welfare of nature and … [Read more...]
Capital restructuring via buy-back of shares
Sanchit Srivastava, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Editor’s note: Companies evolve their policies continuously in order to adapt to managerial decisions, competition, politics, etc. Restructuring, therefore, becomes inevitable for operational, financial and managerial dimensions. … [Read more...]
Oppression & mismanagement – Corporate law
Sanchit Srivastava, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Editor’s note: Indian corporate sector faces a massive problem of protecting minority shareholders from the dominant ones. Drawing upon lessons from the USA, UK and Canada, this paper focuses on building a bridge between the … [Read more...]
One Person Company
By Aditya Thejus Krishnan, School of Legal Studies, CUSAT Editor’s Note: In a one person company, only one person is required who can be a shareholder as well as the Director. The concept opens up spectacular possibilities for sole proprietors and entrepreneurs who can now take the advantages of … [Read more...]
Board Committees and it’s Importance
By Sanjana Sahu and Sahil Sharma, School of Law-KIIT University Editor's Note: Corporate Governance is the system by which companies are directed and controlled. The Board of Directors are responsible for the governance of their companies and are appointed by shareholders. There are also … [Read more...]
Due Diligence Issues in M&A
By Sonakshi Das, School of Law- KIIT University Editor's Note: This paper discusses the need for a due diligence in M&A. In today’s business world, the concepts of due diligence and corporate governance are of increasing importance. Due Diligence is not mandatory, however SEBI mandates … [Read more...]