Category Archives: Company Law

This article titled ‘Legal meaning of Company in India and its Evolution’ is written by Sweta Verma and discusses the meaning of a company in India and its evolution. Legal Meaning of Company in India and its Evolution The word company is derived from the Latin term “com” which means together or with, and “panis” which means bread. So,……...

This article on Public Company and Allotment of Shares deals with the concept, provisions regarding the allotment of shares. Further, this also mentions IPO and FPO Rules. Introduction After the independence the Government of India in 1950 framed a committee to go revise the whole Indian Companies Act, the committee was headed by Shir H.C. Bhaba. The committee……...

This article deals with the concept and procedure of incorporation of Companies in India. I. Introduction A Company is an association of many people who contribute money or monies worth to common stock and employed in some trade or business and who share the profit and loss arising the form. the common stock so contributed is denoted in……...

This article focuses on the Allotment of shares by a Public Company in an Open Market system with IPO & FPO in detail. I. Introduction The definition of a public company is provided under Section 2(71) of the act as amended by the Amendment act of 2015, that it is a company that is not private in nature……...

The whole process of bringing a legitimate end to the life of a firm is broken into two steps. These two processes are winding up of companies and dissolving them. Company winding is described as a mechanism by which a company’s life is put to an end and its property is handled for the benefit of its members……...

The Companies Act, 2013 (‘the Act’) defines the term ‘share’ in Section 2(84) as a share in the share capital of a company which includes stock unless such differentiation between the two is made out. The definition does not help us understand its nature and hence, the courts and jurists have given us many important definitions for the……...

In this article, Ashish Agarwal discusses the formation and functioning of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). I. Background & Importance The Company Law Boards (CLB) were replaced finally with the new, powerful National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) or “The Tribunal” by passing a government notification under Section 408 of the Companies Act, 2013 on 1st June 2016……...